City briefs

Dual-language program to offer information sessions

Parents interested in enrolling their children in the dual-language program of the city school district will have the chance to learn more about the program before they apply.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will hold information sessions for parents of rising kindergartners to find out more about the program and application process.

The sessions will feature a slideshow presentation and video about the program. Applications will also be available to parents.

The next session will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln Center.

The dual-language program, which began in 2002, now allows students in kindergarten through second grade to learn in two languages.

Carrboro Elementary School offers a Spanish/English program to students in its district. The Chinese/English program at Glenwood Elementary School is available to students throughout the entire school district.

Each program accepts 12 English-speaking applicants and 12 applicants whose primary language is Spanish or Chinese, depending on the program.

Applications also are available from the district’s registrar at the Lincoln Center. The deadline for applications is April 29.

In May, the district will hold a lottery to select applicants to fill the slots and a waiting list.

 

Speaker’s talk to center on violence in Colombia

The Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Education will host a video presentation and discussion of violence in Colombia at 5 p.m. Sunday.

As a follow-up to the Jan. 30 presentation of “War Takes,” Juan Ricardo Aparicio, a doctoral student in anthropology at UNC, will present and discuss “Coping with Violence in Colombia.”

The event is free and open to the public. More information can be obtained by calling 933-0398.