Resale is an important aspect of your home purchase. Homes in good school districts sell for more than homes which aren't.  For the second year in a row, La Cañada Unified School District is the second highest performing unified school district in the state . 

Not every parent can afford the La Canada school district, and there are free options for a quality education.

Magnet Programs provide in-depth experiences for kindergarten through 6th grade magnet students with different interests, talents and aptitudes.

Thomas Edison Advanced Technology and Spanish FLAG Magnet
435 S. Pacific Ave., Glendale, CA 91204
           
Edison students will use classroom technology and a computer lab for productivity, acceleration of skills, reinforcement of technology lessons, and advanced enrichment. Students in Edison’s Spanish FLAG Program participate in a research-based 90-10 dual immersion model program leading to academic and cultural proficiency in both Spanish and English.
               
Benjamin Franklin International Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (IFLAG)
1610 Lake Street, Glendale, CA 91201
           
Students are provided the opportunity to become biliterate, bilingual, and culturally aware in German, Italian, or Spanish and English.  Students who begin in kindergarten should achieve academic and social proficiency in two or more languages by the end of 6th grade. 

Mark Keppel Visual and Performing Arts and Korean FLAG Magnet
730 Glenwood Road, Glendale, CA 91202
           
Kindergarten - 5th grade students will participate in an academic and arts program.  Keppel’s Korean FLAG students participate in a research-based 50-50 dual immersion model program leading to academic and cultural proficiency in both Korean and English.

Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (FLAG) offers your child the opportunity to become bilingual in a public school setting. The Glendale (which includes La Crescenta) school district offers language immersion for incoming fall 2011 kindergartners in the following languages:

Magnet Edison Elementary (Spanish/Technology)
435 S. Pacific Ave, Glendale, CA 91204

Magnet Franklin Elementary (German, Italian)
1610 Lake St, Glendale, CA 91201

Magnet Jefferson Elementary (Armenian) Keppel (Korean/Visual & Performing Arts
1540 Fifth St, Glendale, CA 91201

Monte Vista Elementary (Korean) Muir Elementary (Spanish)
2620 Orange Ave, La Crescenta, CA 91214

Verdugo Woodlands Elementary (Japanese)
1751 N. Verudgo Rd, Glendale, CA 91208

RD White (Armenian)
744 E. Doran St, Glendale, CA 91206

Enrollment for the non-magnet schools opens March 8, 2011.  More info found @ www.gusdelementarymagnet.org

Tweet