In Florida, a Charter School Goes Greek; Pupils Taught 2nd Language Immersion

The Washington Post | November 16, 2003| | Copyright

Through repetition and body language the 5-year-olds will learn the words, and by necessity they'll learn the language. That's the idea behind the Athenian Academy, a Greek immersion school that was the first of its kind in the United States when it opened three years ago in this Gulf Coast community north of St. Petersburg.

"They absorb like a sponge at this age," said the teacher, Maria Pasparaki.

In the lyrical Greek language, she teaches them the names of barnyard animals, leads the "Hokey Pokey," quiets them down and issues permission to go to the restroom. The youngsters don't understand ...

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