School Districts READINESS

IS SCHOOL DISTRICT NOT READY YET?  

Parent Action

1. Check your school's website for Tamil language support under the Seal of Biliteracy program. If you are unsure, then reach out to the School's Language Coordinator, referring to the ISBE website.

2. If Tamil language is not listed, then use the template below as a reference to send email to the School district's Language Coordinator.

Email to School District

<Please use the below content as a guidance and feel free to modify>

TO: <School District Language director or Biliteracy contact. This is information available from your school district website>

CC: <Your high school principal>

BCC: sealofbiliteracy.tamil@gmail.com

My son/daughter --------- goes to ------------- high school in our school district. My son/daughter is very interested in obtaining the seal of biliteracy for Tamil. The language "Tamil" is our mother tongue that we speak at home. In addition, he/she learns Tamil from a weekend Tamil school for many years.

We understand from the IL State Board of Education website that Tamil assessment can be taken through ALTA. https://www.isbe.net/sealofbiliteracy. Please advise how and when my son/daughter can take the ALTA assessment for Tamil.

My son/daughter is graduating in the year 20__. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you,

<parent’s full name>