Multilingual students equip themselves with ESOL program

  • OCHS teacher Elaine Kitchens guides her ESOL students through their common literature questions. ESOL students make up 4% of the district’s student body. (Photo/Viktoria Kangas)
    OCHS teacher Elaine Kitchens guides her ESOL students through their common literature questions. ESOL students make up 4% of the district’s student body. (Photo/Viktoria Kangas)

    Students' eyes are drawn to the board. They listen, internalize and interpret the lesson there — both in the language they hear and language they know fluently. Every day, these students across a…