Central Language Academy

I think this is aFABULOUS school. I could easily say this because of the multiple languages that are offered, the awesome support from volunteers or even the amazingly compassionate students but the real inspiration for writing this Unilocal review is for the love that over flows from this school. Everyone demonstrates compassion and a strong sense of community from the students to the staff. The driving force is modeled by the best Principal ever, Arlene Rodriguez.
By the way, the review from «T.J.» is very subjective and actually incorrect. The initial make up of the classrooms are carefully and strategically balanced so that students can support one-​another. And careful there T.J., just because a student looks like they already know Spanish doesn’t mean they do. Isn’t that called profiling?

We’re truly grateful our daughter got accepted, she is now in the first grade. She has learned so much and was at the top of her class last year. I’m hispanic and bilingual. I incorporate Spanish at the house as much as I can, since my husband doesn’t speak Spanish. Working a full time job and raising 3 kids, it’s wonderful to have the help from this program. I’m proud to say that my daughter is Salvadorean and African American. She will have many wonderful opportunities in life. The school is a little far, but worth it. FYI, the California two way immersion website is not updated with how many schools are offering this program. Eastvale, Jurupa Valley and some others in Riverside are offering the program. Fontana will start the program next year, the school is under construction right now, however it will be good to ask about it instead of being on the waiting list.

Well first off I don’t think it’s quite fair to negatively review this school if you received inaccurate information after only touring the facility one time. But as a mom of two current students, I have the right to review this to the best of my ability. My daughter is in 6^th grade and was in the first class to start in their DUAL IMMERSION program (not ESL as previously incorrectly noted) 6 years ago. She is now bilingual (she was an English-​only student), is almost tri-​lingual (she is also learning Mandarin), has the best of friends, all of her teachers have been amazing, the administration truly cares about the students and their families, and the parents here are wonderful. My son is in 1^st grade and he took to reading, writing, and speaking Spanish even quicker than my daughter did, and he knows more Spanish than my 6 years of high school and college level classes have taught me.
My father worked for years with the previous principal and he was an incredible person who fought tooth and nail to show and prove to educators that dual immersion works. I am also an educator and I promise you, this program works. You will end up with one of the most brightest, well rounded, and culturally accepting child.

I had a tour at this school yesterday and I was shocked. This is not a dual language school but rather a fancy ESL school. The majority of my friends are hispanic so in no way do I want to come off as a racist but 99% of the kids are hispanic and there only language is spanish. I asked about there gate program and she said all the kids are placed together with the exact lesson plan. I read a few papers written by 8^th graders and the papers were good but grammatically looked as if a third grader wrote them. I asked about uniforms and the after school programs and was told yes everything is funded because most parents do not work REALLY. Anywho this false advertisement at its best. 0 stars!!!

Fantastic Dual Emersion Language Academy, they teach Spanish and Mandarin. TheSstaff is great and keeps you updated on daily lessons via Twitter. My son has learned so much Spanish in just 3 months. Really Recommend this school. It is on Lottery based entry and siblings get first entries.