“Que pase en el otoño?” Most kindergarteners would scratch their heads and look at you funny if asked that question, but the 15 students in Rosina Pearsall’s class at Snow Hill Primary School will tell you that leaves change colors in the fall. And they’ll do it in Spanish. “Que colores?” Pearsall asks, which colors. “Amarillo,” yellow, one student exclaims.

As part of Greene County Schools’ Los Puentes Dual Language program, which teaches students Spanish and English through total immersion, Pearsall and her class spoke only Spanish on Thursday. The program — which translates to “bridges” — is the county’s unique way of approaching education for students who speak English as a Second Language (ESL) and parents of English-speaking students who want their children to speak a second language fluently.

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