Lansing School District Bilingual Department

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Who We Are

Our mission is to foster an educational system that embraces refugee, immigrant, and language minority students. We seek to provide services and a learning environment where students can succeed, participate fully at all levels, and achieve their full potential.

What We Do

The Lansing School District is dedicated to providing a high-quality education in a culturally safe and nurturing environment that supports all students to live purposeful and fulfilling lives. We serve over 10,000 students in twenty-five school buildings throughout the Greater Lansing area. The Lansing School District has welcomed students from more than 73 different countries who speak many languages ranging from Arabic to Zaghawa (over 56 languages)!

The Bilingual Education Department’s mission is to foster an educational system that embraces refugee, immigrant, and language minority students. We seek to provide services and a learning environment where students can succeed, participate fully at all levels and achieve their full potential.

For the district, we provide a centralized location for data, assessment, staffing, resources and services to bilingual students, families, and LSD staff.