To Top of Page Home Gifted Pasco County implements a districtwide, full-time gifted program at eight centers in elementary schools throughout the county. Mittye P. Locke Elementary is home to one of these centers, serving qualified students in grades 3-5. English for Speakers of Other Languages, better known as ESOL, is a service provided by the District School Board of Pasco County and certified by the state of Florida. This service is designed to meet the communication, academic, and social needs of Limited English Proficient students. ESOL services provide students with English language skills and curriculum content comprehension necessary for them to function effectively, and actively participate in the regular school program.
Instruction is delivered in English with home language tutorial assistance as it is feasible.
We closely monitor the student's progress even after exiting the program. An ESOL Resource teacher is assigned to each school to monitor and assist teachers and administrators in the implementation of the service. An ESOL paraprofessional is also assigned to the school and works directly with students and teachers on a daily basis. Although our ESOL population is predominately Spanish, we also serve students from Yugoslavian, Greek, Laotian, Thai, Serbo-Croatian, Vietnamese, and Portuguese backgrounds. At Locke, we have a variety of ESE programs.