Mendota CCSD 289 will present on how ROE 35 provides mentors to the district to supply at-risk students with extra academic help. The program creates connection points and lightens the load for administration and SEL staff. You will also learn about Mendota's use of bilingual classrooms in Pre-K through second grade for Spanish-speaking students, as well as middle school ESL interventionists who demonstrate the power of additional support for the emergent bilingual community.