The Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) is proud to offer four elementary foreign language programs, whose goal is that all participating children will be bilingual and biliterate at the end of elementary school.

In 2007, Keppel Elementary began its Korean Dual Immersion program with a Federal Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) grant. With the application for Federal funding, the umbrella title of Foreign Language Academies of Glendale (FLAG) was developed to unite and support all the programs. It was felt that a special title to encompass all the elementary foreign language programs would help in their promotion and emphasize the uniqueness of these programs in the public schools. In 2008, GUSD added FLAG/German Dual Immersion at Franklin Elementary and interest in our current programs and new ones continues to grow throughout the community.

The Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) began its dual language programs with a Title VII grant at Edison Elementary in 2002. In 2003 the first Spanish dual language Kindergarten began at Edison Elementary, the program currently runs K-5, with a wait list for the two kindergartens. In response to community interest, an Armenian Heritage Language Magnet program was begun in 2006 at Jefferson Elementary. The current program is now K-3 with new grades and classes annually.