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The Flagship-Language Acquisition Network (F-LAN) held its 5^th annual retreat in Park City, Utah from Thursday, July 14 to Friday, July 15. During the retreat, Chinese and Portuguese educators from around the United States focused their efforts on building infrastructure for K-12 Immersion and Secondary Chinese & Portuguese.

To begin the retreat, participants were provided with an overview of the consortium and the state of the language flagship. Then, participants broke out into groups to discuss questions regarding the critical components of F-LAN to maintain overtime. After that, participants were treated to discussions and presentations regarding developing language proficiency as part of the K-12 continuum and instructional strategies related to both secondary language learners and dual language immersion learners.

The end of the retreat was just as robust as the beginning. Retreat participants had the opportunity to learn about the various K-12 pathways that exist for dual language immersion nationwide and the systems that are being developed in order to ensure the fidelity of said pathways. As part of this presentation, the Bridging Project, a CASLS and Portland Public Schools partner project designed to address the attrition rates of secondary dual immersion students, was featured. After this discussion came to a close, a panel offered ways to authentically embed culture into the language curriculum and given an overview of the F-LAN materials that are available online.

CASLS would like to extend its gratitude to all of the people who planned such a successful and worthwhile retreat!