40 students at Paxson Elementary will pioneer a Spanish immersion program that is being launched by Missoula County Public Schools. The students, kindergartners and first-graders, will be the first public school students in all of Montana to experience a dual language immersion program, the Billings Gazette reports.

“Although other language models were researched, including Chinese and French, MCPS decided to implement a Spanish immersion program for many reasons, one of which is because there are more high-quality Spanish educators and learning materials available to create a sustainable and dynamic program, [principal Kelly] Chumrau said,” reports the Billings Gazette. Read the complete story here.