The university last fall concluded the first semester of its inaugural Spanish Immersion program.

The school welcomed the first cohort of high-schoolers who, according to Dwight TenHuisen, chair of the Spanish department at Calvin University, completed and passed their Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture course and examination their sophomore year.

Calvin’s Spanish Immersion program provides high school students the opportunity to further learn and understand the Spanish language and culture at the collegiate level after being immersed in the program since they were kindergarteners.

“We approached Calvin University because we knew that a partnership between the schools could be mutually beneficial,” said Katy Rozema, Spanish Immersion director for Grandville Calvin Christian Schools.