Cisneros Pre-K and many Garland ISD school participate in the AVID program. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.  The AVID program promotes college awareness and gives students the tools they will need to be successful in college.  

There are many activities and strategies that Cisneros teachers incorporate into their daily lessons utilizing AVID.   Pre-K students at Cisneros use AVID organized binders for their behavior chart, assignments, and other parent information.   

Here are at Cisneros we conduct AVID nights where we explain and model different AVID strategies and techniques to help our students become academically successful.  

Be sure to look at our Calendar page to see when the next AVID night is scheduled.

Be Glad supports academic language acquisition and literacy in all content lessons. Strategies and models are used to specifically target and promote language skills, academic achievement, and cross-cultural skills.

We implement 1-Way and 2-Way Dual Language programs in Garland ISD as the state approved bilingual program model. The primary body of research on which our current DLI program is designed was conducted by Gomez and Gomez. The goal of bilingual education is to develop bilingualism/biliteracy, high academic achievement, and sociocultural competency.

The One-Way Dual Language Program serves students identified as Emergent Bilinguals with a native language of Spanish. Students are served in both English and Spanish.  Instruction in this program is delivered by a teacher appropriately certified in bilingual education Spanish. The goal of one-way dual language is for students to attain full proficiency in Spanish as well as English through literacy and content area instruction from Pre-K to at least 5th Grade.

Monday, Wednesday and Friday the language of the day is Spanish.  Tuesday and Thursday the language of the day is English.

Thematic units integrate different intelligences and topics into a single lesson while making learning fun and engaging for children. The following are the main themes taught in our preschool curriculum: 

• Theme 1:  My School and Me
• Theme 2:  My Family and Friends
• Theme 3:  Safe, healthy, Helpful me
• Theme 4:  Compare and Contrast
• Theme 5: Creative Me
• Theme 6:  On the Move
• Theme 7: Amazing Critters
• Theme 8: Animals
• Theme 9: Changes