Case Study: Chinook Middle School achieves stronger parent and family engagement with Microsoft Corporation's Microsoft Translator

Chinook Middle School is breaking the language barrier with Microsoft Translator

Chinook Middle School, part of the Bellevue School District, serves a highly diverse community where more than 80 languages are spoken and over 30% of students speak a first language other than English. This created communication challenges for school enrollment, teacher-parent conferences, meetings, and ongoing family engagement. To help close this gap, the school turned to Microsoft Corporation and its Microsoft Translator service.

Microsoft Corporation implemented Microsoft Translator to enable multilingual communication with parents, families, and students, including live translation during meetings and classroom conversations. The solution helped Chinook Middle School engage more of its community, and staff reported that it could support multiple languages at once and improve accessibility for people with hearing difficulties. The result was stronger parent involvement, which the school linked to better learning outcomes for students.

Chinook Middle School

Russell White

Principal