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Newcomer Academy Goals

Newcomer Academy Goals. Accelerate English instruction for recent immigrant students to enable them to learn both the English language and content area courses

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Newcomer Academy Goals

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  1. Newcomer Academy Goals • Accelerate English instruction for recent immigrant students to enable them to learn both the English language and content area courses • Support reduction of the academic performance gap that exists among students who are English Language Learners and native English speakers • Provide hands-on, visual, auditory, and linguistically relevant resources to accelerate instruction • Build district capacity to deliver services through professional development opportunities • Maximize learning by integrating the technology into ESL instruction

  2. Newcomer Academies • 2 Newcomer Academies: SMHS & GNJH • Servicing recent immigrants through accelerated curriculum and instruction • Newcomer Academy teachers are bilingual

  3. SMHS, GN Newcomer Academies • Students spend ½ day in Newcomer Academy • Integrated curriculum: Language Arts and Social Studies • Students are mainstreamed for Math and Science • The teacher assists students in Math and Science

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