ANDERSON — In Anderson Community Schools, 382 students are enrolled as English as a New Language students. That’s just over 4 percent of all students.
Previously called English as a Second Language or English for Language Learners, the new title is a nod to the fact that many students speak a dialect of Spanish or another language, so English might not be their second language, but rather their third.
Of the ENL students in the local school system, more than 90 percent speak Spanish or a dialect of Spanish. But there are also students from Vietnam, China, Russia, Haiti and India, according to ACS school psychologist Maria Hernandez-Finch.
Data on students who are new to English can be sketchy, in part because the students are sometimes the children of migrants.
Hernandez-Finch said that last school year, “Our two main ENL elementaries did keep data and we had 28 migrant families who had children enrolled at least some of the time at Robinson and Anderson Elementaries.”
The U.S. Department of Education maintains a statistic known as the status dropout rate. It reflects the percentage of people who have dropped out or are not pursuing a high school diploma or equivalent between the ages of 16 and 24.
In 2007, the status dropout rate for Hispanics was 21.4 percent, compared with 8.4 percent for African-Americans and 5.3 percent for whites.
While that figure for Hispanics was far higher than for other ethnicities, it was also a significant reduction from its peak at 35.8 percent in 1988.
— The Herald BulletinPreviously called English as a Second Language or English for Language Learners, the new title is a nod to the fact that many students speak a dialect of Spanish or another language, so English might not be their second language, but rather their third.
Of the ENL students in the local school system, more than 90 percent speak Spanish or a dialect of Spanish. But there are also students from Vietnam, China, Russia, Haiti and India, according to ACS school psychologist Maria Hernandez-Finch.
Data on students who are new to English can be sketchy, in part because the students are sometimes the children of migrants.
Hernandez-Finch said that last school year, “Our two main ENL elementaries did keep data and we had 28 migrant families who had children enrolled at least some of the time at Robinson and Anderson Elementaries.”
The U.S. Department of Education maintains a statistic known as the status dropout rate. It reflects the percentage of people who have dropped out or are not pursuing a high school diploma or equivalent between the ages of 16 and 24.
In 2007, the status dropout rate for Hispanics was 21.4 percent, compared with 8.4 percent for African-Americans and 5.3 percent for whites.
While that figure for Hispanics was far higher than for other ethnicities, it was also a significant reduction from its peak at 35.8 percent in 1988.
— The Herald Bulletin
xGirl Talk en Espanol
December 8, 2009
Latina Mentors: Hundreds of ACS students need help to learn English
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Latina Mentors: Teacher's childhood informs program for Latina students
Maria Hernandez-Finch’s childhood gives her empathy for students in Anderson Community Schools who might not speak English as well as their peers.
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Latina Mentors: Hundreds of ACS students need help to learn English
In Anderson Community Schools, 382 students are enrolled as English as a New Language students. That’s just over 4 percent of all students.
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Latina Mentors: La vida de Hernandez-Finch inspira esfuerzo de mentor
La infancia de Maria Hernandez-Finch le da empatía por los estudiantes en las Escuelas de la Comunidad de Anderson quienes posible no hablen el inglés tan bien como sus iguales.
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Latina Mentors: Muchos estudiantes locales no hablan el inglés como primer idioma
En las Escuelas de la Comunidad de Anderson, 382 estudiantes están matriculados como estudiantes de Inglés como Idioma Nuevo. Eso es por poco más de 4 por ciento de todos estudiantes.
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Latina Mentors: Teen AHS Latinas mentor young students
At each table of youngsters sit high school girls who are there to help teach and guide the younger students, and maybe learn from them. They are Latina Mentors.
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Latina Mentors: Estudiantes latinas guian los niños
Después de un día reciente a la Escuela Primaria de Anderson, más o menos 20 estudientes de los cuarto y quinto grados están recibiendo una educación en quienes son y de dónde son.
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