The mission of the Newcomer Summer Program is to accelerate the academic and personal growth of refugee and immigrant students by providing a comprehensive summer program that focuses on English Language Development, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, and the Arts.
Students must meet the following criteria in order to qualify for the Newcomer Summer Program
Enrolled in APS in grades 6-12 in SY24/25
English learner
In U.S. schools for less than 4 full academic school years
ACCESS/WIDA scores at 2.9 or below
If you would like to refer a student to the summer program, please fill out this form.
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Each year we hire a team of passionate educators including teachers (ELD, Math, Science, Social Studies), family liasons and coordinators.
All applicants must be current APS employees
Teachers must be secondary endorsed in one or more of the following fields (ELD/ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies)
ACCESS/WIDA scores at 2.9 or below
Speaking more than one language is a plus!
If you are interested in working with us this year, please fill out this interest form!