ELD DEPARTMENT

The ELD (English Language Development) department is staffed by linguistically and culturally diverse teachers who cooperate as a team and work as a professional learning community.

We provide the following programs to serve our community and students:

• A multilingual Back-To-School Night program

• Individual and group bilingual counseling for academic, social, and personal issues

• College preparation and career counseling

• Lunch tutoring

• Parent services provided by our parent outreach coordinator.

The major goals of the ELD program are:

• Teaching students enough english to function successfully in the regular classroom

• Providing intensive basic skills instruction to those who have had little or no previous schooling

• Counseling those who are adjusting to a new school and community environment

• Minimizing linguistic and cultural barriers to enable parents to participate in their children's education