This report evaluates a program, in its first year of funding, which provides instruction in English as a second language, native language arts for Haitian and Spanish-speaking students, bilingual classes in mathematics, science, social studies, and typing in Creole/French in a high school in Brooklyn, New York. The program's major goal is to…

The Wingate High School Bilingual program served 280 limited English speaking Haitian students with Title VII funds. The program, which included students in grades 9 through 12, was designed to offer bilingual instruction and supportive services with the aim of mainstreaming program participants. Students received English as a Second Language…

In 1984-1985, the final year of funding, Project BACIS provided instructional, resource, and supportive assistance to three different populations of recent immigrants from Cambodia, Haiti, and Vietnam at three high schools in New York City: Christopher Columbus (Bronx), Samual J. Tilden (Brooklyn), and Walton High School (Bronx). At each site the…

The Multilingual Survival Skills Program provides instructional and support services to Haitian and Hispanic students. The program emphasizes the acquisition of English language skills, using the native language (Spanish, French, and/or Haitian Creole) to maintain and develop skills. The major goals of the program, in its second year of a…

In 1985-86, Project COM-TECH offered bilingual individualized instruction to 300 limited-English proficiency students at two New York City high schools (Bushwick in Brooklyn, and Brandeis in Manhattan). Using an enrichment approach, the project provided supplementary instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, and…

Project COPE, in its second year of funding, offered basic skills instruction, career development, and pre-occupational training to 343 students of limited English proficiency in grades 9 through 12 at three sites in New York City. The students varied in native language skills, proficiency in English, and overall academic preparedness. The…

Project TRIUNFE provides instruction in English as a second language, native language development, and bilingual instruction in mathematics, science and social studies to limited English proficient Hispanic, Asian, and Haitian students. The program is a transitional program whose major goal is to mainstream students in less than two years.…

This multi-site project, in its second year of funding, proposed to provide instruction in English as a second language (ESL) and native language arts, in addition to bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, and social studies to 294 Hispanic, Chinese, and Haitian students in grades 9-12 at three high schools. Students varied widely in…

This is an evaluation report of the fifth year of a bilingual career education program, funded under Title VII and carried out at George W. Wingate High School, Brooklyn, New York. The program was designed to offer bilingual instruction and supportive services to the school's Haitian population, with the aim of preparing these students to…

In 1985-86, Project CAREERS was in its third and final year at three Queens, New York, high schools. The project's goal was to help limited English proficient (LEP) students acquire proficiency in English while they developed reading and writing skills in their native languages. This goal was pursued through instruction in English as a second…

Project RESCATE, in its third and final year of funding, provided instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL) and native language skills, as well as bilingual instruction in science, mathematics, and social studies, to 185 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at John Jay High School in Brooklyn, New York. In…

Project JOBS (Job Opportunities for Bilingual Students) is a Title VII-funded project providing English as a second language (ESL) and content area and career-related instruction to students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at South Shore High School and James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York. In 1985-86, Project JOBS was in the third…

Project HAPTT (Haitian Parent-Teacher Training) is a training program for educators and community members in New York City who work with limited-English proficient Haitian students in Haitian Creole/French-English bilingual programs. The project represents a comprehensive effort to attack the problems encountered by Haitian students and parents in…

In its final year of funding, Project COPE provided instruction in basic skills and career development to 388 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9 through 12 at three sites in Brooklyn and the Bronx: 150 Hispanics at John F. Kennedy High School, 150 Haitians at Prospect Heights High School, and 88 Italians at Christopher…

In 1985-86, the Bilingual Program at Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York, was in the final year of a three-year funding cycle. It served 212 students of limited English proficiency (LEP), including 191 Haitian students, in addition to 14 Hispanic, 6 Asian, and 1 Middle Eastern student. All participants received English as a second language…