Among our ESL goals under the federal No Child Left Behind law are to:

• Enable limited English proficient (LEP) students to communicate and function in the English language and American culture
• Develop a program services plan for each LEP student to address linguistic and academic needs
• Promote recognition, understanding and acceptance of individuality and cultural diversity
• Provide comprehensible instruction in content-area classes to successfully meet grade promotion and graduation standards
• Teach listening, speaking, reading and writing, and cultural understanding needed to participate in the school's mainstream activities
• Promote parental and community participation