Learning language through a variety of experiences, 85 refugee students speaking 20 different languages are taking a crash course in American culture this summer at Phoenix Union. The students, all of whom have been in the United States less than one year, are the most basic English Language Learners, classified as Literacy, or Pre-Emergent. They are experiencing a new language in the classroom, riding the light rail, listening to live music, at a candy factory, the Music Instrument Museum, the library, bowling lanes, the zoo, the Science Center and the State Capitol. The four-week summer school program, in its third year, is taught by nine ELL teachers with the help of nine Instructional Assistants.
WHERE: Central High School (4525 N. Central), 300 building and various field trip locations
WHEN: Monday through Thursday, through June 23. 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
WHO: Students from various Phoenix Union High Schools. Among the native languages spoken are Karenni, Burmese, Bengali and Karen (Myanmar, Thailand); Farsi (Iran, Afghanistan); Swahili (Congo); Kurundi (Burundi); Kunama, Tigrinya and Oromo (Eritrea, Ethiopia); Kinyarwanda (Rwanda); Kiswahili (Tanzania); French (Cameroon), Spanish, Creole (Haiti); Nepali, Arabic, and Somali, Vietnamese and Chinese.
Phoenix Union anticipates a refugee student enrollment of approximately 600 representing over 40 languages next school year. Most of the refugee students attend Central or Alhambra High Schools.
SCHEDULE: June 14: AMF Bowling; June 15: Pizza Dough Day at Central HS Cafeteria;
June 16: Cerreta Candy Factory/Chocolate Pizza Camp, Glendale;
June 21: Arizona Science Center Mazes exhibit; June 22: State Capitol tour with Rep. Lela Alston. (CALL for exact times, locations)
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CONTACT: Craig Pletenik, PUHSD Community Relations, (602) 764-1530
Dr. Michelle Delgado, PUHSD Language Acquisition (602) 764-1323
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