Mrs.
Carol Dukes
One of the ways we celebrate
diversity at Newberry Elementary School is through our ESOL classes. ESOL stands for English to Speakers of Other
Languages. I am Carol Dukes, the ESOL
teacher at NES for students in grades K – 5.
Our job in the District is “to provide equal educational opportunities
to students who have a primary or home language other than English…our primary
focus is to provide an English-rich environment so those students will become
proficient as soon as possible”. Our
District “strives to create a learning environment that encourages student
pride in their cultural heritage…{ESOL} will provide each non-English or
limited English speaking child the opportunity to be successful in academic
areas and to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing proficiency in
order to be successfully mainstreamed into all classes” (from District Mission
Statement, ESOL Program Goals and Objectives, ESOL Handbook 2008-09, page 3).