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THIS welcomes students who do not speak English as their native language. They will be placed in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program. All entering students are given the Secondary Level English Proficiency (SLEP) test from the Educational Testing Service (ETS), which determines their English level.
The purpose of the ESOL program is to improve students' speaking, writing, and reading abilities so that they can join the regular track. There are 3 levels of ESOL in middle school: beginning, intermediate and advanced. ESOL services will not beprovided to the high school students. We expect students to be proficient in English at the high school level. At intermediate levels and below, students have fewer hours of history and science classes, and more hours of ESOL English classes. At the advanced level, students will have the usual number of hours of science and history classes, but slightly less content will be covered.
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