English Language Development

English Language Development (ELD) instruction is designed to teach English Learners (EL) social and academic language skills as well as the cultural aspects of the English language necessary to succeed in an academic environment and contribute to society, while maintaining their cultural heritage.

The program strives to attain the following objectives:

To assist English Learners (EL) in reaching proficient levels of achievement in all academic content areas and
meet graduation requirements
To nurture self-pride and selfidentity in each EL’s linguistic and cultural heritage
To provide periodic review/reporting of each LEP student’s progress to students, parents, teachers and administrators
To provide all students with an equal opportunity and access to participate and be successful in both curricular and extracurricular activities
To foster a collaborative relationship between teachers and staff that ensures social, emotional and academic success for the ELs
To provide professional development for teachers and staff that will assist them in understanding the process of second language acquisition and the application to instruction
To evaluate ELD program effectiveness as mandated by the Federal Law

English as a Second Language Program Information

Bilingual Family Liaison

Maria DeJesus

Call or text Maria at 717-873-3474 or email: dejesusm@nebobcats.org

Call families who speak Spanish for you- discuss a student, make a meeting, relay a message, etc.
Come to your school if you have a parent meeting and need translation
Go to the nurse and help with vision/hearing screening for our Non-English speakers
Double check a translated document for you (email it to her in Spanish and she can check)
Come to the school if there is an issue with a Non-English speaker and information needs to be communicated to that student
Come to school wide events to help interact with students and families
Post on her Facebook group district or school information in Spanish - such as a special day/event-
Set up parent teacher conferences for you
Call parents to discuss absences
Help with educational trip forms
Call a parent to pick up their sick child
If you have non-English speakers/Newcomers she can go on field trips