Harris, Jill (ENL - Bridges) / Bridges to Academic Success/ Programa Puentes para el Éxito Académico

The Bilingual Language & Literacy Academy's population consists of Spanish Speaking newcomer ELLs, many of which are SIFE (Students with Interrupted or Inconsistent Formal Education). For SIFE with Developing Literacy in their native language, we use the Bridges to Academic Success program.

Students in the Bridges Program recieve specialized Integrated English Language Arts/English as a New Language and Stand Alone English as a New Language classes. The structure of these two classes are below.

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