This is a picture of me with some of the members of my "Welcome Club." It's an after school program I developed and now implement at my school in Trenton, NJ. The students are foreign born English speakers, but not an English that is easily understood. Some are from Liberia, Jamaica, and Mexico. They are usually poor readers with low academic skills, mostly because they have moved around so many times and have no continuity in their learning. In addition to academics, we work on acculturation and school social issues. It hasn't gotten any easier to be in middle school!Kirsten
