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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle schools with good ESL departments?

I am trying to  find a charter or public school in DC where students with limited English language will be getting extra help from ESL teachers like in the elementary level. It's for grades 6 and 7. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.[/quote]

[b]DEFINITELY BASIS!!![/b]
The school has hired an [b]incredible[/b] literacy specialist who started with tutoring this week. After testing  DS for about 20 minutes, she knew exactly what was going on with him and custom designed a program to fill in the gaps in his reading and writing skills. I sat down during the 2 hour session for the semi-private session (3 students). From multisyllable analysis, to attacking nonsense words. to reading grade level short paragraphs covering a variety of subjects, to understanding new vocabulary words, all 3 kids were devouring  these new concepts and knowledge skills with interest, showing no signs of slowing down or being tired.
My son is a Middle school English language learner. The school knew this, but somehow the ELL specialist managed to meet with him only a couple times in almost 2 years in his hip, small, well regarded charter. He became gradually more and more frustrated because  he was receiving 1/4 or 1.5/4 (2.5 being the minimum grade to pass), primarily because he  could mpt understand his readings to complete classroom assignments and assessments. Multiple meetings with his teachers and administration did not result into anything tangible. Things became so bad lately  that he started begging me to pull him out and send him back overseas immediately.

After today's lesson, as we were heading to Eastern Market, he just exclaimed "the teacher explained so clearly that I understood everything right away and did not have to guess what she was trying to say". [/quote]

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