Welcome to the ESOL (English For Speakers of Other Languages)
department web page!
Come meet our ESOL teachers and become familiarized with our program,
course offerings, and extra curricular activities.
International Night
The major goals of the ESOL program are:
- Teaching students enough English to function successfully in the regular classroom
- Providing intensive basic skills instruction to those who have had little or no previous schooling
- Counseling those who are adjusting to a new school and community environment
- Minimizing linguistic and cultural barriers to enable parents to participate in their children's education
Members of our department coordinated and directed a school-wide International Night program the past five years which promoted appreciation of Wheaton's cultural diversity. Each semester ESOL awards are bestowed in recognition of outstanding student achievement. A variety of awards are given for academic achievement, leadership, improvement, good conduct, perfect attendance, good citizenship, and REACH (responsibility, enthusiasm, achievement, cooperation, harmony). Montgomery County ESOL awards are celebrated in May and given to outstanding ESOL students elected by each school.
ESOL Semester One Awards
We would like to congratulate the students who received awards for their perforamnce during semester one of the 2007-2008 school year. They were recognized at an awards ceremony on February 8.
Improvement in ESOL Classes
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Academic Achievement
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Good Citizenship Yosselin Ponce
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Good Conduct Mahalet Nega Tadesse |
Extra Curricular Activities
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R.E.A.C.H. Award (responsibility, enthusiasm, achievement, cooperation, harmony) Bayan Naber |
Leadership Award Rosslyn Alvarez-Gomez |
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