Forest Hills School Offers Dual Language Program
Russell Sage Junior High School (J.H.S. 190), in Forest Hills, will be the second intermediate public school in Queens to implement a Dual Language Program, beginning this fall. The program, which teaches core classes like science and language arts in two languages, has grown in recent years, with programs at more than 60 schools around the city. So far, all but one of the 15 Queens schools that host the programs have been in lower grade levels, in some cases starting as early as pre-kindergarten.
“It’s not just a regular language program, its not just Spanish or French,” explained Lillian Berenberg, assistant principal at J.H.S. 190, and the head of the program there. “The students are walking away bilingual, biliterate and bicultural.” The program at J.H.S. 190 will comprise one class of seventh graders in its first year, consisting of 15 strong, native English speakers, and 15 native Spanish speakers, none of whom are particularly proficient in his or her non-native language.
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