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City's First Bengali Dual-Language Class to Be at Elmhurst School
Elmhurst's Louis F. Simeone School will be the first school in NYC to offer the dual-language program, lawmakers said.
By Danielle Woodward
May 18, 2018

One Elmhurst school will be the first in New York City to offer its students a program taught half in English and half in Bengali, lawmakers announced Thursday.

The New York City Department of Education will roll out the South Asian dual-language program, the first of its kind, at P.S. 7 Louis F. Simeone School in September following a persuasive letter from Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-Queens) and Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx) in 2015, the politicians said.

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Read related articles at https://meng.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/new-york-city-department-of-education-to-launch-first-dual-language, https://www.timesledger.com/stories/2018/21/bengaliprogram_2018_05_25_q.html, and http://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/nyc-department-of-education-to-launch-first-dual-language-program/article_ed03f43e-7bee-11e8-96ee-c7c1141d5bbc.html