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| Title | Students Flock to Spanish Tutors |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/03/students_flock.html Daily Freeman (NY) March 1, 2007 Kate Heidecker reports that with a burgeoning population of non-English speaking students in the Kingston (NY) school district, a program offering after-school tutoring in Spanish is a fully-booked success at two local elementary schools. The 10-week program matches English as a Second Language students and members of Kingston High School's Spanish Honor Society with pupils in kindergarten through fifth grade at George Washington and Edson elementary schools who want to learn the language. Maria DeCaro, a Spanish teacher at Kingston High, oversees the program with M. Clifford Miller Middle School Spanish teacher Grabrila Ane. The brainchild of school board Trustee James Shaugnessy, the program was so popular students had to enter a lottery to participate. "The little ones are like a sponge and they absorb everything faster," DeCaro said. "It's a voluntary program - they really want to be here to learn." (...Read the complete article at http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1769&dept_id=74969&newsid=17914079&PAG=461&rfi=9 .) |
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| Inputdate | 2007-03-25 10:19:04 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-03-26 00:00:00 |
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