In New York City, there are 22,000 children living in homes where French is spoken daily. For many families, there are no available options for schooling their children in French, or helping them maintain their home language and their heritage. Together, we can create French-English Dual Language Programs (DLP) in public schools throughout the City.The Brooklyn-Queens group is proud to present the following information session.
Saturday, November 16th, 2013 – 4pm
Brooklyn College
New Ingersoll Hall Room 133, 2900 Bedford Ave.
Here is a map of the campus. Look for Ingersoll Extension room 133NE
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/media/map.pdf
Subway: (2,5) Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College.
Program:
Information Session targeting: East Flatbush, Flatbush-Ditmas, Lefferts Gardens, Canarsie, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy
4:00 - Welcome by Moreen Tonny, presentation of program.
4:05 - Introduction of keynote speaker: Prof. Isabelle Barriere, PhD (Brooklyn College and Yeled V'Yalda Research Institute)
4:10 - Isabelle Barriere will talk about the advantages of bilingualism and bilingual education
4:25 - Q & A
4:30 - Panel 1: What parents can do to start a dual-language program
Belinda Mondjo (Parent, PS 84 Upper West Side), Virgil de Voldere (Parent, PS84 - Founder, la petite ecole) Earlene Cruz (Editor, New York in French), Fabrice Jaumont (Parent PS110 Brooklyn, Embassy of France), Pascale Setbon (Founder, The Language and Laughter Studio)
4:50 - Q & A
4:55 - Panel 2: What educators think
Annique Leman (Assistant Principal, PS58 Brooklyn), Benoit LeDevedec (Coordinator, French Heritage Language Program), Lena Barbera (Principal, PS20 Brooklyn), Kevin Goetz (teacher, PS133 Brooklyn), Asnath Fleuriot (Teacher)
5:15 - Q & A
5:35 - Panel 3: How can we start a French-English DLP in East Brooklyn?
Moreen Tonny (Founder Brooklyn-Queens DLP), Wolf Pamphile (Professional photographer), Debbie Jean-Jacques (Haitian Consulate)
5:50 - Q & A
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Creating a French-English Dual-Language Program in the East Side
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DOWNLOAD THE DO-IT-YOURSELF ROAD MAP FOR CREATING A FRENCH-ENGLISH DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAM
The Road Map
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FUTURE MEETINGS
November 26 - Manhattan Upper East Side / East Harlem
If you want to organize a session in NYC, feel free to send me an email.
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Donate to Support French-English Dual-Language Programs
If you would like to donate to the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) to support the French Dual Language Programs in New York City Public Schools you can donate online through the website Network for Good. This website enables individuals to safely and efficiently make their donation online. These donations, contributed to the non-profit French American Cultural Exchange Council (FACE), are tax-deductible. Please type "DLP" in the designation box.
These donations are used to purchase textbooks and materials for classrooms, and to fund scholarships and teacher development programs.
All checks can be made payable to FACE (French-American Cultural Exchange), 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10075.
