Welcome! Bienvenidos! Byenveni! The Kennedy-Longfellow School
prides itself in being a culturally and linguistically diverse learning
community. Our English Language Acquisition program provides support to
students who are learning English as their second language. The goal is
to further develop students' skills in listening, speaking, reading, and
writing through academic content. The ELL (English Language Learner)
teachers provide language support in the general education classrooms as
well as in small-group settings in order to meet students' individual
learning needs. Through the Kennedy-Longfellow's partnership with Lesley
University, ELLs further their language development through creative
and meaningful projects and activities using the iPad and other
technology.
Pictured Above: Students create
representations of themselves on the
world map, highlighting the
incredible diversity of our program.
"In 2011, my son went to the Kennedy-Longfellow School without
knowing any word in English. As we were planning to spend a year in the
US, my wife and I hoped he would acquire basic language skills during
that time. However, what exactly happened overcame all our expectations.
In 2 weeks, he explained to us the difference between “excuse me” and
“sorry”, and started correcting my mistakes in 6 months. As the school
year is coming to an end, my son is almost fluent in English and can
freely engage in all kind of discussions. My wife and I are highly
impressed by the progress he has made within the English language
learner program, and are grateful to his ELL instructor and for
enthusiastic efforts to make this progress happen".
-Matin, parent of former ESL student
Our ESL Classroom Library