Community School Implementation Plan
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Community Schools Implementation Plan 2025-2026 School Year
Welcome to Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School
We are now co-located with Gordon J. Lau Elementary School.
歡迎到李孟賢伉儷新移民學校! 我們現在位於 Gordon J. Lau 學校。
Reasons to Choose Our School for Your Child:
- foundational English skills taught at every grade
- longer time for English Language Development(ELD) instruction
- smaller class sizes means more attention for every child
- smoother transition into comprehensive school
- content instruction in primary language
- be with other newcomer students
- safe environment to acclimate to new country and learn new language
- services for newcomer families
- one-year program ONLY
School Announcements
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Welcome
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Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School (formerly the Chinese Education Center) is a school for Chinese-speaking, newly-arrived immigrant students. It is a transitional, one-year program designed to teach foundational English skills in reading, writing, and oral English language development. In addition, basic skills, protocols, and understanding in all CORE subject areas are explicitly taught to address the gap that typically results from students having been raised in a very different educational system.
Beyond the academics, a large focus is placed on nurturing our students’ social emotional learning. We address the cultural gap and the many challenges that accompany such a significant transition as immigrating from China to the United States. Immigrant students and families face numerous challenges as they work to learn a new language and understand a new culture. The English language is as significantly different from the Chinese language, as American culture is different from the Chinese culture. We educate students and their families on concepts that include the importance of having a growth-mindset; the acceptance of failure as a natural part of the journey toward mastery; the importance of positivity; and, the expression of love in parenting.
We provide valuable and essential supports to newly-arrived immigrant students and families. We nurture a greater sense of self-confidence in students because of the academic and social-emotional gains they are able to make at our school. In the long-term, the families gain a greater understanding in how to better support their children through this transition. Their participation in our program sets the foundation for the students’ long-term success.
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Fifth-graders feed into Francisco Middle School OR Visitacion Valley Middle School. As a one-year newcomer program, the K-4 students have the opportunity to transfer to any SFUSD elementary school. Generally, grades K-1-2-3-4 newcomer students who enroll after JANUARY 1st are eligible to remain here for another school year.