Transcript Dual-Language Programs in New York City’s Public Schools FRENCH EMBASSY - NEW YORK CULTURAL HEADQUARTERS JANUARY 23, 2013 - FABRICE JAUMONT.

Dual-Language Programs in
New York City’s Public Schools
FRENCH EMBASSY - NEW YORK CULTURAL HEADQUARTERS
JANUARY 23, 2013 - FABRICE JAUMONT
FRENCH DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
(SEPTEMBER 2013)
School
Location
Borough
Created
Students
Grades
PS58
Carroll Gardens
Brooklyn
2007
300
K to 5
PS84
Upper West Side
Manhattan
2008
150
K to 5
PS110
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
2011
75
K, 1, 2
PS133
Park Slope
Brooklyn
2011
75
K, 1, 2
MS51
Park Slope
Brooklyn
2013
60
6
MS256
Upper West Side
Manhattan
2013
25
6
PS20
Clinton Hill
Brooklyn
25
K
OTHER SCHOOLS / INITIATIVES IN NYC
NY French American Charter
Harlem
Public
French Heritage Language
Multiple
Public
Education Française à NY
Multiple
Mixed
Lycée Français de New York
Upper East
Private
Lyceum Kennedy
Midtown
Private
United Nations International School
Midtown
Private
International School Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens
Private
Ecole Internationale de NY
Gramercy
Private
La Petite Ecole, Le Petit Paradis, The Language and
Laughter Studio, Bonjour NY, Le Jardin à l’Ouest, L’Ecole des
Petits, FIAF…
Total number of children registered in NYC’s French
schools’ network (all nationalities)
Private
5,000 (estimate)
FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY
French spoken at home (5 y & older - American Community Survey, 2011)
French including Patois, Cajun
85 911
French Creole
23,000 (114 986*)
French (French Creole who speak French)
108 911
French speakers 5 to 17 years (NYC 15.3%)
16 663
Estimated French speakers under 5 years (NYC 6.3%)
6 000
Total French speakers
125 000**
*Total number of French creole speakers. According to Sociolinguist Flore Zephyr, 20% of Creole speaking people
are bilingual in French ** does not include language speakers who declared other language (West Africans, etc)
French people registered at New York French Consulate (December 2012)
Total
18 055 (31 033*)
5 to 17 years
2 541 (5 451*)
0 to 4 years
1 366 (1 960*)
*Total number of registered French in the tri-state
PRIMARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES – MANHATTAN
French Children 0 to 4 years old in
Manhattan in 2012
Upper East Side
288
Upper West Side
212
Lower East Side
84
Chelsea, Clinton
77
Greenwich Village, Soho
65
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill
55
Central Harlem
53
East Harlem
35
Lower Manhattan
27
(A)PS84, (B)NYFACS, (C)LFNY, (D)LK,
(E)UNIS, (F)EINY
PRIMARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES - BROOKLYN
French Children 0 to 4 y-o in Queens &
Brooklyn in 2012
Northwest Queens
27
West Central Queens
8
Southeast Queens
6
Jamaica
5
Northwest Brooklyn
151
Central Brooklyn
98
Greenpoint, Bushwick,
Williamsburg
Borough Park
37
17
East New York
8
Southwest Brooklyn
6
Flatbush
5
(A) PS110, (B) PS133, (C) PS58, (D) ISB,
(E) PS20 (tbc)
MIDDLE SCHOOL INITIATIVES
French Children 5 to 10 y-o December 2012
Upper East Side
344
Upper West Side
151
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill
98
Chelsea, Clinton
62
Greenwich Village, Soho
58
Lower Manhattan
50
Lower East Side
46
Central Harlem
38
Inwood, Washington Heights
27
East Harlem
24
Northwest Brooklyn
174
Central Brooklyn
36
Greenpoint, Williamsburg
16
Flatbush
11
Borough Park
8
Bushwick
7
(A) MS256, (B) LFNY, (C) LK, (D) UNIS,
(E) EINY, (F) ISB, (G) MS51
CONCLUSION
• 22 600 children who have French as heritage in NYC,
enough to fill 35 schools (NYC average 1/647)
• In high demand with non-French families: French
dual-language programs have welcome more nonFrench heritage speakers than French ones.
• We need more dedicated parents and principals to
initiate dual-language programs in other primary
and middle schools, and why not a high school.
• More schools means finding more teachers, more
resources (books), and more funds (teacher
development scholarships, cultural activities, etc).
• French bilingual revolution is happening. Join us.
THANK YOU
OFFICIAL PAGES
frenchculture.org
consulfrance-newyork.org
schools.nyc.gov
COMMUNITY
newyorkinfrench.net
facebook/NewYorkinFrench
twitter/NewYorkinFrench
CONTACT
[email protected]
212 439 1436