Caitlyn Fioto, a William Floyd High School student in Michael Devenney’s 11th-grade English class, recently used persuasive writing to secure tickets to a New York Islanders game! Caitlyn and her classmates were participating in a letter-writing campaign titled, “The Power of Persuasion,” in which students write letters to famous and influential people who have impacted them personally, and use their writing skills to convince the recipient to send back a small token or something to cherish and motivate them as writers.
BILINGUAL SUMMER LITERACY PROJECT
Haga clic en el enlace a continuación para ver una presentación de lectura de verano creada por nuestros maestros bilingües. Este es un recurso maravilloso para ayudar a involucrar a sus hijos en actividades de lectura durante el verano. Disfrute de estas lecciones y de la información de la biblioteca comunitaria.
ENL Department
The William Floyd School District is committed to providing 854 students with English as New Language Services.
Our English as a New Language (ENL) program is designed to meet the needs of our students as they progress from an entering (beginner) to a commanding (Proficient) English speaker. Students enrolled in ENL courses must take the New York State English as a New Language Achievement Test (NYSESLAT) each year until proficiency is achieved. Upon achieving proficiency, our ENL students continue to receive support for two years.
Our ENL programs enable students to become familiar with their school and classroom environments while maintaining pride in their native culture. The district is also committed to provide on-going supports to families, teachers and students who take part in and support our ENL programs and services.
What remote learning supports are available for students and families in temporary housing who are English Language Learnings/Multilingual Learners?
- Using Google Products
- Videos about using Google Classroom: New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYS TESOL) has created home language tutorial videos for families and students on how to navigate Google Classroom in the following 10 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. It is free and open to all.
- Spanish video: Como Usar Google Classroom
- Guides to setting up Google Classroom: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Bengali, Russian, and Arabic
- Uploading Homework in Google Classroom, Spanish video: Como Enviar Tareas En Google Classroom
- Google Translate
- Using Google Meet, Spanish video: Como Usar Google Meet
- NYS Statewide Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (RBERN) at NYU has many resources for parents, students, and educators
- Resource Collection for English Language Learners (ELLs) and World Language Students from NYSED’s Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) has resources for students, parents, and educators.
ENL Supervisor
Deborah Gurney (631) 874-1170
Family & Adult Literacy Programs
Mastic, Moriches, Shirley
Library Literacy Director
Lindsay Davis (631) 399-1511 x215
District News
Victoria Hernandez, a sixth-grade general education and ENL science teacher at William Floyd Middle School, as well as a NYS Master Teacher, is currently a finalist in Teachers Federal Credit Union “Teacher Appreciation Week Contest!” Ms. Hernandez has the opportunity to win a grant up to $2,500 for her classroom, which will be used to build an interactive vertical garden using coding and technology ! Voting in this final round ends Friday, April 26.