A very upbeat, active school full of lively teachers, Public School 35 serves many children of recent immigrants. The school has strong ties to the community and reaches out actively to parents. Visitors will see a very positive program that leads children to academic success. Public School 24 is a microcosm of the multicultural community that surrounds it. Newcomers High School is a comprehensive academic New York City Public high school that admits only newly arrived immigrant children who have never been in an English-speaking school system.
Admission is ongoing throughout the year, and includes all grades.
Newcomers offers intensive ESL, ESL content-area courses, bilingual programs in Bengali, Chinese, and Spanish, and special programs such as Diversity Awareness and the American Social History Project. Newcomers is a transitional program for 9th and 10th graders who go to other schools after 1 year, but incoming 11th graders stay to graduate. The program includes an extended day and an extended year though its summer institute. ELL students receive an individually tailored college program, enhanced career education via job shadowing and externships, and instructional and supportive services. ELL families are provided with year-round family education programs.