The Bement School provides a safe and challenging academic and boarding environment for international students. Students gain confidence in their abilities to communicate and to interact in English while learning about American culture. The ESL course of study offers different options for students depending upon their English language ability. Most ESL students participate in regular math, science and history classes. However, some have special courses which have been modified to meet their language needs.
Tutorial assistance is offered to assure that students experience success in their academic classes.
Bement's small and intensive English classes allow students the opportunity to improve their language skills rapidly. The ESL curriculum emphasized the four skill areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The subject matter in the ESL class pften parallels the curriculum found in the regular classroom, but from a second-language perspective. Our goal is to help foreign students acquire the language competence necessary to be academically successful in an English speaking classroom. This summer Bement is sponsoring an ESL summer camp for girls ages 9 to 13.