MS 51 William Alexander, a screened middle school in Park Slope, Brooklyn, will be starting a new French Dual Language (DL) program next fall (2013) for incoming sixth grade students.  The program is open to participants in elementary school DL and bilingual programs, as well as English Language Learners and French heritage language speakers.  Students are expected to be proficient or fluent in reading, writing and speaking French prior to entering the DL Program.  The DL Program will have three components:  Advanced French Language Arts, World Cultures/ History taught in French, and an optional after school arts program in French.

Students must meet the admissions critieria for MS 51, which includes 4th grade Math and ELA test scores of 670 or above, review of the 4th and 5th grade report cards, and a student interview.  Preference is given to District 15 students, but the school is permitted to accept out of district students who meet the admissions criteria.  Interested families should contact the principal, Lenore DiLeo Berner, at LBerner2@schools.nyc.gov and/or call guidance counselor Joe Phillips at 718-369-7603, for more information and to request admissions consideration.    General information about the school can be found at their website www.ms51.org.

Upper West Side Middle School Bilingual Project

Parents at PS84 (Manhattan) are working together with the Department of Education to open a Dual Language - French Middle School program in District 3 (Upper West Side) in Manhattan. The program is expected to open in an existing district middle school Fall 2013 with a sixth grade class. Students with French and English grade level language abilities will be able to apply. More details to follow.