• WELCOME TO BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    BILINGUAL, ESL & WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

     
     
    NEWCOMER ARRIVAL CENTER
    Location: Central High School (Room A005)
    1 Lincoln Boulevard Bridgeport, CT. 06606
    Phone: 203-275-1340  Fax: 203-337-0115


    Ana Sousa-Martins, Director

    Doreen Testani, Program Clerical Assistant 
     
     
    Welcome to Bridgeport Public Schools Bilingual, ESL & 
    World Language Department

    I am honored to represent the Bridgeport Public Schools as the Director of the Bilingual, ESL, and World Languages Department. We are a diverse school district with approximately 6000 English Language Learners. We strive to meet the academic, linguistic, social, and emotional needs of all of our students. As a result, we offer a variety of Bilingual Education services and World Language courses.

    Our services include a Transitional Bilingual program, ESL classes, Dual Language programs, Native Language Tutoring, and Immigrant After-School Tutoring. The World Languages offered are Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Mandarin Chinese.

    Our goal is to cultivate bilingual. bi-literate and bi-cultural students so that they are career and college-ready.

    We are a collaborative group of educators working to continually improve our craft.

    Sincerely,
    Ana Sousa-Martins  

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    OUR VISION

    It is to be a cohesive, systematic and powerful group of 21st Century educators.
     

    OUR MISSION STATEMENT

     It is our mission to provide high-quality education in an actively engaging environment so that all students thrive as bilingual, bi-literate, and bi-cultural productive 21st-century citizens.
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