Descriptive abstracts of all Elementary and Secondary Act Title VII projects funded through Fiscal Year 1972-73 are presented in this guide. The abstracts contain the project name, fiscal agent, director, location, languages other than English, grade levels, number of classes, student enrollment, staff, participating schools or districts, funding…

The Bilingual Mini School focused on educational services of a bilingual nature for students in kindergarten through grade six. At the kindergarten, first and second grade levels all classes were comprised of Spanish-dominant or bilingual students. At grades three, four and five the students were grouped based on language dominance (Spanish or…

The Effective Transition of the Bilingual and Bicultural Student program was funded to offer academic subjects bilingually in grades 9-12, to train staff to carry out program goals, and to provide supportive services to program students. The program offered instruction in English as a Second Language, native language arts, social studies, science,…

The Fort Hamilton High School Greek, Arabic, and Spanish Bilingual Program (GRASP) served 200 Brooklyn, New York, students found to have limited proficiency in English. Students received instruction in English as a Second Language or remedial English, native language arts (except Arabic), and native language instruction in science, social studies,…

This bulletin presents news and opinions of the staff of Project Brave of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. This issue presents a description of the bilingual program in progress there; many photographs of the region and Project are included. The text is in French and English. (SK)

This report evaluates the bilingual programs at six public schools in New York City whose basic goal was the development and maintenance of proficiency in two languages, Spanish and English, in a multicultural setting. The evaluation procedure entailed interviews with supervisors, teachers, and parents as well as testing, visits to classes, and…

The Achievement through Bilingual Education Project (ABLE) served 360 Hispanic and Italian students in grades 9-12 in the Bronx, New York. Students received instruction in English as a Second Language, native language arts, and content areas (science, social studies, and mathematics) in their native languages. Additional program components…

This evaluation report describes Project P.R.O.B.E., a bilingual education program for four and five year old Spanish speaking children in two Bronx, New York schools. The educational objectives of the program, including the improvement of reading and other curriculum skills, are outlined. Also described are staffing patterns, orientation and…

The John Bowne High School Basic Bilingual Program served 269 New York City students with limited proficiency in English in grades 9-12. Students received instruction in English as a Second Language, content areas, and Spanish language arts. Students were mainstreamed with their English dominant peers for some subject areas and participated in a…

The South Bronx High School Bilingual Basic Skills Program offered instruction in English as a Second Language, English reading, native language arts, and content areas (in Spanish) to 360 ninth and tenth graders. The primary goal of the program (in its first year of operation) was to mainstream bilingual students with their English speaking…

The bilingual Early Childhood Centers Program was established in three public and four non-public schools ln District 14 (Brooklyn, New York) as a response to the needs of children in grades K-2 with limited English proficiency. Participants were from Spanish or Yiddish dominant homes. The curriculum offered instruction in English as a Second…

This report provides a program description and evaluation findings of a bilingual program for gifted and talented children conducted at C.S. 211, an elementary school serving black and Hispanic children in an economically deprived area of the Bronx, New York. The program's goals, which included above grade level reading and mathematics performance…

The results of an evaluation of a Title VII bilingual education program conducted in four Central Harlem (New York City) elementary and junior high schools are presented in this report. The program, which consisted of bilingual (Spanish and English) instruction in language and reading skills, mathematics, science, and social studies, is briefly…

This is a one year evaluation of Project BUILD, a program combining bilingual and special education and providing services to 100 children from grades 1-6 in East Harlem, New York. Section I of the evaluation gives descriptive and background information on this special program for the bilingual learning disabled. Section II sets forth the…