Limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and their parents need a network of support to familiarize themselves with school routines, so they may understand and comply with school rules and regulations, take advantage of many school-related services, and successfully follow their course of study. Administrators can help by ensuring that information about new LEP students is available to school personnel, parents, and students. This includes having names of interpreters who can be called on and making available to teachers a list of LEP students and their backgrounds. The most important and challenging task for staff is finding ways to integrate LEP students into academic activities. This requires time and resources, and could include assessing students' level of academic skills in their native language, assessing English proficiency, scheduling intensive English instruction, and conducting regular discussion sessions with school staff and resource people about the students' languages, cultures, and school systems. Students can help by participating in a buddy system pairing an LEP student with either a native English-speaking peer or a student who speaks his own native language. Administrators and teachers should also encourage LEP students and their parents to participate in social and academic activities, particularly to teach about or celebrate their native cultures. (MSE)