Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Most of my students are excited to learn Spanish, and have never studied a foreign language before. My students come from neighborhoods all across Baltimore City, and many have not traveled much outside of their neighborhood. Seventy percent of our students qualify for free or reduced lunches, and when I surveyed students last year a majority did not have a computer in their home.
I teach all 9th graders, and even those without computers at home usually have a cell phone. They also seek out computers, in the library, at their friends' houses; just like teens everywhere they want to be connected.
Our school is also one of the ESOL hubs in the city, and there are students from all over the world including a significant number of students from Spanish-speaking countries. That makes me feel like I have an even greater duty to do my job well, so my students can better understand and appreciate the great diversity of those surrounding them.
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Most of my students are excited to learn Spanish, and have never studied a foreign language before. My students come from neighborhoods all across Baltimore City, and many have not traveled much outside of their neighborhood. Seventy percent of our students qualify for free or reduced lunches, and when I surveyed students last year a majority did not have a computer in their home.
I teach all 9th graders, and even those without computers at home usually have a cell phone. They also seek out computers, in the library, at their friends' houses; just like teens everywhere they want to be connected.
Our school is also one of the ESOL hubs in the city, and there are students from all over the world including a significant number of students from Spanish-speaking countries. That makes me feel like I have an even greater duty to do my job well, so my students can better understand and appreciate the great diversity of those surrounding them.