F R E N C H E M B A S S Y - N E W Y O R K C U LT U R A L H E A D Q U A R T E R SJ A N U A R Y 2 3 , 2 0 1 3 - FA B R I C E J A U M O N T
Dual-Language Programs in New York City’s Public Schools
FRENCH DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAMS (SEPTEMBER 2013)
School Location Borough Created
Students
Grades
PS58 Carroll Gardens Brooklyn 2007 300 K to 5
PS84 Upper West Side
Manhattan 2008 150 K to 5
PS110 Greenpoint Brooklyn 2011 75 K, 1, 2
PS133 Park Slope Brooklyn 2011 75 K, 1, 2
MS51 Park Slope Brooklyn 2013 60 6
MS256 Upper West Side
Manhattan 2013 25 6PS20 Clinton Hill Brooklyn 25 K
OTHER SCHOOLS / INITIATIVES IN NYC
NY French American Charter Harlem Public
French Heritage Language Multiple Public
Education Française à NY Multiple Mixed
Lycée Français de New York Upper East Private
Lyceum Kennedy Midtown Private
United Nations International School
Midtown Private
International School Brooklyn Carroll Gardens Private
Ecole Internationale de NY Gramercy Private
La Petite Ecole, Le Petit Paradis, The Language and Laughter Studio, Bonjour NY, Le Jardin à l’Ouest, L’Ecole des Petits, FIAF…
Private
Total number of children registered in NYC’s French schools’ network (all nationalities)
5,000 (estimate)
FRENCH-SPEAKING PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY
French spoken at home (5 y & older - American Community Survey, 2011)
French including Patois, Cajun 85 911
French Creole 23,000 (114 986*)
French (French Creole who speak French) 108 911
French speakers 5 to 17 years (NYC 15.3%) 16 663
Estimated French speakers under 5 years (NYC 6.3%)
6 000
Total French speakers 125 000***Total number of French creole speakers. According to Sociolinguist Flore Zephyr, 20% of Creole speaking people are bilingual in French ** does not include language speakers who declared other language (West Africans, etc)French people registered at New York French Consulate (December 2012)
Total 18 055 (31 033*)
5 to 17 years 2 541 (5 451*)
0 to 4 years 1 366 (1 960*)*Total number of registered French in the tri-state
PRIMARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES – MANHATTAN
French Children 0 to 4 years old in Manhattan in 2012
Upper East Side 288
Upper West Side 212
Lower East Side 84
Chelsea, Clinton 77
Greenwich Village, Soho 65
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill 55
Central Harlem 53
East Harlem 35
Lower Manhattan 27
(A)PS84, (B)NYFACS, (C)LFNY, (D)LK, (E)UNIS, (F)EINY
A
B
C
D
E
F
PRIMARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES - BROOKLYN
Northwest Brooklyn 151
Central Brooklyn 98
Greenpoint, Bushwick, Williamsburg
37
Borough Park 17
East New York 8
Southwest Brooklyn 6
Flatbush 5
French Children 0 to 4 y-o in Queens & Brooklyn in 2012
Northwest Queens 27
West Central Queens 8
Southeast Queens 6
Jamaica 5
(A) PS110, (B) PS133, (C) PS58, (D) ISB, (E) PS20 (tbc)
A
B
C
D
E
MIDDLE SCHOOL INITIATIVES
Northwest Brooklyn 174
Central Brooklyn 36
Greenpoint, Williamsburg 16
Flatbush 11
Borough Park 8
Bushwick 7
French Children 5 to 10 y-o December 2012
Upper East Side 344
Upper West Side 151
Gramercy Park, Murray Hill 98
Chelsea, Clinton 62
Greenwich Village, Soho 58
Lower Manhattan 50
Lower East Side 46
Central Harlem 38
Inwood, Washington Heights 27
East Harlem 24
(A) MS256, (B) LFNY, (C) LK, (D) UNIS, (E) EINY, (F) ISB, (G) MS51
C
AB
DE
FG
CONCLUSION
• 22 600 children who have French as heritage in NYC, enough to fill 35 schools (NYC average 1/647)
• In high demand with non-French families: French dual-language programs have welcome more non-French heritage speakers than French ones.
• We need more dedicated parents and principals to initiate dual-language programs in other primary and middle schools, and why not a high school.
• More schools means finding more teachers, more resources (books), and more funds (teacher development scholarships, cultural activities, etc).
• French bilingual revolution is happening. Join us.
THANK YOU
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