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American Sign Language & English Dual Language Secondary School |
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225 East 23 Street Manhattan, NY 10010 Phone: (917) 326-6668 Fax: (212) 481-6237 Website Map |
Principal: Watfa A. Shama Parent Coordinator: Angie Diaz (917) 326-6658 |
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WHAT'S SPECIAL: Small class sizes, nurturing and supportive staff. DOWNSIDE: Tiny school doesn't offer the number and variety of courses available at larger schools. |
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Grade levels: 8 to 12 Class size: 12-19 Enrollment: 158 Ethnicity %: 9 W; 31 B; 55 H; 4 A |
Reading scores:  Math scores:  4 year graduation rate: 38.0% |
District 2 HS Supt: Francesca Pena Admissions: Open to deaf students, children of deaf parents, and non deaf students Neighborhood: Gramercy Park/Stuyvesant Town More school data |
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The American Sign Language and English Dual Language School is a tiny high school that serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students, students of deaf parents or siblings, and non-deaf students who want to be fluent in sign language. Each grade is comprised of about 30 students and class sizes are capped at 19. It is also the only New York State public school specializing in serving deaf students that allows deaf students to earn a Regents diploma. (Other schools that specifically serve a deaf population only offer an IEP diploma.) The school, however, is undergoing changes under a new administration, and the new principal's vision has yet to be fully implemented.  |
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pwheaton (student) Jan 5, 2009 |
“I love it. It’s feels like a family. Everyone is really supportive here” said one student whose parents are deaf. Her one complaint: “The classes. I wish they had more... read more |
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pwheaton (student) Jan 5, 2009 |
"I love it. It feels like a family. Everyone is really supportive here," said one student whose parents are deaf. "I wish they had more AP classes." |
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pwheaton (student) Jan 5, 2009 |
"I like it. It is a great school. I like that it is so small. I was always interested in sign language. I use to study it from books, and so I wanted to try this school." |
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| This page was last updated on Mar 24, 2010. |
