Our focus in the ESL Program is to address the needs of English Language Learners (ELs), whose first language is a language other than English. We strive to ensure that our student population, which includes a rich diversity in cultures from around the Pacific islands and abroad, attain proficiency in English and meet academic and content standards that all students are expected to meet. In the ESL class, the ELs become active learners of meaning and in making connections and transitions among ideas and elements.

Friday, December 31, 2010

ESL Message: Happy New Year from Around the Pacific!

Happy New Year from around the Pacific! May the year 2011 bring you many blessings filled with much love, joy, peace, and happiness!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! - English
Filis Añu Nuebo! – Chamorro
Feliz Año Nuevo! – Spanish
Engan ke ya sasu! - Kosraean
Gung Hay Fat Choy – Chinese
Ungil Beches Er Rak! – Palauan
Selsalan Ebéach e duw! – Yapese
Peren En Parakapw! – Pohnpeian
Hauoli Makahiki Hou – Hawaiian
Pwapwan Ei Ier Mi Fo – Chuukese
Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo! – Korean
Maligayang Bagong Taon – Tagalog
Cung-Chuc Tan-Xuan! – Vietnamese
Jeramman ilo iio in ekaal! – Marshallese
Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu – Japanese
Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layúi Luugh me raagh féé! – Carolinian


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Sunday, December 12, 2010

ESL Holiday Message

Happy Holidays! During the Holiday Season, let us continue to work together as a family to foster harmony in the community. Remember to share the joy of giving by doing random acts of kindness and celebrating diversity. In as many languages from around the world, we warmly wish you and your family a Very Merry Christmas:

MERRY CHRISTMAS! – English
Chamorro: Felis Pasgua!
Tagalog: Maligayan Pasko!
Chuukese: Pwapwan Kirisimas
Chinese (Cantonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun –Kung His Hsin Chinese (Mandarin): Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Japanese: Shinnen Omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Pohnpeian: Peren en Krismas
Marshallese: Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin
Carolinian: Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee
Kosraean: Tok Tapeng
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Palauan: Ungil Kurismas
Spanish: Felis Navidad!