Byrne Creek Is Paving A Way for Success
Post submitted by Laida Falsetto and Mirella Gargiulo
Byrne Creek Secondary School has been and continues to becreative and flexible in designing varying programs to meet the needs of our current population. Over 60 percent of our student population does not have English as their first language. As a result, we have worked innovatively to develop programs and activities that pave a way for individual success and celebrate diversity. But what is success? What makes someone successful? How do you know if you or your students have achieved success? These questions help guide our program development and are the building blocks that we use to create our classroom community each year.
One unique program at Byrne Creek that demonstrates this is our English language learner work program Paving A Way for Success (PAWS). This program was designed and implemented to meet the needs of new immigrants, especially refugees, who arrive to our school between the ages of 16 to 19. These students