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So thank you for staying with us,
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as we continue to look into our magnet programs.
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We are now going to learn about one of our oldest programs
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and that is the Academy for Science and Foreign Language.
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I will be joined by the two administrators of that campus,
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and we'll hear a little bit about their program now.
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So as of now, I am with our elementary portion of ASFL,
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as we like to call it.
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Principal, introduce yourself to our community.
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Well, I am Paula Thompson.
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I'm the Principal
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at the Academy for Science and Foreign Language Elementary.
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And Ms. Thompson joined us two years ago now
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at this point, right.
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Yes, this is my second year at ASFL.
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And so, as I've put everybody to the test
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to share with our community,
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tell us about the program at ASFL.
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Well, our program, of course,
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is science and foreign language.
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Students who enjoy, you know,
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being curious and learning new things,
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they're gonna love being
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at the Academy for Science and Foreign Language.
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They get to have extra science classes each week,
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and they also get to have some in-depth science labs.
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And then we also take some, when we can,
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we will be taking field trips to do some more, you know,
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investigation with science out in the field,
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so they can really get some hands-on experience.
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Yeah, and I will say, I've met Ms. Conner,
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who is our Science Resource Teacher
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who provides those extra opportunities.
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I know that during this time she's committed
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to even finding some of those virtual field trips,
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so that our students are still receiving
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that type of experience
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to get as much hands-on as possible.
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And that's one thing I'll say about all of our programs,
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all of our teachers have been creative.
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Yes, they have.
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They're all dedicated and committed to making sure
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that our teachers receive
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the magnet programming that we've promised.
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So over the years,
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we've done a lot of reshaping
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and reformulating some of the things at ASFL,
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and so I know for this year in particular,
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our foreign language focus is going to be.
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It's gonna be French with our teacher, Miss Brandon,
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and she is awesome.
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And she also is doing a lot with our students
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at every grade level.
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She has a YouTube channel
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that she created back in the spring,
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and that's how she was connecting with families,
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and then having students
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work on projects with their families
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and turn in videos, so.
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She's really, you know,
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doing a lot with our students as well,
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so they'll continue with French.
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And the students receive foreign language every day,
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or how is the general schedule?
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Right, during a typical year,
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they go every day for up to 30 minutes.
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Our kindergarten students go a little bit less,
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but as they get up to the upper grades,
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they go for 30 minutes a day.
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Okay, and I know her focus is vocabulary,
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and then they'll eventually go into those conversations.
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Yes.
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So that's always a good thing.
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Tell us about the type of student that you've noticed,
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since being there,
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that is most successful in this type of programming.
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Okay, well I think the student who is really curious,
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someone who is open, you know,
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a student who is open minded and wants to learn.
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A student who is not afraid to have a challenge
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and is willing to, you know, put in some extra work
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because, you know,
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to make sure that you're doing all of the magnet activities
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and learning all of those skills
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along with your regular curriculum, you know,
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it's a little extra.
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It's a little more rigorous, but they can do it.
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Yeah, and one of the things that I wanna mention
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is that ASFL is,
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not only this foreign language and science magnet piece,
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but it also, like some of our other programs,
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has that international baccalaureate authorization,
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which means that it's a part of the IB family.
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Columbia talked a little bit about it,
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and that means that our students are involved
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in cross-curricular activities.
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What do some of our teachers instructionally engage in,
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as well as our students,
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to where that IB piece is coming up?
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Well, there are six different units
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that the students will be engaged in during the year,
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and those, a lot of that,
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is connected with our social studies standards,
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and, you know,
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and then they weave it
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into our science and ELA standard as well, so even math.
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But it's really just a global, you know, thought,
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thought and thinking globally and being connected
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and actually, and working on their character
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as well as the academic, you know,
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for them to be well-rounded students
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when they finish with us.
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So, as I've asked all of our principals,
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as we move forward, and especially with ASFL in particular,
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we're in the mode of revamping.
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It's been around for awhile,
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and I know we're working hard on the look of ASFL,
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and so, yes, the aesthetics.
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But inside the building, what are some of the goals,
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or what is your vision of how to move the curriculum
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and ensuring that those students are exposed
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to foreign language and science
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and all those specialized things
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that we share with the community?
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Well, you know, as we move forward,
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we just wanna make sure that, you know,
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that our students do have all of those opportunities,
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and that we're constantly working and finding out
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what's available in our community,
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so that we can connect them
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with opportunities within the community.
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And then our teachers,
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we have a lot of newer teachers at ASFL
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who have really embraced what we're doing,
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and they've brought a lot of new energy to the program.
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And they're reworking some units
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that have been in place for awhile,
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and they're making some changes, some tweaks to them,
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and I think it's gonna be even better for our students.
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One thing I'm excited about is,
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along with your coordinators for IB and magnet,
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we are going to heavily focus on
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a community type of service learning project,
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even with our kindergartners.
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So I know that that's gonna be a huge focus,
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that we'll discuss over the next year,
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as we continue to talk
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to potential applicants and our community members.
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We're gonna ask for partnerships
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and for individuals to come in and work with us.
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We really want this experience to be relevant.
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Right.
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And so tell us just a little bit,
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before we segue into our middle school side of ASFL,
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how do you see,
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what is the benefit of starting at ASFL
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in the elementary years and matriculating through?
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Well, I think you just have that continual, you know,
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that continuity of program,
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and you are constantly exposed
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to those same learner profiles, you know,
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the things that we want our students to learn and do.
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And you just have all those extra opportunities
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and that extra focus on the different, you know,
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the sciences and foreign language all the way through,
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and then as you get to high school,
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it's not a shock to a student to go into an IB program
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because they've already experienced
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what it is to be an IB student.
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Absolutely, and I also want our community to know,
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that even though we have ASFL Elementary, ASFL Middle,
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I know that our teachers, our administrators,
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you all work hand-in-hand together to ensure
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that there's not a break in our programming.
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No.
So, yeah.
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So I definitely appreciate you, and, of course,
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the faculty and staff,
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for all your hard work and being committed to the students
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who decide to leave their neighborhood school
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and come all the way over to ASFL
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to have an experience unlike any other.
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So definitely, thank you for that work.
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Yes, thank you.
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We enjoy having students from all over the city.
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They bring a richness to our community and our school.
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Definitely, thank you so much.
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All right, thank you.
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All right.
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So now we are going to speak with
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the Academy for Science and Foreign Language
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Middle School Administrator.
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He is joining us this year for his first year as Principal.
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He has been with us as an Assistant Principal,
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but he has taken on the helm
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of being in charge of the Middle School.
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So here we are with Mr. Dent.
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If you would introduce yourself,
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and maybe give us a little bit of history
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of how you did full circle back to ASFL.
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My name is Anthony Dent.
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I started out in Huntsville City Schools some time ago,
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ended up as Assistant Principal at ASFL.
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I was there for two years.
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I went to Chapman as Principal
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and now returned to ASFL as Principal this year.
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So, welcome back.
Thank you.
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I know a lot of the kids and families
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remember you as the Assistant Principal,
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so not too much of a new start.
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Right.
So let's talk
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about your program.
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We've already talked to Ms. Thompson,
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who is the Elementary Administrator,
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and I know that you both are working hand-in-hand
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to ensure that our programming stays the same
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throughout that experience,
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but just talk about middle school in general.
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Well, middle school is a challenging time,
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students are changing, and it's difficult.
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Sometimes they don't understand the changes,
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but as far as the program,
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we wanna make sure that it's fluent.
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We want a continuum there.
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We wanna make sure the students
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benefiting very well from the program
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and making the best of the program that they can.
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So you have the same type of setup,
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if you could talk about how,
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what makes the science and foreign language
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different at ASFL,
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compared to if I just went to my zoned middle school?
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Well, we would like to think that we're unique
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and offer a lot for the students.
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At ASFL, we have teachers that are native speakers.
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We have teachers that have been to Spain,
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if they teach Spanish.
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We have teachers that are native speakers that speak French.
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We have people from foreign countries
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that teach a French version of the language,
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so we like to think that our language portion
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is very unique here in that aspect.
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In regards to the science portion,
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do our students receive extra science?
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We would also like to think,
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since we are a science school,
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that we offer a little bit more than everyone else.
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Of course, we wanna focus on that hand-on piece of science,
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making sure we get the best out of a community.
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This is a science and technology community,
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and there are a lot of partners out there,
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and we wanna make sure
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we utilize and make the best of all those partners.
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So what's the typical schedule for our middle school,
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because I know just our magnet programs in general
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ask a lot of students,
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but they are still able to get the normal school experience,
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but what's a typical schedule
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for that middle schooler at ASFL?
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A typical schedule starts the day,
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just like any other school,
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at the Middle School for Science and Foreign Language,
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students change classes, but the difference is,
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where as in science, since we're a science school,
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all of our sciences are advanced.
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We also like to offer foreign language,
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students take foreign language every day,
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and so we like to think that's one of the differences
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between us and a regular school.
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And we also have some unique teachers, as I stated earlier,
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they're all native speakers.
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We offer a variety of foreign languages, and, of course,
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we wanna continue to build on that
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and make an exceptional program.
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Right, and as I mentioned also,
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with the Elementary Administrator,
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ASFL is one of our oldest programs,
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and we are in a stage of influx and changing
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and making sure that our programming is meaningful
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and relevant to today's student.
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So I know one of the things
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that we'll be working on together this year,
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is garnering those partners
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who are willing to come in and work with our teachers
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in terms of curriculum design, instructional practices,
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as well as, as you've mentioned,
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ensure that our students are receiving exposure
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to multiple languages.
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ASFL Middle School is also
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an International Baccalaureate School,
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which means that they receive
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that global type of experience.
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We talked with Columbia earlier,
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and we mentioned how we don't think
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that our stakeholders realize that our students at ASFL
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have a leg up in going straight to Columbia
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so that they can continue in that world knowledge.
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From your experience as an Assistant Principal or now,
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what have you seen has been the benefit of being involved,
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in not only the foreign languages and sciences,
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but also in the IB program?
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I'm glad you asked me that.
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It holds a personal space for me,
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as a military veteran and a child of a military parent,
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I think offers a unique opportunity
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for all of our military families, engineering families,
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just a different kind of school and a worldly experience.
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Of course, IB is that international baccalaureate,
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and it offers, you know, the IB principles,
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principles like, inquiry, thought-provoking experiences.
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And so, since the world now's kinda transient,
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or people are beginning to be global minded,
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all of our students that attend our school,
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we feel free that they can go anywhere in the world
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and be successful.
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Absolutely, and as I mentioned as well,
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we are excited that this year,
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that your Magnet Coordinator as well as your IB Coordinator
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are committed to providing
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service learning opportunities for students.
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And, right now of course,
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with us operating in this virtual world,
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they're starting to at least expose them to it,
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but they will hopefully get a hands-on experience
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with that soon when everything is.
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So what is your vision, now that you've returned?
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Just give us a couple of things that you would like to have,
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whether it's help from our community or, you know,
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how to move the program forward.
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Well, I joke with the teacher's a lot,
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since I've been back, I often say,
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"This is our take over year."
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I joke with them and often say
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that we wanna take over Huntsville City Schools,
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but our vision is to utilize, again, like I said,
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we have a lot of resources in this community,
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and I'd like to use the engineering resources,
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all the universities we have here, the scientific community.
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We just wanna build a lot of partnerships,
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use those experiences and advantages at the school,
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and hopefully we can develop
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some well-rounded, internationally-minded students
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that can hopefully solve some of the world problems
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and challenge anyone.
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Yeah, how great will that be, to look years from now,
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to see our students on the screen
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telling us what we need to do to improve conditions.
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But thank you so much,
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we are excited you're back in the family.
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And we look forward to hearing more about ASFL,
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as we engage in our Virtual Magnet Fair,
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that will be at the end of the month.
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So we appreciate it,
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and the commitment
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that your staff and yourself have to the program.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
All right.