FRENCH EMBASSY - NEW YORK CULTURAL HEADQUARTERS JANUARY 23, FABRICE JAUMONT Dual-Language Programs in New York City’s Public Schools

FRENCH DUAL-LANGUAGE PROGRAMS (SEPTEMBER 2013) SchoolLocationBoroughCreatedStudentsGrades PS58Carroll GardensBrooklyn K to 5 PS84Upper West SideManhattan K to 5 PS110GreenpointBrooklyn201175K, 1, 2 PS133Park SlopeBrooklyn201175K, 1, 2 MS51Park SlopeBrooklyn MS256Upper West SideManhattan PS20Clinton HillBrooklyn25K

OTHER SCHOOLS / INITIATIVES IN NYC NY French American CharterHarlemPublic French Heritage LanguageMultiplePublic Education Française à NYMultipleMixed Lycée Français de New YorkUpper EastPrivate Lyceum KennedyMidtownPrivate United Nations International SchoolMidtownPrivate International School BrooklynCarroll GardensPrivate Ecole Internationale de NYGramercyPrivate 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 French Creole23,000 ( *) French (French Creole who speak French) French speakers 5 to 17 years (NYC 15.3%) Estimated French speakers under 5 years (NYC 6.3%)6 000 Total French speakers ** *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 (31 033*) 5 to 17 years2 541 (5 451*) 0 to 4 years1 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 Side288 Upper West Side212 Lower East Side84 Chelsea, Clinton77 Greenwich Village, Soho65 Gramercy Park, Murray Hill55 Central Harlem 53 East Harlem35 Lower Manhattan27 (A)PS84, (B)NYFACS, (C)LFNY, (D)LK, (E)UNIS, (F)EINY

PRIMARY SCHOOL INITIATIVES - BROOKLYN Northwest Brooklyn151 Central Brooklyn98 Greenpoint, Bushwick, Williamsburg 37 Borough Park17 East New York8 Southwest Brooklyn6 Flatbush5 French Children 0 to 4 y-o in Queens & Brooklyn in 2012 Northwest Queens27 West Central Queens8 Southeast Queens6 Jamaica5 (A) PS110, (B) PS133, (C) PS58, (D) ISB, (E) PS20 (tbc)

MIDDLE SCHOOL INITIATIVES Northwest Brooklyn174 Central Brooklyn36 Greenpoint, Williamsburg16 Flatbush11 Borough Park8 Bushwick7 French Children 5 to 10 y-o December 2012 Upper East Side344 Upper West Side151 Gramercy Park, Murray Hill98 Chelsea, Clinton62 Greenwich Village, Soho58 Lower Manhattan50 Lower East Side46 Central Harlem38 Inwood, Washington Heights27 East Harlem24 (A) MS256, (B) LFNY, (C) LK, (D) UNIS, (E) EINY, (F) ISB, (G) MS51

CONCLUSION 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.

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