What Makes NAS Special? The New America School serves a unique population of recent
immigrants and English Language Learners. We offer a specialized program that allows
them to learn or perfect English while earning a high school diploma. The mission
of The New America School includes reaching out to enroll students who are not currently
enrolled in high school.
- Day or night classes.
- 4-day week to help working students.
- Sheltered instruction to make content material comprehensible to English
language learners.
- Interdisciplinary learning.
- Small (200-450 students).
- Partnerships with local community colleges.
- Safe and nurturing environment.
- Newcomer Center that provides intensive English instruction.