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Newcomer High School is where the Big Sibling Program's high-school aged little siblings first attend school when they come to San Francisco. "Founded on August 14, 1979, Newcomer High School was the first program of its kind in the nation and became a model for other newcomer programs throughout the United States." "Newcomer high School is a multicultural, multi-linguistic, community of learners. [The school] specializes in acculturating the most recent limited-English-proficient, immigrants to America for a literate, global, democratic, and ecologically sensitive society. [Its] program is designed to enhance student potential for success in transition to comprehensive high schools, and beyond." Special thanks to Jackie Macabasco, who has been our liaison at Newcomer High School since the inception of the program. |
"The Mentoring Center's (TMC) baseline mission is to improve the effectiveness of the Field of Mentoring. TMC's work serves to expand the very definition and use of mentoring as a youth development tool. In this regard, TMC works to develop and provide new and acceptable mentoring concepts and models that would be effective in addressing the needs of youth of diverse life circumstances...The Mentoring Center also provides and/or arranges the provision of technical assistance and training services to individual mentoring agencies. TMC employs and advances the concept of mentoring as a tool for community building. Special thanks to Devone Boggan, the former Executive Director at TMC, who has led mentoring introductions for the Big Sibling Program since its inception. |
Named in honor of the renowned Swedish diplomat, Raoul Wallenberg, the high school was established in 1981 as an alternative high school within the San Francisco Unified School District. Emphasis is on academic preparation, acceptance of time-honored American traditions, adherence to a dress code, and ultimate matriculation. |
