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  • Park Avenue School
  • Westbury, NY
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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My students all come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. For many coming to school is the only opportunity to get a well balanced meal, space to move around and play, and talk to other children and educated adults. Many are new immigrants who crossed the desert or the river by foot just to get a better education and opportunity in life. They did not ask or choose to come here, but they are hard working, responsible individuals with an uncommon drive to do their best and to succeed. At the age of nine and ten, they have seen more troubles, experienced more poverty and survived more dangerous obstacles in life than most of the adults I know who grew up with in a normal home in the United States. My students truly believe that if they work hard and follow all the rules, they will succeed and accomplish all their dreams. It is for this reason that I strive to provide them with all the necessary tools to succeed in our educational system.

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My students all come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. For many coming to school is the only opportunity to get a well balanced meal, space to move around and play, and talk to other children and educated adults. Many are new immigrants who crossed the desert or the river by foot just to get a better education and opportunity in life. They did not ask or choose to come here, but they are hard working, responsible individuals with an uncommon drive to do their best and to succeed. At the age of nine and ten, they have seen more troubles, experienced more poverty and survived more dangerous obstacles in life than most of the adults I know who grew up with in a normal home in the United States. My students truly believe that if they work hard and follow all the rules, they will succeed and accomplish all their dreams. It is for this reason that I strive to provide them with all the necessary tools to succeed in our educational system.

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