Best Practices, Volume VI, 2004

Newcomers’ Center and Sicily’s Pizza

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ASD Newcomers’ Center Contact: Imtiaz Azzam Phone: 742-8900	Sicily’s Pizza
The Newcomers’ Center assists students with improving their English vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Students also gain content and general study skills. American history and culture is also taught so those students will feel more confident and knowledgeable about their new world. The Newcomers’ Center started a business partnership with Sicily’s Pizza during October of the 2003-2004 school year. Sicily’s Pizza supports our program by rewarding our kids with a free pizza based on their positive outlook toward learning, keeping perfect attendance and in being able to see long term results of efforts on their academic work. Students put time and effort in to succeeding before they get their free pizza.	Here is what some Newcomers' students say: Irina Telgenhof “I think that business partnership with Sicily Pizza is because it will encourage students to study more and be responsible . We need to study and work very hard for our future. The students will try their best to get a free pizza everybody loves pizza.” Imtiaz Azzam, Counselor/ Teacher in Charge “The Alaska Association for Bilingual Education acknowledged the Newcomers’ Center this year as an outstanding Bilingual Program in the Anchorage School District. Criteria used for this award include evidence of attainment of English Language Proficiency and academic achievement of students.“ As a result of the SBP with Sicily’s, the Newcomer students are realizing the greater possibility of getting a free pizza the more they want to exhibit their success, motivation, and self-worth.” Natalia Clark. ESL Teacher “The business partnership with Sicily’s Pizza is very significant to us. It becomes a great motivation for the students to study harder and get good grades. Sicily’s Pizza also benefits because they understand their contribution will help the students get better grades and will eventually become better citizens of our fine city. The students are very excited about producing good grades so that they will be rewarded with Sicily’s Pizza. Both the teachers and students appreciate the partnership and generosity with Sicily’s Pizza.”

Please note: The information on this page is from the 2004 edition of Best Practices. The people, programs and contact information included were current at the time of publication, but may have since changed.