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BHS Sheltered Journey
Welcome to BHS' Sheltered Journey Program! Sheltered Journey is a federally funded grant program aimed at improving academic proficiency for eligible American Indian students.
The Sheltered Journey Program at BHS has 3 main goals:
* To increase academic English proficiency of American Indian students
* To increase eligible American Indian students' overall academic proficiency
* To increase Academic English instructional skills of content area teachers
Professional development activities, parental involvement activities, and after school culture club activities are planned and offered.
The Sheltered Journey program works in collaboration with the JOM program, BPS Indian Education program, and the ASSIST program.
Additionally, Melanie Bernier, BHS Sheltered Journey Academic Language Coach, provides direct academic language instruction to eligible students at BHS. Wendy Sanderson is the Academic Language Coach at Wachter Middle School.
Sheltered Journey schools include BHS, WMS, Riverside, Myhre, Moses, and Solheim.
This website provides a variety of information about Sheltered Journey, best practice teaching techniques, Four Directions club meetings, parent involvement activities, a photo gallery of students, as well as information on Academic English--the formal language of education and how it impacts English Language Learners (ELLs) and Limited English Proficient (LEP) students.
Contact Information:
Melanie Bernier--323-4800 x 6210
melanie_bernier@bismarckschools.org
Bismarck High School
800 N 8th Street
Bismarck, ND 58501
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Sheltered Journey
BHS Dancers
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BHS Fancy Dancer
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BHS Powwow Demo Storyteller
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BHS Powwow Demonstration
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BHS Powwow Demonstration
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Chance Rush Four Directions Club
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Drum Group UTTC
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