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Refugee & Immigrant Support

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Crawford is committed to supporting our students coming from across the globe by providing a safe and welcoming environment, offering targeted language support, and connecting families with necessary resources. Crawford staff strive to create trauma-informed classrooms, integrate students' cultures into the curriculum, connect new students with a Student Ambassador, and ensure consistent communication with families in their preferred language.

Student Ambassadors

Students Ambassadors are a group of culturally and linguistically diverse Crawford students who have been trained to help orient new students to the school and to answer common initial school ques­tions. Crawford Ambassadors will act as "friends" to their newly-arrived peers by welcoming them to the school, providing a school tour, clarifying expectations, and explaining rules in their native language.

TRYP Wellness Groups

Crawford partners with Aurora Mental Health & Recovery to provide TRYP (Trauma Resilience Youth Program) groups for immigrant and refugee students. Aurora Mental Health has patient navigators to support different language and cultural groups, and work with students to support integration into the US school system while celebrating students’ own heritage and cultures.

Communication

  • TalkingPoints: Crawford uses the two-way messaging app to communicate with you about your child and upcoming school events.
  • Interpretation: Crawford can access in-person or phone interpretation to support family communication as needed.

School Day Language Support

At Crawford, we believe that every student deserves access to rigorous, grade-level learning while developing their English language skills. Our multilingual learners receive targeted language support through daily English Language Development (ELD) instruction, where students build speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills based on their individual language proficiency levels.

Language development is not limited to ELD class. Throughout the school day, teachers intentionally integrate language supports into all content areas so students can fully participate in learning. These supports include visual aids, Total Physical Response (TPR), sentence frames, structured student discussions, academic vocabulary instruction, translanguaging opportunities, and collaborative learning routines that encourage students to practice language in meaningful ways.

Our teachers plan for both content and language objectives, ensuring students have multiple opportunities to read, write, speak, and think critically every day. By embedding language development across all classrooms, we help students strengthen their English proficiency while engaging in high-quality, grade-level instruction.

At Crawford, we celebrate the linguistic and cultural assets our students bring and strive to create learning environments where every student feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed. 

Immigration Resources