International High School at Lafayette
About the iMentor Partnership
iMentor is in its fourth year of partnership with International High School at Lafayette. Principal Jon Harriman heard about iMentor’s program when he was a former teacher at Brooklyn International High School, a longtime iMentor partner. Given iMentor’s extensive background with international students and IHL’s intensively structured and supportive learning environment, the partnership was a perfect fit.
iMentor works with juniors at the school through their internship class. During the fall, the juniors research and apply for internships that they will attend once a week. The school has integrated iMentor’s comprehensive career and college curriculum to help students to narrow their career interests, to aid them in the application process, and assist in their adjustment to the workplace.
As the entire school is made up of international students, kids are learning English as a second, third, or even fourth language. The iMentor program provides these students with an opportunity to practice their own written English and to receive emails from native English speakers.
Travel Directions
- Take the D train to 25th Avenue
- Note that you will arrive at 25th Street before you get to 25th Avenue
- The stop is about a 7 minute walk from the school N train
- Takethe N train to Avenue U
- The stop is a 10 minute walk from the school
About International High School at Lafayette
The International High School at Lafayette is part of the Internationals Network for Public Schools, a Gates Foundation-funded non-profit committed to providing small learning communities designed exclusively for recent immigrant English language learners. The International High School at Lafayette is a small, alternative high school located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Its mission is to assist its international population of students in developing their linguistic, intellectual, cultural, and collaborative abilities so that they may become active participants in today’s interdependent world.
Fun Facts
- The culture of the school is very casual and community focused. Students at IHSL find a place to belong quickly after arriving in the U.S.
- The school has a focus on group work and class discussion.
- Students usually address teachers by their first names, and relate to one another on a more casual level.
