Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School is home to the elementary ELL population in the Beverly Public School District. We currently have 71 ELL students, K-5, representing 14% of our total school population. The ELL program in Ayers has continued to grow over the past year and the ELL population continues to steadily increase in our district. The profile of our students changes slightly depending on the school levels. Our students in grades K-1 were primarily born in the United States (84%), and other students were born in Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Greece. Likewise, the majority of our students in grades 2-5 were born in the United States (54%), but other students were born in countries including Brazil, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Albania, Japan, Greece, Nepal, Haiti, Kenya and Ukraine. In our school, Brazil is the most common country of origin, after the United States. The variety of countries of origin leads to a wide range of languages ​​spoken. The languages ​​most commonly spoken by our students include Spanish, Albanian, Italian, Greek, French, Cambodian, Hindi, Vietnamese, Nepali, Haitian Creole, Amharic, Greek, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, and Russian. In some cases, parents/guardians list their native language and English as the “primary” language spoken at home. For some, this is the result of one parent speaking only the native language and the other speaking English. There are also influences from other family members, such as grandparents, who live at home and only speak the native language while the parents speak English. Ayers is home to many ELL students, and each student has a diverse background both culturally and educationally. Many of our students' families have come to the United States for work purposes, for example... for paper purposes... A high percentage of our general education teachers have already completed their SEI approvals, and the remaining teachers will complete these requirements in the near future. The ELL team ensures that parents of our ELL students also feel supported and included in our school community. Translated documents are sent home to parents, and the ELL teacher makes frequent phone calls or face-to-face visits with parents. Students are included in whole-class instruction and differentiated instruction. They are provided with primary language support, peer modeling, and pull-out and push-in services to meet their teaching needs. Utilizing collaboration between the ELL team and general classroom teachers continues to help our program grow and develop with a consistent and successful set of strategies to support our growing ELL population.