High School Academic Year for International Students, USA

Eldorado Emerson Private School:
Eldorado Emerson Private School in California is a non-profit private high school offering an international / ESL (English as Second Language) program to 7th-12th Grade international students. Eldorado Emerson Private School is located in the safe, clean, affluent City of Orange in Orange County, approximately 40 minutes south of Los Angeles, 20 minutes from local beaches, and 15 minutes from Disneyland, CA. Eldorado Emerson is a Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredited school with approximately 200 students enrolled. Established over 50 years ago, our school is dedicated to excellence in education with an average class size of ten to eighteen students.

International / ESL Program:

The International / ESL program is made possible by a diverse faculty representing numerous foreign languages, in addition to a teacher with a Masters Degree in ESL, as well as small class sizes which provide individual attention to each student. Students are accepted for the entire academic year: 11 months, September through to July. Our International / ESL program attracts students from around the world to live in the United States and study at Eldorado Emerson. We offer I-20 (F1) Visas, home-stay programs and transportation to and from school. 

Our intimate learning atmosphere is the hallmark of our school and has allowed us to create a family-like environment that is highly responsive to the needs of our international and ESL students. International high school students take ESL classes for two class periods per day, and they take their regular high school classes for the rest of their class periods each day.

We accept applications to on a year-round basis. Application materials include the student's academic records along with teacher recommendations (with English translations). Incoming ESL students are evaluated by our in-house placement test, previous exposure to English and an oral interview with our ESL staff. Based on these assessments, students are given a corresponding number of ESL classes per week.

Integration:
Strong emphasis is given toward integrating ESL students into regular academic classes as quickly as possible by first allowing them to acclimate into low-content courses first, such as music, art, and sports, while at the same time taking increasingly more challenging ESL courses.

Graduating Students:
Our graduating International / ESL students typically enroll directly into prestigious private and state colleges, as well as foreign universities.

Additional Services:
Host family accommodation and transportation information is available on request.