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| Jacob Henry, PhD Candidate Principal, Newcomer School, Doctoral student UNCG School of Education Tel: 336.316.5883 Email: henryj2@gcsnc.com |
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Jacob Henry is the principal of the Newcomers School in Guilford County. The school specifically targets newly arrived immigrant and refugee children whose primary language is not English. Children attend the school for one year to help transition them to the US school system. He has previously served as the assistant principal at Jones Spanish Immersion School, and has taught French in Guilford County for eight years.Jacob is currently a doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department at UNCG. His research interests focus primarily on the refugee experience in American schools. He is especially interested in the initial transition to the public school setting.
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