Newcomer Program

Rudsdale Newcomer Vision

In 2017, Rudsdale expanded its programming significantly to serve Oakland’s rapidly growing newcomer student population, with newcomers being defined as students who have just entered the US within the last three years. Now in 2025, the Rudsdale Newcomer program has expanded to serve a majority of the Rudsdale community. 

The newcomer pathway provides intensive support for early levels of language acquisition, scaffolds content learning, and provides social emotional support services for immigrant youth and families.  The school partners deeply with district departments and non-profit agencies to provide additional services to some of the district’s neediest students.  

Specifically the office of English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement has provided both additional staffing resources and professional development expertise to support the newcomer program.