POSITIVE FACTORS THAT ENABLE STUDENTS TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC OUTCOMES ARE:

• Family support
• Peer support and friendships
• Supportive teachers and principals
• Consistent quality education
• Specific school supports
• School-community partnerships
• Community services and supports
• Resiliency: In spite of incredible changes in newcomer students’ lives, academic and social pressures at school, demands and responsibilities at home, immigrant youth show a remarkable amount of patience, flexibility and resiliency.

  (SK SWIS Best Strategies: Step-by-Step Activity Guidelines 2016)