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The International High School at Lafayette is a small, alternative high school located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Its mission is to assist its international population of students in developing their linguistic, intellectual, cultural, and collaborative abilities so that they may become active participants in today’s interdependent world. The amount of free or reduced meals is 95%

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Ethnicities

 * 40% Latin American
 * 22% Haitian
 * 10% South Asian
 * 10% Eastern European/Central Asian
 * 7% West African
 * 6% Arab
 * 5% East Asian

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Awards

 * The Dominican Consulate in New York Award – Ianna G.
 * Sloan Awards Are Given to Eight Teachers. -Kara MacDevitt IHSL
 * Aissatou D. was the Brooklyn Borough High School Division Winner of the 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition, “My Island Mystery” (Page 32)Listing in Center for Applied Linguistics directory
 * Fall 2007 – Certificate of Recognition for being featured in Clara Hemphill’s New York City’s Best High Schools: A Parent’s Guide (2007 Edition, Teachers College Press)
 * Spring 2007 – Art Teacher Erika Tuttle featured in the NY Times “Profiles in Education” series
 * Fall 2006 – $5,000 grant from The Brooklyn Society for Prevention of Cruelty To Children in order to launch the IHS Music Program