Ulysses Li Campise
Learner Profile
Biography
Ulysses is a 9 year old fourth grader. His birth mother is Chinese and his birth father is Italian American. He lives with is parents in a single family home. His father is a trained piano tuner and his mother is a food service worker. He has three adult half-sisters from his father's former marriages.
Academic Abilities
Ulysses is bilingual, being fluent in both English and Chinese, and additionally having limited Spanish conversation skills. He has made several trips to mainland China with his mother. His classroom performance is complicated by his behavior problems, which are inspired by his boredom with various tasks.
Chinese Lesson
At home Ulysses' mother oversees his Chinese language education. In this image and the one above Ulysses uses guided practice and independent practice student focus.
Spanish
Ulysses' elementary school, W. H. Keister, incorporates Spanish language education into the curriculum.
Achivement
Ulysses report card is mostly filled with A grades and satisfactory marks.
The U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2014 lists that "Over the past decade, a span during which total student enrollment grew by only 4.9%, the proportion of schoolchildren in the United States who were English language learners (ELLs) grew by an astonishing 32%. Now English learners make up 9% of the student population". (August, McCardle, Shanahan, & Burns, 2014).
Social Interaction
Ulysses' is well liked by his peers. During the 2014/2015 school year he had several key friendships. His school year was complicated by an injury to his left leg while roller skating that left him confined to a wheel chair and eventually to crutches.
English Speaking Friends
Several boys from school are Ulysses close English speaking friends.
Chinese Speaking Friends
Several girls from the community are Ulysses close Chinese speaking friends.
Broken Leg
In early January 2016 Ulysses broke his left leg. By late February he as able to use crutches.