Everyone knows being the new kid can be a nerve-racking experience. It’s the first day of school and students are crowding the hallways, cheering ecstatically upon seeing their best friend. Then there’s...

[heading size="16"]Learning English 1 word at a time[/heading] Sitting silently in the front row of her last-hour advisory, freshman Chi Chung has pen in hand and school on the mind, completing the day's...

Somewhere there is a boy standing on a rainy playground at a cloudy sunset hanging onto a fistful of colorful balloons that stand out defiantly among the asphalt and gray-brown mulch land that he inhabits. As...

At the end of each month, senior Taw Taw’s father comes to him with an outstretched arm. In his callused hand is a blank check. Taw puts it on the table, and with his new English skills, writes the...

Listen to Salah Hameed (10th Grade) tell his story. *Some grammatical/spelling edits have been made to allow better understanding. I was born in Baghdad, Iraq on January 22, 1997. My parents are from...

Listen to Ali tell his story. *Some grammatical/spelling edits have been made to allow better understanding. My name is Ali Jami.  I am in 10th grade.  I was born on August 10, 1996, in Kabul, Afghanistan. ...

Listen to Hisham Almedhmadi (11th Grade) tell his story.  *Some grammatical/spelling edits have been made to allow better understanding. I was born in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, in April 4, 1996. Makkah...

Listen to Tar Nar (10th Grade) tell his story. *Some grammatical/spelling edits have been made to allow better understanding. I was born in Thailand’s refugee camp. My birthday is January 1st 1995....