Student Voices
What do students have to say about their experiences and hopes for the future? Get a first-hand look from these essays and videos.
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- Student Essay: Fulfilling a Family's Dream
- Empowering Immigrant Youth
- Creating a Community of Learners
- Building Relationships in a Bicultural World
- Inventing super heroes and writing about their adventures
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ELL Student Voices
These articles and essays capture the power of what writing can represent for ELLs and their teachers and families.
- English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories (The New York Times)
- Student Essay: Fulfilling a Family's Dream (College Summit)
- Student Stories: What Is the Best Advice Your Parents Ever Gave You? (National Writing Project)
- La Pluma es Lengua del Alma: Using Writing to Chronicle the Soul's Journey (Bobbi Houtchens, California English)
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ELL News
- Students at Northwest D.C. High School Gain Confidence Through Sharing Life StoriesWJLA| May 10, 2017
- Coming to America as Refugees, in Children's WordsThe Atlantic| March 10, 2017
- Students, Some of Them Immigrants, Write Children’s Books Inspired by Their Own Life’s JourneysThe Washington Post| December 23, 2016
- Eight Reasons to Empower Girls in SchoolsEducation Week| October 14, 2016