Special Programs
The school has the Newcomer Program for newly arrived immigrants. As of February 2006, 80 students from Southeast Asia were a part of the program. Many of them were refugees from the Thamkabok refugee camp, Thailand. Many had never had formal education before, did not know how to use writing utensils, and did not know how to write their own names.
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