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| Title | Article: New San Francisco High School Nurtures Immigrant Youth |
| Body | From http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/BABK19I46L.DTL New S.F. high school nurtures immigrant youth Jill Tucker, Chronicle Staff Writer September 14, 2009 The 50 high school students heading to their next class looked like typical teenagers, hauling backpacks, cradling books and laughing. Yet they were far from it. All recent immigrants, one was an orphan by age 6. Another cared for his sick mother and had rarely gone to school. Several had left home as children, often alone - traveling on buses, trains, cars or by foot to get to a U.S. border. Within four to six years the students - the first class of the city's new San Francisco International High School - will earn high school diplomas. The campus, which opened this year with only a freshman class, is currently housed on the fourth floor of Mission High School - a temporary site. It is expected to grow by a grade each year, reaching a maximum of 400 students. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/BABK19I46L.DTL#ixzz0RaJIk4TJ |
| Source | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Inputdate | 2009-09-26 07:11:23 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-09-26 07:11:23 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-09-28 00:00:00 |
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