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Celebrating! This one is for you Christian....how many times did Christopher end up in your office, angry and frustrated at the beginning of his journey here? Now we are celebrating his success.

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Hands on experience transcends language!

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Hands on experience transcends language!

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The question of who teaches who is constantly lingering in my mind when I teach ENL students. Living and learning through their eyes, supporting them and seeing the adversity they have faced...it is a privilege.

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Learning new cultures

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Spanish students should be given english classes geared toward their ability instead of grade level.

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What I find most troubling is there seems to be no easy solution to end this cycle of violence.  I can't imagine anyone fearing losing their lives while walking home from school.

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What I find most troubling is there seems to be no easy solution to end this cycle of violence.  I can't imagine anyone fearing losing their lives while walking home from school.

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The best gift we can give these kids is understanding and acceptance

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The best gift we can give these kids is understanding and acceptance

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Nothing more safe than Tom's Classroom making applesauce! Food brings us together!!

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Creating new friendships

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Learning through positive
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As a professional, my initial thoughts are that I really don´t know the personal stories of my immigrant children.  Perhaps if I did, would it make my relationship with them, better? 

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As a professional, my initial thoughts are that I really don´t know the personal stories of my immigrant children.  Perhaps if I did, would it make my relationship with them, better? 

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We need to create Brave Spaces where students are able to share how they are feeling, and are comfortable doing so. If students feel as if they can talk to us (educators), we can know where they are struggling and share that indirectly with non-immigrant students as well. We need to educate all students and come up with a mutual understanding and acceptance of each other.

If we create a community of students who are aware, and able to adapt, I believe that would be beneficial for these immigrant and non-immigrant students.

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I was surprised by the amount of violence. 

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I was surprised by the amount of violence. 

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Students who travel here from other countries have learned to adapt to different and difficult situations - what can we do to unlock those skills and make the focus new goals that the students set for themselves both in school and out

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Students who travel here from other countries have learned to adapt to different and difficult situations - what can we do to unlock those skills and make the focus new goals that the students set for themselves both in school and out

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How often does the student who is reunited with the parent (who has been gone for many years) feel forgotten? Many parents remarry and begin second families after they have been here.

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How often does the student who is reunited with the parent (who has been gone for many years) feel forgotten? Many parents remarry and begin second families after they have been here.

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Can someone post the link to the documentary?  We found it very valuable and insightful.

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I was wondering how many refugee students are seeking out and/or receiving mental health services. It was mentioned that some students don't view their experiences as traumatic; it's simply what they've experienced in their life. So I'm curious how many students are being treated for some kind of mental health issue.

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As we learned in the presentation, children are experiencing horific trauma on every level.  I hope our work today teaches us additional skills so that we may make a difference to those students.  I am especially committed to helping our students feel safe and welcome in our place.

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As we learned in the presentation, children are experiencing horific trauma on every level.  I hope our work today teaches us additional skills so that we may make a difference to those students.  I am especially committed to helping our students feel safe and welcome in our place.

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Many of our ENL students have experienced horrifying events that I have not and will not ever be able to relate to.  I hope to make the classroom a place where they feel safe.

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How do we deal with their emotional needs? Shouldn't that be our priority at first to help them be available to learn? I think we need a clearer set of priorities in the classroom.

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Our ENL students leave behind their "real parents" (as told to me by many of them) and meet their birth parents for the first time since they left them behind when the children were young. 

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Our ENL students leave behind their "real parents" (as told to me by many of them) and meet their birth parents for the first time since they left them behind when the children were young. 

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Profound loss of loved ones.
Financial Resources Needed
Additional need for co-taught bilingual classes

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The speaker today was well informed and the information she shared was valuable for its relevance to our district population.

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I like the idea of having our students be informed just as we were today.

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I like the idea of having our students be informed just as we were today.

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People let their politics dicatate how they work with and feel about students. As a society, for the most part, we should not let our politics negatively impact our relationships with people, especially children.

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What resonated most with me is how resilient my students are. Through the year I have heard the stories of their journeys. The horror of the violence and fear they have faced at a time in their lives when all they should have been thinking about is school, friends and good  experiences. I don't have to wonder about much since I have known about this for years, I do wonder however, about what the future holds for them considering the current  political climate of this country.
Great powerful speaker. Very moving

We were just wondering if they ever migrate south....

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We all know (on some level) the kind of trauma these students experience on their journeys here. It was surprising to hear the reality of their situations though - it feels almost surreal the kind of violence that was an everyday part of life. Even as a teacher, even as I try to foster connections with them, very few of my ENL students ever confide these kind of stories to me.

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I was interested to hear about the "honeymoon" phase then quickly turning into students being able to spend energy on experiencing their trauma. I wonder how this is happening in my classroom...What is just behavioral, and what is the manifestation of trauma? How do we determine this?

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It made me feel very sad for my students.
It gave ma a better understanding of what they must have been through, & what problems they have now.
I need to learn more spanish!!!
I long for more connection with the ENL student.
Food and my culture....
self identity & enhance self-esteem... ideas for the classroom.
I worry about COPE lesson 5 (emotions) for these new ENL learners- how will they feel about this pre-packaged approach.
Stress reduction- more useful than the poster project on "reading food labels!"
Feeling invisible- wanting to fade into the background- not emotionally safe!