Memoirs of an English Language Learner
Get an inside look at the lives of the English Language Learner students at RBHS. Listen to podcasts of them telling their life stories as well as written accounts. Click on the names of the students to listen to them and read their stories. Tar Nar (Thailand) Hisham Almedhmadi (Saudi Arabia) Salah Hameed (Iraq) Su [...]
Hisham Almedhmadi – Saudi Arabia
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 is a big city, and all Muslim people come to my city and I liked my city. My mother was born in Makkah, but [...]
Tar Nar – Thailand
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. I have three brothers and two sisters. I lived in Thailand refugee camps, sheltered by the United Nations. I didn’t have money or [...]
Su Rah – Burma
Listen to Su Rah (10th Grade) tell his story. *Some grammatical/spelling edits have been made to allow better understanding. I was born in a Burma refugee camp. My birthday is on June 3, 1996. My family moved to a Thailand refugee camp in 2000. I have one brother and three sisters. My family lived in [...]
Meet the staff: The role of culture
A definitive part of the RBHS journalism staff is its lack of homogeneity. The staff is comprised of a diversity of people that contribute to the staff as a whole and make each and every day interesting and filled with a myriad of perspectives. Not only does this diversity affect the staff, though, but it [...]
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