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Fourth Grade Speaker Series on Immigration Stories

11/16/2015

During October several speakers with Collegiate connections talked with students in Mrs. Villanueva’s and Mrs. Garnett's 4th Grade classes about the experience of immigrating to the United States. These visits were part of the 4th Grade’s immigration studies, amiking connections to thier historic study of early immigration to the United States.

The following were welcomed on campus:

Mera Sabha (from Syria, a Collegiate mom, and VCU student)

Lower School French teacher Erin March (Canada) and Mandarin teacher Xin Yi

Fergusson (China)

Meg Billett (YMCA STAR Program Serving Nepali and Bhutanese Refugees)

Ezoza Nomazova (Uzbekistan), Collegiate Class of 2013 and VCU student

Vicky Schiff (Romania), grandmother of Emma (5th) and Hannah (1st) de Witt

Chase Sahingur (5th) and his father Emre Sahingur (Turkey)

Farzaneh Milani (Iran), grandmother to Leila (2nd) and Luca (K)

To enhance their Immigration Unit, students also interviewed Meg

Billett, Youth Programs Coordinator for the Tuckahoe Family YMCA, to gain a better

understanding of the needs of the local Nepali and Bhutanese immigrant population. The Tuckahoe Y has been working with growing population of recent immigrants and refugees in the area right around Collegiate for several years. Using what

they learn, our students will design and organize a service project for the refugee community.

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