Oakland high school for immigrants wins grant

The Migration Policy Institute has given grants to four programs, including this high school, that are helping immigrants. The winners are all using innovative ideas and having great success. - - Donna Poisl

Oakland high school for immigrants wins grant

by Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer

An Oakland high school focused on newly arrived immigrant students - they hail from 25 countries and speak 29 languages - is part of a school network receiving a national award today for success in integrating immigrants into the fabric of American society.

"We're very excited about it," said Carmelita Reyes, principal at Oakland International High School. "We're being seen as a model for other urban areas facing immigration challenges."

The E Pluribus Unum Prize, inaugurated this year by a nonpartisan Washington think tank, bestowed $50,000 apiece on four groups working to help foreign-born residents assimilate. They were chosen from among 500 applicants.
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