Saturday, April 30, 2011

School In WA Immigrant Community Up For Presidential Recognition

This school is 90% Hispanic, with 82% of the senior class already accepted into college. It is a finalist in the contest to get the President to speak at graduation. - - Donna Poisl

Jessica Robinson

BRIDGEPORT, Wash. - One of six finalists in the competition to win a commencement address from President Obama is the high school in the tiny north-central Washington town of Bridgeport. Voting in the national contest ends this Friday. Correspondent Jessica Robinson reports nearly all the students in Bridgeport are first-generation Americans.
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