This Language Institute has started working on the mental health needs of their students along with teaching English. - - Donna Poisl
By Nan Austin
Learning algebra in English, before you know English, takes determination.
Learning both while battling flashbacks of bombings, midnight raids and other horrors takes true grit.
Students at Modesto City Schools' Language Institute at Davis High call such moments "Iraqi head," said history teacher Lindsey Bird.
The institute serves the complex needs of more than 150 recent immigrants, this year representing 26 countries and 14 languages.
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