Immigrants: Providing a Lesson in How to Adapt
Chicago
The 20-room annex at William G. Hibbard Elementary School shows just how much immigration has changed the 1,200-student school.
Before the annex opened here last fall, some class sizes hovered in the 40s. Students, mostly immigrants and the children of immigrants, attended classes in stairwell landings and hallways.
The Northwest Chicago neighborhood where the pre-K-6 school sits has long been a port of entry for new immigrants. Assistant Principal Ron Lyons, who has worked at Hibbard for more than two decades, recalls an influx of Greek immigrants early in his tenure. These days, the students' names printed on paper snowmen hanging outside Nancy Samra's 1st grade classroom represent a range of nations: Carlos, Ruqia,...
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