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  • Garinger High School
  • Charlotte, NC
  • More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households

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The city where my students learn and live is often known as a transplant city, and the students that fill the seats of my classroom come from near and far. While our school and community are often given less than kind monikers, my students defy stereotypes by refusing to be known as one thing alone. They are vibrant. They are loud. They are quiet. They are shy. They are extroverted. They are palette of everything. One thing many, if not all my students share, however, is that most days they are all a little bit scared. Being in high school, being fifteen for that matter, comes with figuring out who you are inside the messiness of adolescence. For many of my students, this messiness is made more difficult by the distinct worlds they find themselves having to hold together. Some come from broken homes, some left countries they once called home, some don't even know what to call home- making defining their identity an

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The city where my students learn and live is often known as a transplant city, and the students that fill the seats of my classroom come from near and far. While our school and community are often given less than kind monikers, my students defy stereotypes by refusing to be known as one thing alone. They are vibrant. They are loud. They are quiet. They are shy. They are extroverted. They are palette of everything. One thing many, if not all my students share, however, is that most days they are all a little bit scared. Being in high school, being fifteen for that matter, comes with figuring out who you are inside the messiness of adolescence. For many of my students, this messiness is made more difficult by the distinct worlds they find themselves having to hold together. Some come from broken homes, some left countries they once called home, some don't even know what to call home- making defining their identity an

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