Students' Voice:

“We come to LEAP High School with dreams of learning English and goingto college. The teachers at LEAP help us to understand the culture of the United Statesand the culture of education. They help us develop high self-esteem and socialskills for when we interact with classmates and teachers. They encourage us tobe proud of where we come from, and they give us the skills to be successful.

Our teachers teach us toread, write, and do math. They teach us how to build computers, run experiments,put on plays, give concerts, and work on teams. But this is not enough. Ourteachers also help us with the problems we encounter in our day-to-day lives.They help us with getting clothes, finding housing, and in filling outgovernment forms. The teachers at LEAP support every student no matter theproblem.

At LEAP, we take a careersclass and advanced content classes before we graduate. These classes help usprepare for college. We learn how to fill out applications, find scholarships,and prepare for college level essay writing. The teachers at LEAP work veryhard to help us go to college, and succeed.

Everything you take forgranted in this country, we have to learn, and this is not part of ourdistrict’s or state curriculum. But this is important to our success in thiscountry. What we learn at LEAP helps us become tomorrow’s leaders here in Minnesota, and in ourhome countries.”

  Wah Lwae Paw, Class of 2010

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