How Schools Can Support Newcomer Youth

After months, if not years, spent in stressful and often dire situations, newcomers finally have a place to call home again. Successful integration depends on the efforts and resiliency of newcomers themselves, but much of it can also be shaped by the active engagement of community members and the culture of welcome we all create. Schools are especially helpful places to begin this process, particularly because a large percentage of forcibly displaced people are under the age of 18. 

This will explore strategies that districts, schools, and educators can take to ensure newcomer youth and their families feel empowered in their integration processes.