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"Refugee Welcome Program" helps students to thrive

Students Of A German Comprehensive School

“If I am strong enough in my first language I can use it to learn English". Source: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek via Getty Images

A Sydney school has been recognised for its innovative program to help refugee students thrive. Chester Hill High School's "Refugee Welcome Program" helps students, some of whom have suffered unimaginable hardship in their home countries, prepare for high school, via its Intensive English Centre



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