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Academics: Student
give back to those in
need, respresenting his
family
page 2
Features: Student
comes to America to
escape injustice yet
faces injustice
page 6
Languages
Family Traditions
Culture
Building a healthy, learning
community requires mutual
respect, understanding
by staff reporter
Justin Baham
page 18
page 10
Special Edition
Customs
United
Nations
Club
explores
different
cultures
monthly
Cultural Statistics
21%
of
school age children (517) speak a language
other than English.
739,639
21%
62%
speak
another language.
Out of those people
Spanish.
speak
300
languages
are spoken within the US
42%
of people
in California speak a
different language, the
highest percentage in
the US.
Some languages that had
a large increase in speakers in the US since 1980:
Russian, Persian,
Chinese, Korean,
and Tagalog
Source: http://theweek.com/articles/460860/14fascinating-language-facts-from-census-bureau