{"id":10858,"date":"2015-04-27T10:21:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T15:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10858"},"modified":"2015-05-07T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:05:08","slug":"diversity-at-plymouth-highschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10858","title":{"rendered":"Diversity at Plymouth High School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mrs. Ippel’s classroom is where students from different countries can learn English at Plymouth High School. Photo by Meghan Caine<\/p><\/div>\n


\n<\/a>By Meghan Caine<\/em><\/p>\n

There are numerous different ethnicities at Plymouth High School. Even though there are different groups, all of them can come together. Noemy Almendarez, Herison Martinez, and Gustavo Castaneda moved here from another country and spoke about\u00a0their experience.<\/p>\n

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Sophomore Noemy Almendarez has lived in Plymouth since she was four years old. She doesn’t quite\u00a0remember life in Honduras but she was \u201cstill nervous on the first day of school because of talking and meeting new people.\u201d After a while she became\u00a0used to school and is \u201cenjoying her time.\u201d Her best experience at school so far has been when she took Journalism this year. \u201cI had Journalism this year [and] I hadn\u2019t taken the class until last trimester. It was the best because I learned many things, I met new people, and I also interviewed people and took pictures. Having Journalism helped me become a better writer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior Herison Martinez just moved to Plymouth\u00a0at the beginning of the school year. He said the move\u00a0was hard because he didn\u2019t speak English very well, but he is becoming\u00a0better through lessons. He felt really sad when he left Honduras because \u201cI had lived there all my life.\u201d He also misses his \u201cfamily that lives back there.\u201d His best experience at school so far is wrestling because he likes that sport. He said people are really nice and they even try to speak Spanish with him.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Gustavo Castaneda\u2019s reasons for moving to America are\u00a0to have a better life and to live with his mother. He felt really sad about leaving his home\u00a0because his brothers and sisters still live back in Guatemala. So far he likes the school year and that fact that \u201ceveryone has been really nice.\u201d When he first moved to Plymouth,\u00a0he had culture shock, especially\u00a0with the food. He said the food is good but he \u201cstill likes food from Guatemala more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout all the different cultures at PHS, students are welcoming new students and trying to help them out.<\/p>\n

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A student helping out Herison Martinez who moved here from Honduras\u00a0last year. Photo by Meghan Caine<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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