Dozens of refugees from Ukraine began studying at a Chicago school: how is their adaptation going

Sixty-five refugee children affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine have started the new school year in Chicago, Illinois. They study at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral School in the West Side Ukrainian Village area. Read more about this publication Fox32Chicago.

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School director Anna Cirilli notes that children have many needs. Some are still traumatized by what the war has done to their lives.

“It's hard for them,” Cirilli said. “They can easily cry because on another day in Ukraine they would not be bothered. Aggression is sometimes shown in situations when schoolchildren usually do not behave this way.

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According to her, the Big Shoulders Foundation provided considerable financial assistance. St. Nicholas School is considered a Catholic educational institution, in which at least 65% of the students live in poverty.

Cirilli invites people who want to help to contact the School of St. Nicholas at 773-384-7243 or call the Ukrainian Cathedral of St. Nicholas at 773-276-5080. In addition to this, there is online donation portal.

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“I am glad that people sent scooters. Now the students have come to school on their brand new scooters,” said the teacher.

She says children still need "other kinds of games, toys, dolls."

Ted Dabrowski, president of Wirepoints.org, observed that Chicago's 150 public schools were more than half empty. For example, Manly High School has only 64 students on a 1300-person campus.

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