Global Gators

Darwin Perez is a junior here at Greenwood and has been attending for 3 months. He works at the Yuki Japanese restaurant making sushi. Darwin moved here 7 months ago from Honduras and his native language is Spanish. Darwin lives here with his dad and five siblings, a horse, and two dogs. When it came time to learn the English language, he said that it was very difficult. He remembers a littl...

Say hello to Van Dam, a sophomore here at Greenwood High School and an immigrant from Myanmar, formerly Burma. He came to the U.S. one year and ten months ago, and has been in Bowling Green the whole time. He has been a student at Greenwood for a year. He was 14 when he immigrated to the U.S. a year ago and turned 16 on December 26th. The process of coming into the United States was easy and not fr...

Phuong Pham came to the United States from Vietnam only 18 months ago. He had no idea how to speak English or what to expect of the culture. Everything was completely different. It was almost as if he was on another planet. He came to America at age 15 from Vietnam, where he and generations of his family had lived for many years. His grandfather worked for Americans during the Vietnam War and...

Jose Alvarado, a 10th-grader from Honduras, came to the United States five years ago for a better life. He stayed in San Antonio, Texas, for three months before finally moving to Bowling Green. He came to the United States when he was 11 years old and went to fifth grade at Cumberland Trace Elementary. Jose said, “I was not nervous about coming to this country but was a little scared before st...

In America, it’s common for students to complain about the struggles of school and homework, but for Paw Moo , the education is a reason she is here.  To receive education in Thailand Refugee Camps, a fee had to be paid.  She and her family wanted a free education, which America offered, making it a good option for them.  Paw Moo is in 10th grade, 16 years old, who came to the United States f...

A few days ago, we had the privilege of getting to sit down and talk to two amazing students, Beh Meh and Mar Mo. To you they may seem like they have had quite the normal life, but it is actually the opposite. These teenage girls are both refugees from Thailand who have had to  adjust to the American way of life. They are both in the 10th grade here at Greenwood and they enjoy coming to school ev...

So many people in the U.S. make our country what it is today, having diversity has changed American culture and it's way of life. Immigrants take a large part in our diversity, especially in our town, Bowling Green. Here Greenwood High is considered to be the most ethnically diverse in all of Warren County’s high schools. Dany Sanchez is one of those kids. Dany is an immigrant who came from Cuba...