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    Ukrainian students at Chicago school try to process Russian invasion: ‘Very sad and distressed’

    CHICAGO — Seventh grader Sofiia Bilinska struggled with English when she moved from Ukraine to Chicago two years ago — then she joined the Ukrainian bilingual program at Columbus Elementary School. “I love that every student in the program, someone helps you. When I came to the school, I didn’t know English at all. For two years, I learned how to speak and understand” the language, she said. ...
    by Tracy Swartz, Chicago Tribune Mar 08, 2022 3 minutes
    Kindergartners in teacher Vera Pema's class gather around a window filled with handmade sunflowers at Columbus Elementary School on March 3, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois.

    CHICAGO — Seventh grader Sofiia Bilinska struggled with English when she moved from Ukraine to Chicago two years ago — then she joined the Ukrainian bilingual program at Columbus Elementary School.

    “I love that every student in the program, someone helps you. When I came to the school, I didn’t know English at all. For two years, I learned how to speak and understand” the language, she said.

    Sofiia is once again leaning on her classmates as Russia continues its devastating attack

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