A Chicago School is taking in refugee students from Ukraine

St. Nicholas Cathedral School typically welcomes two families a year from Ukraine. This year, 65 Ukrainian students fleeing war have come.

By Marie Mendoza
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A protester holds a Ukrainian flag during a rally in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2022. About 200 people gathered to protest President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times
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A protester holds a Ukrainian flag during a rally in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine outside Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2022. About 200 people gathered to protest President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. Pat Nabong / Chicago Sun-Times

A Chicago School is taking in refugee students from Ukraine

St. Nicholas Cathedral School typically welcomes two families a year from Ukraine. This year, 65 Ukrainian students fleeing war have come.

By Marie Mendoza
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The United States has taken in more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly six months ago. St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukranian Village has welcomed 65 students from Ukraine this upcoming school year.

Reset talks with the school’s principal about how the school is supporting recently arrived students.

GUEST: Anna Cirilli, principal at St. Nicholas Cathedral School