Out of Africa and into a new world

African refugee students at Grant Elementary bring new meaning to the phrase 'culture shock'
Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 9:07 a.m. CST; updated 9:41 a.m. CST, Sunday, January 4, 2009

COLUMBIA — On a Monday morning in December, it takes a few minutes for the fifth-graders at Grant Elementary School to settle into art class. Today, they are finishing up their holiday cards for cancer patients.

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