Ashlin O'Kelly, left, a senior from The Community School smiles as she teaches English at Global Neighborhood Thrift Store on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Simon Ngaruye, left,of Congo listens to Katelyn Devine, a senior from The Community School as she teaches English at Global Neighborhood Thrift Store on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Cierra Morris, left, a senior from The Community School smiles as she teaches English to Zuwena Rajabu of Tanzania at Global Neighborhood Thrift Store on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Kathy Plonka / The Spokesman-Review)
Community School students Cierra Morris, Ashlin O'Kelly, Shea Handelman and Katelyn Devine teach English to refugees at the Global Neighborhood Thrift Store (a nonprofit that employs refugees who have been resettled in Spokane) They are all seniors at The Community School. They do this even during school breaks and plan to continue until graduation.
Tasked in a school project with studying the worldwide refugee crisis, Cierra Morris, Ashlin O’Kelly, Shea Handelman and Katelyn Devine went beyond the script by engaging refugees who work at the Global Neighborhood Thrift Store in north Spokane.