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In 2004, about 40 students from Africa showed up at the doors of the school.

Most were Somali Bantu - and had just arrived in the United States after spending years living in refugee camps in Kenya.

Unlike other immigrants or refugees whose main challenge might be that they don’t speak English, the Somali students didn’t know how to read or write in any language.

This fall, they face a critical test of how much they've learned since they arrived. As we hear from Amy Quinton, for the first time, these African students must attend mainstream academic classes.