The team's t-shirt has the word 'family' written on the back in all 17 languages their players speak.
CHICAGO --
Cristofer, 14, is now playing for the Senn High School soccer team despite just moving to Chicago a few months ago.Cristofer is one of six migrants on the team. They joined an already diverse school community. "That's kind of Senn's identity, is our diversity. It's the strength of our school, and everyone here has embraced it," said Coach Steven Brewer.
While the city has been struggling to find places to accommodate the growing migrant population arriving in Chicago, with some sleeping on police station floors, many of the kids have started school and are adapting to new classmates."The transition has been pretty clean. We've seen a lot of kids adapted pretty well," said team captain Finnegan Dennis.
"We're giving them a good welcome. Just showing 'em how it is to be part of this family, this community," said teammate Vicente Quintero.He said the school has a number of classes they didn't have in Venezuela, like music and P.E., and he likes it. The school and his teammates have worked to help the new additions feel at home.At Senn High School, they really do consider themselves family.
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