The ESL class at W.H. Adamson High School in North Oak Cliff recently completed a PowerPoint project that explained where they came from and why they're here. Some of the students have been featured this week in a series in The Dallas Morning News and Al Dia. Courtesy of Marcia Niemann, their teacher, here are some of their stories, told in their own words and images.

We are a group of immigrant high school students who want to tell you a little about our lives. Most of us have been here about two years, a few only one year, and some three or four years.  We are still learning English. We had some help from our teachers and school librarians in creating these PowerPoint presentations, but most of the work is ours. (The phonetic spelling, for example, is typical of students who are learning English.)

• Sandra of Celaya, Guanajuato
• Pablo of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi
• Nancy of La Fabrica, Ocampo, Guanajuato
• Liliana of Guadalajara, Jalisco
• Juanita of Ciudad de Maiz, San Luis Potosi
• Juan 1 of El Mezquite, Ocampo, Guanajuato
• Juan 2 of Loma Alta, Ocampo, Guanajuato
• Josue of Piedras Negras, Coahuila
• Jordan of La Ceiba, Puebla
• Jonathan of Nogales, Sonora
• Jhon of Mexico, D.F.
• Irad of Cedral, San Luis Potosi
• Gabriela of Ocampo, Guanajuato
• Francisco A. of Zapotlanejo, Jalisco
• Fabiola of Cuiliacan, Sinaloa
• Estela of San Jose Miahuatlan, Oaxaca
• Diego of Zapopan, Jalisco
• Anahi of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
• Valeria of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
• Yessica of Usulutan, El Salvador
• Alexandro of Morelia, Michoacan
• Pedro of Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo Leon
• Noe’ of San Luis de la Paz
• Yesy of Piedras Negras, Coahuila
• marisela of Xalapa, Veracruz: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Those Mesquite seniors are really at it on neighborsgo.com!

Melanie Cortez, a senior at Mesquite High School and editor-in-chief of the MHS newspaper, just posted a story on neighborsgo! Experience the emotions of a graduating senior through this profile story.

Look for more student stories and photos in this weekend's editions of neighborsgo.

Withers Elementary art teacher Jan Alexander and the work of her students was profiled here recently when they prepared a banner to be sent to the Olympic games in Beijing.

Now, Alexander's class shares photos of their work on the loom making woven items from found materials. For her classroom, it was a lesson that recycling can be beautiful.

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Dealey Montessori School fifth-grader Cristi Flores loves dogs. The North Dallas resident submitted this poem about her favorite furry friends for our May 17 Student Edition.

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McCulloch Intermediate School sixth-grade student Hannah Ward created this funny drawing of a clueless gargolye in her art class recently, proving her skills as an illustrator.

Do you know a child who's artistically-inclined?

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E.L. DeGolyer Elementary's Talented and Gifted students recently wrapped up their independent studies, which covered a range of topics. Third-grade student Max Blanck studied endangered species, and created a model of a zebra and a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate his findings. Read more about his work here.

See more work from the TAG students here, here and here.

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North Dallas resident Jake Baldwin, drummer for local band Adrenaline, just wrapped up a fundraiser, Jammin' for Justice, which raised funds for St. Mary of Mt. Carmel School. Jake is an eighth-grade student at St. Monica Catholic School.

His proud mom, Pershing Elementary teacher Jeni Baldwin, posted some of his lyrics for our May 17 Student Edition.

Check out some of his work here, here and here.

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Providence Christian School of Texas student Mira Martin made this diorama as part of a unit on American Indians. The third-grade learned about several tribes and their traditions in what has become an annual event on campus.

Read more about it and see the students' work here.

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Armstrong Elementary first-grader Taylor St. Clair-Gerst had a great time with her class at the Nasher Museum recently. Teacher Frances Grigsby posted Taylor's thoughts on the day here for our May 17 Student Edition.

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Students at E.D. Walker Middle School in North Dallas have been busy preparing for a unit on outer space in which they made a mock space shuttle.

See a video montage of the students working on the unit here.

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