Vancouver School Board and Placement Test

: Just over three years ago, Amiri couldn’t speak English beyond hi and bye, according to Vancouver Courier. She also couldn’t write English script — in Afghanistan she wrote in Dari right to left — and she recalls leaving her Vancouver School Board district placement test blank. She been named a Loran Scholar and will receive up to $100,000 over four years to attend university. The lack of language skills left Amiri feeling super nervous to start her first day of Grade 9 at Tupper in December 2011. Coming to school, having my notebook, writing stuff down, holding the pencil, little things, it was so joyful, the 17-year-old told the Courier Tuesday afternoon. But her excitement to attend school superseded any anxiety. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.