Maurice and Ibrahim are two of eight Sudanese refugees attending Sexton. They are in 10th grade. Boggan, who is also their academic counselor, said an American teacher in Kenya determined their grade level. They speak English relatively well, having taken the language at their Kenyan schools. They have had a tougher time with math but spend their lunch hours with a tutor.
Sports are their biggest entertainment.
They both love soccer and they've bowled and golfed. Sunday, they went to watch a Lansing Lugnuts baseball game. They've also found something of a mentor in senior teammate Ludovic Toussaint, who moved to Lansing from war-torn Haiti when he was 12. They were very poor like I was in my country. I try to help them out and they're always listening to me.