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Class of 2006: Part 2

From: KUOW
Series: Stories From the Class of 2006
Length: 03:38

How a student overcame poor grades to head off to high school. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 Rahell Abunu graduated from Washington Middle School in Seattle?s Central District. Her first year of middle school was the worst academic year of her life. But as KUOW?s Phyllis Fletcher reports, Rahell leaves eighth grade full of confidence.

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Rahell Abunu graduated from Washington Middle School in Seattle?s Central District. Her first year of middle school was the worst academic year of her life. But as KUOW?s Phyllis Fletcher reports, Rahell leaves eighth grade full of confidence.

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