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They spoke only Italian when they joined General Mercer School last year

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They spoke only Italian when they joined General Mercer School last year

Date5/28/1975

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Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022 (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: They spoke only Italian when they joined General Mercer School last year. Now 6-year-olds Vincenzo Oppedisano; left; and Davy Negretto with teacher Maria Pepe almost as well in English. The special class in which immigrant children switch gradually from their native tongue is a Toronto Board of Education experiment.

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