>> MY FAMILY IS ORIGINALLY FROM SOUTH SUDAN.
I WAS BORN IN KENYA.
>> 19-YEAR-OLD SOUGHT ASYLUM WITH HIS FAMILY IN THE UNITED
STATES WHEN HE WAS THREE.
>> I WAS A TOUGH KID, I GAVE TEACHERS A HARD TIME.
>> HE STRUGGLED IN SCHOOL AS A CHILD.
>> UNABLE TO TRANSFER TO A CATHOLIC SCHOOL THAT HE SAYS SET
HIM ON THE RIGHT PATH TO ACADEMICS.
>> WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO I HAVE MET BECAUSE OF THE CATHOLIC
SCHOOL FOUNDATION HAS MAYBE WHO I AM TODAY.
>> WE RECEIVED FROM OUR COURTNEY -- CORPORATE PARTNERS LIBERTY
MUTUAL.
WE HAVE THIS YOUNG MAN WHO NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT
IT IS NOT WORKING OUT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
THEY CALLED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT A CATHOLIC EDUCATION WOULD MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE.
I CALLED THE PRINCIPAL UP AND HE SAID BRING HIM IN ON MONDAY.
THAT YOUNG MAN GRADUATED FROM EIGHTH GRADE AND GRADUATED FROM
ST. MARY’S HIGH SCHOOL.
HE IS NOW AT FITCHBURG STATE.
HE’S GOING TO BE OK.
>> THEY TOOK CARE OF ME AND MADE SURE I WAS TAKING CARE OF MY
SCHOOLWORK.
>> JEFFREY SANCHEZ ATTRIBUTES HIS OWN SUCCESS TO MISSION
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
IN 2017 SANCHEZ BECAME THE FIRST LATINO REPRESENTATIVE TO CHAIR
THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
HE IS NOW THE SENIOR ADVISOR AT RESCUE PARTNERS.
-- AT RASK HE PARTNERS.
-- AT RAASKEY PARTNERS.
AT A STUDENT, HE SERVED AS A CARETAKER OF OUR LADY OF
PERPETUAL HELP BASILICA NEXT-DOOR TO MISSION GRAMMAR.
>> IMAGINE HAVING A KEY AT 11 YEARS OLD TO OPEN UP THIS
MAJESTIC PROPERTY HERE TO LET PEOPLE IN.
IT WAS THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY LIFE NEXT TO SERVING THIS
COMMUNITY AS AN ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE.
>> THE SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAT -- ARE 30% NONWHITE.
IN BOSTON CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN HIS HALF.
TO THIS DAY SANCHEZ SAYS HE DRAWLS ON LIFE LESSONS HE
LEARNED FROM THE MISSION GRAMMAR COMMUNITY.
>> SHE WAS ALWAYS THE ONE TO HOLD YOUR HAND AND ASK YOU HOW
IS YOUR FAITH.
SHE SAID IF IT ALL FALLS APART, THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS
IT THE GROUND, OFFER IT UP AND SAY, PLEASE HELP ME.
>> CHRISTINA BID THE DONYA, A THIRD GRADE TEACHER -- CHRISTINA
VIDONYA A THIRD-GRADE TEACHER SAYS KINDNESS AND POSITIVITY ARE
KEY.
>> MISSION GRAMMAR PRESIDENT, ALLIE DOTSON, WE ARE PROMOTERS
OF JUSTICE AND SEEKERS OF TRUTH AND DEVELOPERS OF FAITH.
EVERYONE LIVES THEIR FAITH DIFFERENTLY AND IT IS INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL TO SEE OUR SCHOLARS STUDY FROM INFANTS TO GRADE SIX
SHARING AND DEVELOPING AND EXPLORING THEIR FAITH.
>> ZION HORTON NELSON IS A GRADUATE OF MISSION GRAMMAR, NOW
A SEVENTH GRADER.
AS A FIFTH-GRADER HE STARTED HIS OWN NONPROFIT CALLED CODE BY
ONYX.
>> IT TEACHES KIDS AGE 7-12 HOW TO CODE >>.
ZION LEARN HOW TO CODE AT A SUMMER CAMP.
HE NOW SHARES HIS SKILLS WITH OTHERS.
>> WHEN I WENT TO THAT CAMP IT WAS REALLY EXPENSIVE, SO THIS IS
FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS WHO WENT TO THAT CAMP AND WANTED TO LEARN
HOW TO CODE -- WHO WANTED TO GO TO THAT CAMP AND WANTED TO LEARN
HOW TO CODE.
ZION AND HIS BROTHER ZACHARY ARE BOTH SCHOLARS.
THAT CURRY SAYS THAT WHILE THE SCHOOL UNIFORMS ARE NOT HIS
FAVORITE -- >> THEY ARE OF ITCHY --
>> I’M HERE TO LEARN MORE AND MAKE FRIENDS.
I MAKE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE.
>> MISSION GRAMMAR SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED MORE THAN 130 YEARS AGO.
THE BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF HEALTH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD --
FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED AT