Students from the Androscoggin Valley Educational Collaborative, background, listen to Edward Little High School students, standing on the stairs at Museum L-A in Lewiston, during Stories of Immigration on Thursday. Erin Towns’ Maine Cultural Heritage class at Edward Little High School in Auburn collected stories from their peers who have immigrated to Maine and shared them with gifted and talented social studies students from Leavitt Area High School in Turner, Lewiston High School, Oak Hill High School in Wales and Edward Little High School. “We realized that our recent immigrants are not mentioned in textbooks,” co-organizer Sara Kalonda said. “We are taking a look at Maine history through a global lens,” Towns said. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Edward Little High School students Shukri Abdirahman, left, Nani Luciano Velez, Sara Kalonda and Amadou Ousmane give high-fives during “Stories of Immigration” at Museum L-A in Lewiston on Thursday. The four represent Angola, Kenya, Puerto Rico and Nigeria. Erin Towns’ Maine Cultural Heritage class at Edward Little High School in Auburn collected stories from their peers who have immigrated to Maine and shared them with gifted and talented social studies students from Leavitt Area High School in Turner, Lewiston High School, Oak Hill High School in Wales and Edward Little High School. “We realized that our recent immigrants are not mentioned in textbooks,” Kalonda said. “We are taking a look at Maine history through a global lens,” Towns said. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Edward Little High School seniors Sara Kalonda and Muse Farah co-organized the Stories of Immigration at Museum L-A on Thursday. Kalonda is from Angola and Farah is from Kenya. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Edward Little High School sophomore Delaney Harrington, center, models clothing at Stories of Immigration at Museum L-A in Lewiston on Thursday, while Saray Laureano, left, speaks with co-organizer Muse Farah. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)

Edward Little High School students indicated on a map what countries their ancestors are from and/or where they have visited. The project was part of Stories of Immigration presented at Museum L-A in Lewiston on Thursday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal)