Gilli Danenberg

Gilli Danenberg in second grade (L) when she first arrived in the US from Israel at the age of seven, and Gilli now, age 14.

‘A lot of lies came out of my mouth that year’

September 17, 2015Education

Moving schools is tough enough but imagine flying in from another country and plonking down in a new classroom in a new culture. Gilli Danenberg moved from Israel to the US at the age of 7. She remembers second grade as one long string of embarrassing incidents.