For Anne Frank Elementary School In Northeast Philly, War In Ukraine Hitting Close To Home

By Jessica Kartalija, CBS Philadelphia

March 23, 2022

So many people in the region have been inspired to help the people of Ukraine by donating supplies. But for one school in Northeast Philadelphia, the desire to take action is even stronger, because the war hits close to home.

For many students and staff at Anne Frank Elementary School in the city’s Bustleton neighborhood, seeing the devastation and destruction happening in Ukraine is especially painful.

“At Anne Frank, we probably have about 400 students who come from the part of the world that’s involved in this conflict,” Principal Mickey Komins said. “So they are living it every day through their families, through their parents. In fact, we have a couple of staff members whose parents are caught in Ukraine right now.”

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