Photo Gallery: Muir Middle School students perform Homeland: Poetry in performance
Syrian-born Jwail Alnamh, 12 and in sixth grade, center, and Narek Patrosyan, 11 and a sixth grader as well, perform Homeland: Poetry in Performance, with 46 other students at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Syrian-born Jwail Alnamh, 12 and in sixth grade performs Homeland: Poetry in Performance, with 47 other students at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Armenian-born Narek Patrosyan, 11 and in sixth grade, left, performs Homeland: Poetry in Performance, with 47 other students at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Teaching artist, artist in residence Kate Randolph goes through a final rehearsal before 48 foreign-born students performed Homeland: Poetry in Performance at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Forty-eight foreign-born students performed Homeland: Poetry in Performance, at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Parents and guests in attendance were given a short lesson in how to perform properly after 48 students performed Homeland: Poetry in Performance, at Muir Middle School in Burbank on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The performance was made possible by a grant from the Burbank Arts for All Foundation. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)