English and ESOL teacher Joel Neft (left) and ConneXions social studies teacher teacher Steven Johnson (center) flank Salam Gebremichael, 16, who talks about her family's decision to move away from her country to Daisha Ruffin, 13 (center) and Kelsey Hummer, 13 (right) during a "Building Bridges Not Walls" theme as a group of students from ConneXions Academy visit students at Patterson High School. (Karl Merton Ferron, Baltimore Sun)