In this article, the author shares her experience with a student whose parents had immigrated from China. One parent spoke English, but the other parent did not--which led to them sometimes feeling isolated from their child's educational experience. This understanding enabled the author to adapt her school's communication methods to better meet the student's parents' needs. Together, they built a wonderful middle school experience for this student, culminating in her delivering the graduation speech to the entire school community--including 160 other students and their families.