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My freshman year, I
played volleyball.

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And my sports really
is what got me

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passing for my freshman year.

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And then I stopped.

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Volleyball season stopped.

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And then my grades
started dropping.

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And I never felt appreciated.

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I never felt seen.

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Nobody knew nothing at home.

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But over here, they know,
they know everything.

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They call home.

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They keep in contact
with your parents.

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They tell your parents what
you're doing good in school.

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They help me really
see and be able to walk

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the path of where I want to be.

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Education can really
be transformative

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for young people.

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And our schools
can truly be places

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where young people
are feeling accepted,

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feeling loved,
feeling cared for,

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and where they get
their needs met.

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Because a lot of times, they're
not getting their needs met.

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We're able to work with
them every single day.

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We're in communication
with our students

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families every single day.

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And so we really
have this ability

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to work back and forth
with the community.

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It's all around serving
the needs of students.

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We get to hone in
on whatever barriers

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they might be coming across.

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Students get a lot of
hands-on learning experiences.

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They're engaging in a way
that makes them interested.

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And that causes them to want
to engage in the experience.

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They hope you work out
a plan for yourself,

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and they give you opportunities
to choose different career

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paths.

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And they put you on
with internships.

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And they just gave
me opportunities

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to get my credit up and do
other things outside of school.

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They're very big on helping
you find what works for you.

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We see across the
board, more classes

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being passed, more students
experiencing joy in their work.

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It's doing really, really
good things for students

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as far as their education
as well as their lives.

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