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Amy McDonald helps kids have a strong web of support

• The goal is for youth to have a strong enough web that they can come back.
• The Survey that kids take at Phlight Club. The other side of the report card.
• It’s their score card - others don’t see it.
• Youth get a kaleidoscope bar graph.
• Focus Declaration - the kind of person that they want to be.
• Start with the strongest.
• Kids come to Phlight Club because it is fun.
• The reason she stayed in this district is because of Phlight Club.
• Different people come. Application process for kids to come.
• How to get started. Brightwayslearning web site and send an email to get started.
• People say these events are only for small balloons. But Jill said this is not just for “at-risk” kids.
• Kids leave with their stack.

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