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Published by Renna Media On-line at RennaMedia.com Issue 132 • March 2021 TEACHER DROPS OFF ART SUPPLIES AT STUDENTS’ HOMES Submitted by Gary Miller A teacher at Soehl Middle School in Linden paid a surprise visit to the homes of two students recently to reward them for their faithful participation in her after-school enrichment class. Jennifer Veltre, a language arts teacher, hosts the voluntary “Socialize and Scattergories” class each week as part of the school’s 21st Century Community Learning center activities. Students gather online after regular classes to play games and talk about life, sometimes with guest teachers, or pajama parties or snack parties. “I teach the students how to have meaningful conversations, and listen with intention,” Veltre (above) Amanda Banton, a sixth- (above) Alina Noble, a sixth- said. “It’s a safe space where students can talk grader at Soehl Middle School in grader at Soehl Middle School in about things they can’t always address while in Linden, shows off the school and art Linden, shows off the school and class.” supplies that teacher Jennifer Veltre art supplies that teacher Jennifer Two sixth-grade girls, Amanda Banton and brought her as a surprise. Veltre brought her as a surprise. Alina Noble, have been regular participants, showing up every class and engaging in a kind and compassionate way. One of their projects was to create 2021 vision boards, to highlight the importance of setting goals and remembering that there is always

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