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    5 reasons why students are resistant to meeting new people.
    Trish Dotts
    • Feb 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    5 reasons why students are resistant to meeting new people.

    Part 2. My last post covered our middle school’s first Synergy event. Hosted by Voices of DPMS. Each week at our middle school, a small group of 8th-grade students (Voices) leads the whole school in building relationships and building conversation skills. One of their most provocative lessons are called a series we call Synergy. The first Synergy event took place suddenly in the lunchroom. At this event, students were seated at tables with people they do not typically visit
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    How to make middle school students talk about something besides cafeteria food.
    Trish Dotts
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    How to make middle school students talk about something besides cafeteria food.

    Part 1. Each week at our middle school, a small group of 8th-grade students (Voices) leads the whole school in building relationships and building conversation skills. One of their most provocative lessons are called a series we call Synergy. It all started when Voices created an awkward environment in our middle-school cafeteria. We hosted an event called the Synergy Lunch. You may remember the social Petri dish of communication dysfunction from your time as a middle school
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