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first-grade friends who were able to dash out the door. Jesse didn’t. He and 19 classmates, six teachers and the gunman died in what became known as the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre.
habits for choosing their best life no matter what.
principle: We cannot teach the mind until we reach the heart, especially after 2020’s lockdown. Since then, schools are suffering from higher ab- senteeism and lower scores, and “diseases of despair” like vaping, drinking, drugging and self-harm are on the rise. Choose Love teaches resil- ience and overcoming.
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