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T hur s day s ,Oc t .5De c .7&J an.11F e b.22 8: 459: 45a. m. WMSL i br ar y Whe t he rourc hi l dr e nar ei nYCCorappl y i ngt oHi ghSc hool ,t he yar e ourbabi e s .Wel ov et he m andwewantt odoourv e r ybe s tbyt he m. T hatmuc hi sal way sc l e ar .Whatt odoandhowt odoi t ,howe v e r ? Some t i me s. . .nots omuc h!Whe t he ri ti st hes t r e s sofbi gt r ans i t i onsor t heday t odayc onc e r nsofbus y ,mul t i t as k i ngpar e nt s( di s c i pl i ne ,di e t , de v i c et i me ,ohmy ! )orany t hi ngi nbe t we e n,wepar e nt sne e dal lt he s uppor twec ange t .I tt r ul ydoe st ak eav i l l age .F or t unat e l yf orus ,at WMS,wehav eone ! T he s es e s s i onsar es i mpl yas af epl ac et ogat he r ,unwi ndandt al k . Whe t he ry ous pe akup,orj us tl i s t e n,t he r ei smuc ht ogai n.L as ty e ar , t opi c sc ov e r e di nc l ude de v e r y t hi ngf r om s e l f c ar et oi mpr ov i ngf ami l y c ommuni c at i ons ,f r om c l ar i f y i nge x pe c t at i onst oi ns t i l l i ngv al ue st o i nc r e as i ngt hej oyi npar e nt i ng.Andmuc h,muc hmor e !P ar t i c i pat i ng par e nt si ne v i t abl yf e e las e ns eofr e l i e fwhe nt he yfindt hatwhat e v e ri ti s t he yar ede al i ngwi t h,t he yar enotal one .
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Fi l m Sc r eeni ng. “Sc r eenager s. ” T hur s day ,Oc t obe r19 7p. m. WMSL i br ar y Anawar dwi nni ng doc ume nt ar y ,“ Sc r e e nage r s ” pr obe si nt ot hev ul ne r abl e c or ne r soff ami l yl i f e i nc l udi ngt hedi r e c t or ' sownandde pi c t sme s s ys t r uggl e sov e rs oc i al me di a,v i de ogame s ,ac ade mi c sandi nt e r ne taddi c t i on.T hr ough s ur pr i s i ngi ns i ght sf r om aut hor sandbr ai ns c i e nt i s t ss ol ut i onse me r geon howwec ane mpowe rk i dst obe s tnav i gat et hedi gi t alwor l d.Al lMi ddl e Sc hools t ude nt swi l lbev i e wi ngt hi sfil m dur i ngs c hool .
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