Tuesday, October 6, 6-9 p.m. in Woodland @ Pioneer High School
and
Wednesday, October 7, 6-9 p.m. in Davis @ Brunelle Hall, Davis High School
Meet the Staff and Producter
Jim Sporleder, Principal
Principal Sporleder was at the end of his rope trying to manage a high school riddled with violence and drugs. When he learns about the science of what stress does to a developing brain, he decides to completely overhaul the traditional model of discipline.
Brooke Bouchey, Intervention Specialist
When Brooke was a teenager, she experienced fights, homelessness, drug use and sexual abuse. Her harrowing past let her connect to the struggling students at Lincoln, and she helps them discover for themselves what makes them tick and what they want their lives to look like.
Erik Gordon, Science Teacher
Mr. Gordon knows that unconditional love sounds hippy-dippy, but he also knows that it's the one thing that's going to help students like the ones at Lincoln become responsible adults. He holds them to high standards, and finds ways of not taking their behavior personally when they stumble along the way.
Karen Pritzker, Film Producer
A film producer, editor and writer. She executive produced, The Big Picture, Rethinking Dyslexia, a documentary that demystified dyslexia and generated widespread awareness of this misunderstood disability. Shown on HBO in 2013, and winner of the Parents' Choice Award, the film continues to be screened all over the world acting as a starting point for conversation and change. In addition to her film credits, Pritzker co-founder the My Hero Project, an interactive website for kids that is devoted to telling the stories of ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things. She is also President of Seedings Foundations
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