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Next Meeting: Friday, September 8, 8:30-10 a.m., Bacich IDEA studio

We are excited to have Phyllis L. Fagell, LCPC, present to us on Wednesday, September 27, from 9-10 a.m. at the Kent Library. This session is relevant for parents with current or soon-to-be middle schoolers and will cover helping kids make smart, ethical decisions, and raising and educating emotionally healthy tweens and teens.

Phyllis is a nationally board-certified counselor at a school in Maryland, a psychotherapist who works with children and teens in private practice, and an author and journalist. She is the author of Middle School Matters: The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond – and How Parents Can Help, and Middle School Superpowers: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times.

Phyllis is a frequent contributor to The Washington Post and freelances for publications such as Psychology Today, CNN, Working Mother, U.S. News & World Report, and Your Teen. Her ideas have been shared in outlets including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Edutopia, Mindshift, Chicago Tribune, and NPR. She has three children and lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Links to pre-order books from Book Passage are below. Make sure to put KENT MIDDLE SCHOOL in the Comments field when ordering. Pre-ordering via these links will end on Friday, Sept. 15. Phyllis will be able to sign books after her presentation.

• Order Middle School Matters
• Order Middle School Superpowers

Finally, please indicate in an anonymous form if you’d like translation services at the event by September 13.