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Yesterday, here at the Summit, our Upper School students had the opportunity to take part in a lecture from a prominent NPR and Podcast host: Marielle Segarra who is the host of NPR’s Life Kit<\/em>, an award-winning podcast and radio show, joined us for an informative speech, along with sharing some interesting experiences from her life.<\/p>\n

The theme of her talk was ‘The We Factor: Building Connections that Matter,’ where she gave some helpful tips to our students about community engagement and building important connections with people around us.<\/p>\n

Upper School Student Council member, Brielle Robison, helped to introduce her and following Marielle’s talk, students asked thoughtful questions to close out the session in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n

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