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Avielle Foundation to run Spark Project pilot program in Newtown schools

The Newtown Board of Education has signed off on a pilot program run by the Avielle Foundation known as Spark Project.  The Newtown Bee reports that approval was given at the Board meeting last Thursday for the Spark Project  to be run during the upcoming school year in the 3rd and 4th grades. 

 

The initiative is aimed at developing social-emotional learning, leadership and compassion skills.

 

The Avielle Foundation is named for Avielle Richman, one of the children killed on 12-14.  Her parents, Jeremy Richman and Jennifer Hensel are both scientists and created the Foundation to figure out why violent events happen and how they can be stopped. 

 

The Foundation has partnered with groups including 3C Institute and Personalized Learning Games to create a "Train the Trainer" model to ensure the effort is cost effective and sustainable.

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