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On December 10, 2018, Dr. James Sutton, Professor Cleveland Plain Dealer investigative journalist Rachel Dissell visited Carrollton's Upper School
of English at Florida International University with a PhD after the community read "Beartown” by Fredrik Backman. Ms. Dissell's talk kick-started
in Renaissance Studies from Yale University, an M.A. in Carrollton's community discussion where students met in small groups to talk about how to stay
English from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and a safe. In a schoolwide survey, one respondent wrote, "I believe that the entire process beginning
B A in English from Northwestern University, gave a lecture with the book read, through Ms. Dissell's presentation, and the discussion groups has been a
and presentation on Shakespearean tragedy, with special positive motivator for change and a very poignant message.”
attention given to the tragedies studied in the Upper School
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