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Closer connections: factors such as homelessness, limited-English proficiency and difficult relations with others can cause students even in the best schools to feel alone.

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From: Leadership
Date: 20020901
Author:Lovelace, James; Salah, Linda

Bret Harte Middle School, a 2001-02 Blue Ribbon school, sits in the affluent Almaden Valley, one of six middle schools in the San Jose Unified School District. Standardized test scores are in the top 10 percent in the state. We offer a rich variety of extra curricular activities and athletics. However, some Bret Harte students are isolated.

Factors including poor grades, homelessness, limited English proficiency, low self-esteem or difficult relationships with peers and/or adults can cause a student even in one of the best schools to feel alone in a crowd of 1,300 students.

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