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Go Team!

About 350 Carson eighth-graders participated in a three-day leadership retreat this month in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The students learned to forge strong friendships, deal with peer pressure and set goals to help them prepare for college.

"It challenged me mentally, physically and socially," said 14-year-old Michelle Nguyen from Caroldale Learning Community, a K-8 school. "The restrictions of the classroom would have made this learning impossible."

Students from Curtiss Middle and White Middle schools climbed trees, hiked at night, and learned about astronomy at the Pali Institute near Lake Arrowhead.

Read the School Notebook story for more.

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