“I don’t know that I would want to go back and be a teenager today,” Margo McKay told a gathering of roughly 50 students. “I know every one of you has had conversations with people you’re worried about.”
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Students in Thriving Minds — a new club at Owatonna High School — discuss mental health and how to support their fellow students. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
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Madelyn Fisher and Jose Rosas speak at a recent Thriving Minds meeting. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
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OHS health teacher Willie Blechschmidt offers discussion prompts at a Thriving Minds meeting. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
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OHS health teacher Willie Blechschmidt offers discussion prompts at a Thriving Minds meeting. (Josh LaFollette/southernminn.com)
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