As reported by Park Rapids Enterprise…

Park Rapids, MN – Century Middle School has been awarded a $60,000 grant for LifeSkills Training, the Park Rapids School Board learned Monday.

Principal Shawn Andress said the school is one of 40 schools in the state selected to receive the Behavioral Health and Wellness grant from the Department of Human Services, out of 180 schools that applied.

“Grades 6, 7 and 8 will have research-based curriculum and (there will be) training for Mr. Andrew Lachowitzer to receive,” said Andress.

“This four-year grant, then, will allow us to also become part of a study” comparing schools that have implemented the curriculum against schools that have not, she said. “The students will be surveyed, and the families will be surveyed in that study for the (short- and long-term) effects of that curriculum.”

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