Potter Jr. High students hear from motivational speakers

FALLBROOK – On June 8, seventh graders at Potter Junior High attended an assembly presented by the Freedom Writers, whose amazing story of transformation despite overwhelming odds sparked a national bestseller, “The Freedom Writers Diary: How 150 teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them” and a major motion picture, which was released in 2007. The event was dedicated to the memory of a student at Potter who lost his life recently as a result of gang violence in Vista.

Speakers Tony Becerra and Sharaud Moore shared their personal stories of how they overcame childh...