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Article posted: 8/13/2012 5:08 PM

Speaker encourages Jacobs students to grow up and take responsibility

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MTV's "MADE" teen life coach Jeff Yalden speaks to students at Jacobs High School in Algonquin on the first day of school Monday.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Senior Nicole Vicicondi and her classmates laugh during a presentation by MTV "MADE" teen life coach Jeff Yalden at Jacobs High School in Algonquin on the first day of school Monday.

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MTV "MADE" teen life coach Jeff Yalden hugs junior Marissa Ahrens at Jacobs High School in Algonquin after his presentation on the first day of school Monday. His story about the death of his wife's grandfather reminded her of her grandfather's battle with Alzheimer's disease.

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Perry Elementary School paraprofessional Rose Geijer escorts two young students to their first day of kindergarten Monday in Carpentersville. Geijer usually works with first-graders, but teachers were pitching in all over the school to help things run smoothly as classes resumed in Community Unit Community Unit District 300.

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Perry Elementary School Principal Laureano Ortiz-Sanchez encourages young Andres Montoya as he and his classmates line up for the first day of classes Monday in Carpentersville. Ortiz-Sanchez is starting his first year as principal at the school after coming to the district from the Rockford area where he held several different teaching and administrative positions.

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Second-grader Jacklyn Vasquez heads back to her classroom with an orange and some milk for breakfast on the first day of the school year at Perry Elementary School in Carpentersville.

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Youth motivational speaker Jeff Yalden pumped students up for the new school year in Community Unit District 300 during a special assembly at Jacobs High School in Algonquin. "Don't be afraid this year to challenge yourself," Yalden said. Monday is the first day of class in Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300.