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Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-- and What We Can Do About It
 
A best-selling book by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

F-M's BIG READ

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Upcoming Events

  • FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
    FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
    Tue, Oct 29
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School
    Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Come join us before we start our community reading of Never Enough, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace! At this event we will provide valuable context and have small group discussions about our goals, related to the book.
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  • Big Read: Never Enough Conversation #2
    Big Read: Never Enough Conversation #2
    Tue, Dec 03
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School
    Dec 03, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Dec 03, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    We will gather again to discuss the first part of the book, Never Enough. We will start in a large group and then break off into smaller discussion groups.
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  • Big Read: Never Enough Conversation #3
    Big Read: Never Enough Conversation #3
    Tue, Jan 14
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School
    Jan 14, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Jan 14, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    We will wrap up our discussion of Never Enough and discuss where we go from here! More info to come.
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The Community Big Read is back!  We are so excited to bring you the District’s third Big Read experience with the best-selling book, Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic -- and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Breheny Wallace.  In Never Enough, the author “takes the reader on a journey into the heart of toxic achievement culture and offers practical, actionable solutions for families, schools and communities.”  Amidst concerns about the stress and pressure that our young people (and the adults in their lives) face, this text seems like a timely choice.  

 

Ten years ago, a faculty group here at the high school formed to support the mental health and wellness of our students through education, conversation and collaboration.  The group is called FM Zen, and one of the initiatives of this group each year is a summer professional book read. FM Zen brought us Big Reads in 2019-2020 (How to Raise An Adult by Julie Lythcott- Haims) and in 2022 (Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett), and following their summer read and work with Never Enough, they are excited to bring it to the larger school community in a meaningful way.  There is power in relationship and in coming together, and that’s what makes the Community Big Read an experience you won’t want to miss!
 

The Big Read is open to all adults in our community -- it consists of a Kickoff Event on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 6:30-8:00pm, and then two other meetings (December 3, 2024 and January 14, 2025) where the format is guided group discussion and sharing. 

Events
FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
  • FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
    FM Big Read Kickoff: Never Enough
    Tue, Oct 29
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School
    Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Oct 29, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
    Fayetteville-Manlius High School, 8201 E Seneca Turnpike, Manlius, NY 13104, USA
    Come join us before we start our community reading of Never Enough, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace! At this event we will provide valuable context and have small group discussions about our goals, related to the book.
    Share