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A teenage girl in a pink birthday hat holds a blue dry erase marker, getting ready to write on a board.

Loryann, 16, leads a social skills class at Hall High School in West Hartford. It was her 16th birthday, and teachers and friends sang a song and gave her presents, including the hairband. Yehyun Kim / ctmirror.org