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Pleasant Hill student appears on the NBC ‘Today Show’
Kelly
Voigt, an 11-year-old sixth grader at Pleasant Hill School, was
featured in the “Today’s Family” segment of the NBC Today Show on
Feb. 27. Kelly, who at age 7 was severely bitten by a
dog, confronted her fears by developing and conducting “Prevent
the Bite” sessions to teach her classmates and other District 15
students how to avoid being bitten. Kelly teamed with Nancy Skeffington,
a psychologist at the Conyers Learning Academy, and her trained animal
therapy dog, Casey, to develop the dog safety classes, which they
have presented for more than four years. A Today Show crew filmed
Kelly at school and home, and she, her mother Kathy Voigt, Ms. Skeffington,
and Casey were present on the show’s New York set. Host Katie Couric
pronounced herself “very impressed” with Kelly.
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