The Kearns model: Strengthening teens through coping skills and mentoring

Editor’s note • Through a grant from Solutions Journalism Network, The Salt Lake Tribune is examining how Kearns is trying to improve the lives of its children. In the final story of this three-part series, we learn how school and community resources are helping teens deal with stress.Kearns • This is not the high school ending that Holly Biesinger had envisioned.She wanted to walk across a stage in front of family and friends. She planned to work as a lifeguard this summer to he