Noah Couser, an eighth-grade teacher at Kalispell Middle School, addresses students gathered in 2018 for the first Character Conference. This year’s event on March 13 is titled, “The Character Conference: Fighting for Our Lives in an age of Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, and Suicide,” It will focus on teaching students resilience and connecting them with resources. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

March 8, 2019