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– Second Semester Our return-to-school plan for second semester includes a two-week transition that begins remotely for staff/students and ends with in-school learning. Week of January 4-8: Second semester begins for students on Wednesday, January 6.  Tuesday, Jan. 5, was added to Monday, Jan 4, as a teacher workday/student holiday because many schools are election polling sites. All PreK-12 students will participate in remote learning January 6 - 8. Week of January 11-15: Middle and high sc...

Dec 15, 2020 WINTERSVILLE — An increase in COVID-related quarantines prompted Indian Creek Local School District to implement remote learning for the next week.  The district has provided face-to-face instruction with an option for students to study online at home and planned to keep schools open until the holiday break started Dec. 23, but officials announced Monday that plans were altered. An all-call was put out to parents that afternoon indicating that all students would begin remote lea...

Bladen County Schools announces plans for second semester Bladen County Schools announces plans for second semester By WECT Staff | December 15, 2020 at 8:27 AM EST - Updated December 15 at 12:17 PM BLADEN COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Students in Bladen County will return to school in for the second semester in three phases starting Jan. 4., and hopefully entering the final phase in mid-February. The Bladen County Board of Education voted on the reopening plans based off data collected following...

COVID-19 quarantines, positive cases reported by Story County schools Ames Tribune Across Story County, school districts have created online portals reporting the number of students and staff who are currently in quarantine or have tested positive for COVID-19. The following school districts have provided an update on COVID-19 cases across their student and staff population. As of Monday at 10 a.m., Story Countys 14-day average positivity rate is 11%, the state reported Monday. Ames school dist...

VisionAware December 14, 2020 Editor’s note: The VisionAware Peers are ending 2020 with their perspectives on getting through this year and managing it well with vision loss. Be sure to read part one in this series. Observing Change In a COVID Bubble by Maribel Steel Maribel and Dog Guide (photo by Harry Williamson) There are times in our lives when we are an observer, at other times, the player. During 2020, I found myself being an observer on the COVID-Court of life. Where I had plans to tr...

Auckland based  St Cuthbert’s College is a leader in many ways. Its Junior School was one of the first in the country to adopt a 1:1 device policy in 1999. Otherwise known as Bring Your Own Device (or BYOD), the system means all students at the all  girls’ school, from Year 3 to Year 13, have a device in class. But when COVID-19 threatened to close schools across the country, it accelerated that innovation further, using Microsoft Teams to take its community ties to a new level. St Cuthbe...

From staff reports With COVID-19 numbers rising, McDowell County Schools will return to remote learning on Monday, Superintendent Mark Garrett said in a message  Friday. The latest report on the school system’s webpage lists 49 active COVID-19 cases in 14 schools. Students will learn remotely through Christmas break, which begins with early release on Friday. Garrett said community spread and potential exposure is having “a large impact on classroom isolations and creat...

New teachers in Clark County get lesson in pandemic Remote learning creates special challenges for those in first year Published: December 10, 2020, 6:02am Share: 3 Photos Gaiser Middle School first-year teacher Cameron Chilcote speaks to his second-period eighth-grade U.S. history class. Chilcote is one of 16 first-year teachers across Vancouver Public Schools navigating their new careers in the midst of the pandemic. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery Cameron Chilcote’s eig...

Does Title IX protect students who report harassment? This observer says “no” – but it can, and it should.

All Wilson Co. Schools go remote ahead of holiday break WTVF and last updated 2020-12-09 17:34:11-05 LEBANON, Tenn. (WTVF) — All Wilson County students will be learning remotely during the week of Mon., Dec. 14 - 18 due to COVID-19. School officials made the announcement Wednesday, saying the week will lead into the upcoming Holiday/Winter Break. Students will return to their respective teaching and learning models on Tues., Jan. 5, 2021 (K-5 Traditional & Grades 6-12 Hybrid). Director of ...