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An online survey of over 400 high school students aimed at probing what pandemic life has been like found 93 per cent of respondents feel their mental health has worsened while nearly 40 per cent plan to change their career pathways.
Half of students wish to be back in the classroom fulltime by no later than the end of April.
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The survey was created by Rishi Naidu, a Grade-11 student at Massey Secondary School, as an outlet for teenagers to share their experiences.
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Daniel Wiley is the associate conductor for the Windsor Symphony Orchestra but he’s also become quite a maestro at the art of photo shopping and editing video.
The COVID-19 pandemic closed schools completely across the province last March and again from December to February.
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All of the normal educational outreach done by the WSO with schools in the region was abruptly cut off as well.
“When everything shut down we were trying to figure out how do we pivot, how do we still stay connected with students?” Wiley said. “There’s no real substitute for seeing kids in person. We needed to do something different and new that might help teachers and students.”