With so many school events canceled because of COVID-19, yearbook editors haven't had much to work with. Here's how one pair of graduating editors chose to document a year of mostly remote schooling.
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The yearbook class at the Early College of Forsyth had to figure out how to fill 99 pages under this cover.
The high school seniors putting together the yearbook at the Early College of Forsyth in Winston-Salem filled the pages of the 2021 edition with photos of pandemic life with pets, quarantine cooking recipes, and Zoom tiles.
Back in March of 2020, the co-editors of the yearbook at the Early College of Forsyth thought they might have their work cut out for them this year. And boy were they right.
By the time August came around, the high school seniors learned many of the events they normally memorialized weren’t going to happen. But, to their surprise, more students than ever wanted a copy of the 2021 edition.
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools supports bipartisan legislation allowing it to begin the school year one to two weeks earlier than currently allowed by state law.
However, with many summer-school initiatives already set in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the system said Thursday it would not move up the start date of Aug. 23 for the 2021-22 school year.
House Bill 111 would open WS/FCS schools on Aug. 11.
WS/FCS said in a statement that senior leadership believes House Bill 111 âcould be good in the future.â
âAn earlier start time would allow semesters to end before the winter break, so it may be very beneficial.â
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