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Even by the most optimistic standards, the logistics of learning in 2020 have been difficult, if not close to impossible, for a significant number of New Mexico students.
Technological challenges have combined with trauma caused by COVID-19’s deadly rampage through hard-hit populations, especially the state’s Indigenous communities, to disrupt classrooms and educational plans.
More than 32,000 students or one of every 10 enrolled in public education statewide have been referred to a state-sponsored coaching program, many for being disengaged, regularly missing classes, or in danger of failing one or more classes. Less than a quarter are participating, however. And more than half of those, or 5,173 students, are in need of the most help, according to the state education officials, meaning they endure significant on-going barriers and are receiving regular interventions, sometimes daily.
LAPS Foundation: A School Day In This COVID Life With LAHS Science Teacher Stephanie Mitchell
LAPS Foundation News:
Do you ever wonder what a school day is actually like in Los Alamos this year?
The following is the last of three articles describing the school experience from different perspectives, brought to you by Los Alamos Public Schools Foundation.
Meet Stephanie Mitchell, a science teacher at Los Alamos High School (LAHS). Mitchell has been at LAHS since 2005 and teaches a variety of science classes, including biology, honors biology, AP biology and AP physics.
She was recognized as Outstanding Biology Teacher for New Mexico by the National Association of Biology Teachers in 2019 and selected as a Teacher of Distinction by the Golden Apple Foundation of New Mexico in 2020.