Save Our Youth shows kids a whale of a time
Anthony Santos, 14, left, and Lisette Eleuterio, 14, both students at Newport Harbor High School and participants in Save Our Youth, take photos of a pod of common dolphins during a whale watching trip on Friday.
(Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)
Newport Harbor High School freshman Lisette Eleuterio wants to be a marine biologist one day.
Friday’s whale-watching trip with Costa Mesa nonprofit Save Our Youth was one that Lisette had circled on her calendar.
“You get to explore new things, discover what’s new outside in the world, travel around to see what the new evolution is,” Lisette explained. “You get to see the old to the new, different species in the ocean.”
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A special election March 9 will determine who fills the seat from the following candidates:
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As the end of the school year draws closer, Newport-Mesa Unified School District officials are contemplating how much learning loss students have sustained during the pandemic and devising a plan to get kids back on track in the year ahead.
Trustees in a study session Tuesday attempted to understand how nearly a year of campus closures and reopenings, distance learning and modified school schedules that provide just a few hours of face time may be impacting K-6 learners and their ability to meet grade-level expectations.
Assistant Supt. John Drake shared reading assessment data from the beginning of the 2019-20 school year and compared it to similar benchmarks measured at the start of the current school year, when students already had months of distance learning under their belts.