Williamsville South ninth grader wins grand prize in C-SPAN documentary contest
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and last updated 2021-03-10 14:21:50-05
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) â A ninth grader from Williamsville South was a big winner in a documentary contest conducted by C-SPAN!
Theo Poulin won the grand prize of $5,000 in the 2021 C-SPAN StudentCam Competition for his documentary âTrust Fall.â
Theo s documentary was one of over 2,300 films submitted during this year s competition where the theme was, âExplore the issues you want the president and new Congress to address in 2021.â Trust Fall, will air nationally on C-SPAN on April 21st.
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Portville Central Schools maintain full reopen Every day s kind of a gift
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and last updated 2021-03-10 18:52:30-05
PORTVILLE, NY (WKBW) â While many school districts are waiting to return students to full, in-school learning, there is a district in the Southern Tier that has been fully reopened since September.
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Thomas Simon, superintendent, Portville Central Schools.
âThe biggest challenge is every single adult and child in the building had to come ready to make some big changes,â Thomas Simon, superintendent, Portville Central Schools.
When COVID hit, the Portville Central School District in Cattaraugus County re-imagined what the school day would look like and how to reuse building space.
West Seneca kindergartners, first graders moving to in-person learning four days a week
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and last updated 2021-03-11 04:31:57-05
WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) â The West Seneca Central School District is bringing some of their youngest students back to the classroom.
In a letter sent to parents and guardians in the district, Superintendent Matthew Bystrak says all kindergartners and first graders in the hybrid learning program will move to in-person learning four days a week beginning on March 22. The district says Wednesday will remain a virtual learning day.
Students who are remaining fully remote will be assigned new teachers. Fully remote students whose families would like to return to in-person learning can request to do so through the student s principal. The district says decisions will depend on the availability of space.
One year later: Remote learning & mental damage
âKids are really struggling
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and last updated 2021-03-09 18:27:00-05
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) â Public school students are marking a year of schools being shut-down for in-person learning.
While many districts have reopened buildings using a hybrid model, with students in class two days a week, there are still many students who have not not stepped inside a classroom in more than a year.
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Dr. Amanda Werthman-Ehrenreich, emergency room physician.
âBut we ve had a year of data and it s now safe,â explained Dr. Amanda Werthman-Ehrenreich, emergency room physician.
A group of women physicians now the latest to come forward calling for a full return of five day a week, in-person learning at schools.