Standardized testing poses one final hurdle for students, districts in Chester County
Standardized testing poses one final hurdle for students, districts in Chester County
Before students in Chester County can kick back and relax for the summer after a hectic school year, they have one more hurdle to face - standardized testing.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Summer break is just a few months away, but after yet another incredibly difficult school year filled with challenges teachers and students have another battle – standardized testing.
Despite Pennsylvania giving school districts the choice to wait until the fall, FOX 29 s Kelly Rule found that in Chester County, most schools are choosing to test before summer.
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Jonathan Xi, a sixth grader attending Keith Valley Middle School in Horsham, was crowned the winner of the Bucks/Mont Regional Spelling Bee. He advances to compete in virtual qualifying rounds for a chance to represent the region in national competition in the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held July 8, in Orlando, Florida.
Jonathan received the most points in the spelling bee as an official regional qualifier for students who live and attend school in Bucks and Montgomery counties. This year, the spelling bee competition was held online to ensure all 24 school champions could participate.
About 7,400 educators from Lancaster and Lebanon counties rolled up their sleeves for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine as part of Pennsylvaniaâs initiative to vaccinate the stateâs roughly 200,000 school employees against COVID-19.
Thatâs according to the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, one of 29 intermediate units that, with help from the Pennsylvania National Guard and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, served as a host site beginning in mid-March as teachers, support staff, bus drivers and more flocked to get their vaccine.
Statewide, more than 112,000 educators were vaccinated in about three weeks.
âWhile the timing was short, IU staff responded as they always do, with a willingness and heart to serve our communities,â IU13 executive director Brian Barnhart said Monday. âPublic and private school patients were both understanding and kind as the process was quite fluid and subject to quick change.â
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