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Fourth grade students in David Levine’s class at Dorchester’s Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) created care packages and cards including phrases in Ukrainian Cyrillic to express their solidarity with the people of Ukraine in recent weeks. Levine, who has a background in Russian and Soviet studies, teaches ELA and Social Studies and is a 2018 recipient of the Sherry M.
Janice Chang for STAT For Abby Williard, school always felt like a slog. Growing up in a small town in central Pennsylvania, Williard couldn’t seem to complete her schoolwork or stop daydreaming in class. Although she has anxiety and depression, she felt like something else was at play. “I would cry in class because I just couldn’t handle it, I couldn’t take it,” she said. At points, Williard gave up on trying to succeed in school: She nearly failed several classes and was so quiet that teachers would sometimes mark her absent. But one day when she was 16, years of confusion gave ...