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Parents call the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center a lifeline. Before, during, and after the shutdowns and quarantines of the COVID-19 pandemic, the early years of a baby’s life can be a lonely and isolating time for new parents. Indaia Whitcombe grew up on the Vineyard, but she lived in North Carolina for 10 years and […]
Somerset County names Teacher of the Year Special to The Daily Times Somerset County Public Schools has named Logan Webster, history teacher at Crisfield Academy & High School, as the district’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. Webster graduated from Goucher College in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in history with a concentration in secondary education, and in 2020 earned his master’s in Educational Leadership from Salisbury University. For the past seven years, Webster has taught U.S. history at Crisfield Academy and High School. While there, Webster launched the school’s Student Governmen...
Right now, students in elementary and middle schools largely attend school full-time, although some have staggered start times, while many secondary schools are on a “quarter system,” where they take two in-class courses over 10 weeks, ending up with eight in a year. The goal of the system is to reduce the number of people in the school at any given time. A return to a regular schedule would be a nice change, said Jodi Whiteman, who has a son in Grade 9 at Lambrick Park Secondary and serves as secretary for the Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils. “We’ll see in...
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 2/24/2021 4:32:45 PM As parents of children with special needs, Jillian Mercier and Mandy Carter both know that it can be hard for other parents to relate to their struggles. They’re hoping the new parenting group they're facilitating, called “See the ABLE not the Label,” will cultivate a much-needed social network among local parents of children with disabilities. The monthly group is hosted by The River Center. Four of Mercier’s five children have special needs including mental health issues, and medical issues like cerebral palsy, and Carter,...
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