Tag: COVID-19 and education
Ten out of the first 20 confirmed United States COVID-19 cases occurred in California, with the first San Diego County case reported on March 9, 2020. Within days, the County of San Diego put out a release which said “planning now helps you act more effectively to protect you and your family if COVID-19 does spread locally”.
When elected officials...
Some vocational education students such as cosmetology program graduates remain in limbo—finished with school yet unable to sit for the state testing required for licensure by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology because of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bellus Academy Director of Educational Operations Khris Pool said the school, which maintains schools throughout the county and has about...
Grossmont Union High School District will move to level three of their five-tier reopening plan on March 1.
By moving to level three students in the hybrid learning model will participate in on-campus classes two days a week and distance learning for the remaining three days a week.
The district began the school year on Aug. 12, 2020 at level one...
Kid by Kid is a free tutoring program started by high school student Daxton Gutekunst, 15, in which middle and high school students help other students across San Diego county.
Gutekunst, a high school sophomore himself, said he came up with the idea after volunteering as a tutor for a school project where “we’d go every week or so and...
Grossmont Union High School District hosted a webinar on Feb. 2 in which representatives from Mending Matters, a company contracted to provide mental health services in some capacity to schools throughout the district updated parents on their observations and available resources.
Facilitated by Grossmont Union High School Director of Student Support Services Mary Nishikawa, the 45-minute long presentation featured Mending...
The year 2020 was unlike any year in recent memory. From a global pandemic that found its way into the homes and businesses of East County to marches for social justice amidst tinges of white supremacy and police brutality, punctuated by a presidential election that saw the outgoing president encourage his supporters to protest the results.
But in between the...
Students who attend Lakeside schools will be back on full distance learning for the first two weeks of school after they return from winter break on Jan. 4, 2021.
District Board members held back-to-back public meetings on Dec. 17 where they discussed long-term plans to reopen some special day classes for additional campus learning, then voted for a temporary slide...
