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In gowns and sneakers, tuxes and masks, M-A seniors gather for prom
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Midpeninsula high schools offer pandemic-altered rites of passage for seniors
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Local high schools from Menlo-Atherton to Los Altos offer pandemic-altered rites of passage for seniors
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Planning for modified proms, graduation parties and picnics is underway at some local high schools to ensure graduating seniors enjoy at least some of the usual rites of passage amid a pandemic that s stretched over a year. Seniors attending Menlo-Atherton High School s Enchanted Forest prom will have to go without high heels, as the masked outdoor event will take place on the Atherton school s soccer field. There won t be dancing at Los Altos High School s Seniors Under the Stars.
Wearing well-fitting face masks, giving shorter commencement speeches and keeping 6 feet of distance between attendees are just some of the guidelines San Mateo County has given schools for safely conducting graduation ceremonies this year. Even with state guidance put out in March that bans handshakes and hugs at ceremonies, this year still offers more than t
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Los Altos High School teachers and staff, above, waved signs and cheered students on as they arrived today for the start of in-person classes after more than a year of remote learning.
It may be April, but today felt like the first day of school in many ways at local high schools, complete with freshmen trying to find their way around campus and teachers helping kids get acclimated to being back in the classroom.
The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District is resuming in-person lessons this week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered campuses last March.
Teachers get vaccines, breathe sigh of relief
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Los Altos High School history teacher Todd Wangsness receives his first COVID-19 vaccine dose at Levi’s Stadium Saturday.
For Almond School sixth-grade teacher Anju Vriksha, getting vaccinated against COVID-19 means the chance to go home. Vriksha has been staying in a friend’s cottage since she started teaching in person in January, because she feared infecting her immunocompromised mother, whom she lives with.
Getting her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last week was a relief, Vriksha said. Her mother is also a teacher and has received her first dose. Once they’re both fully vaccinated, Vriksha plans to move back home.
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