Myasia Madkins, a junior at Holy Trinity High School, is your average teen, navigating COVID, racial unrest and remote learning. Challenges overcome by the youth, through the Partnership to Educate and Advance Kids, a tuition and mentoring program, spotlights hindrances faced by so many youth this past year.
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Myasia Madkins is your average teen navigating COVID-19 life, racial unrest and remote learning, challenges faced by many youth this past year.
Separated from school last March by the pandemic, Myasia, 17, and other Catholic high-schoolers, returned to a hybrid learning system last fall.
She and half the student body at Holy Trinity High School attend classes in person Tuesdays and Fridays; the other half, Mondays and Thursdays. Students attend virtual classes the other two days. Wednesdays are reserved for teacher meetings, catching up on work, etc.
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5:00 p.m. COVID-19 cases on the rise as Illinois continues to dole out vaccines at record pace
Illinois is seeing a troubling upward trend in coronavirus cases as the state continues to vaccinate residents at a record pace.
State health officials on Sunday announced 2,942 new and probable COVID-19 cases and an additional 16 virus-related deaths.
The new cases were detected among 69,600 tests processed by the Illinois Department of Public Health in the last day. That keeps the statewide seven-day positivity rate at a 10-week high of 4.2%.
Illinois is averaging about 3,204 new cases each day this month, up sharply from the first 11 days of last month when the state recorded a daily average of 1,610.