September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. Last Saturday, the 21st annual Marathon for Suicide Prevention and Awareness was held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
Norwich Tech Talk: Returning a piece of history
By Patricia Luca
Lisa Velez, the Norwich Technical High School principal’s altruistic secretary, made a life altering humanitarian gesture.
During the first week of March, a letter addressed to Principal Patricia D. King was received in the main office. The letter stated:
“The enclosed class ring was found many years ago – many attempts were made to locate the owner without success. Eventually, the ring was put away and forgotten.
The enclosed ring has the inscriptions: Norwich Technical High School, Class of 1989, with the symbol for hair dressing / cosmetology and the name Joanne M. Palmer. The attached article triggered a memory. Hopefully, Norwich Tech, like Xavier High, can assist with locating the rightful owner. The article was entitled: Connecticut man reunited with high school class ring lost at beach 39 years ago. The article was posted by WTNH-TV-8 “Weather Tweed New Haven Connecticut Community station.”
Students, teacher earn accolades during trying times
By Patricia Luca
Norwich Tech celebrated 121 students who had perfect attendance during the first semester.
Principal Patricia King said: “We are so excited to recognize our students and their success in the most trying of times. Hundreds more of our students have attended almost every day.”
Educators said they recognize good school attendance is a partnership between students, parents and teachers.
Nancy Johnny selected as Norwich Tech Hugh O’Brien Youth Ambassador
Social Studies teacher Edward Hogan sponsors selection of the Norwich Tech Ambassador for the Hugh O Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Conference.
“Faculty nominated sophomores who displayed leadership potential attended a meeting and wrote an essay showing interest in the opportunity to be Norwich Tech ambassador, Hogan said. The following 10th graders …wrote some impressive essays: Will Gifford, Nancy Johnny, Marielle Kan, Tori Simmons and
LOGAN â All schools in Logan County will operate on a remote learning basis until after the Christmas holiday break, Logan County Board of Education President Jeremy Farley announced Saturday evening.
The move comes even as Logan County showed a green rating â the lowest possible â on the West Virginia Department of Educationâs most recent update of their education alert map on Saturday. Despite the green rating, Logan Countyâs COVID-19 numbers continue to rise. On Monday, there were 31 new cases of the virus confirmed with an active count of 150 cases, the highest since September.
There were 20 more new cases confirmed by laboratory testing Tuesday for a cumulative total of 1,276 cases, 1,078 recoveries and 54 deaths. The number of cases considered active was down slightly from Monday to 144. There was also one less hospitalization on Tuesday, with 18 on Monday and 17 on Tuesday.