Schools move closer to normal with graduations Written by Dean Thompson on May 7, 2021
A year ago, high school seniors didn’t get to celebrate with a prom or a normal graduation, and students at Western New Mexico University celebrated getting their degrees virtually from their homes, or wherever else they had a mind to.
With vaccination rates rising and the calendar moving into May, it’s time to start thinking about proms, senior days and graduations.
For WNMU, in the last Board of Regents meeting, President Joseph Shepard said that 135 or so of the 2021 graduates wanted to walk in a normal graduation, while about 35 had decided to participate virtually. So WNMU opted for a hybrid ceremony, which was held at 2 p.m. today at the football stadium, with limited seating.
Students return full-time to a remade school Written by Dean Thompson on April 5, 2021
Pictured is one of the hallways near the cafeteria and library where new benches were installed. Taking advantage of the seating are, from left, Paul Ortega, Zeke Torres, Brandon Torres and Cierra Torres from Raul Diaz’s class.
Students will be heading back to class Tuesday across Grant County and not hybrid classes this time, but full, in-person learning with all students being in class five days a week, according to guidelines issued unexpectedly last month by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
The PED and the state shut down schools just more than a year ago, in March 2020, only allowed hybrid schedules for elementary students in the fall semester, and then opened up to middle and high schools very recently.
December 15, 2020
Silver board delays close of fall semester grading Written by Dean Thompson on December 15, 2020
Most of the discussion in the Silver Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night dealt with a New Mexico Public Education Department recommendation on grading during remote learning affecting school districts across the state.
Superintendent Audie Brown said the PED was asking districts to consider changing a zero grade to a 50 percent grade, which would still be an “F” on the grading scale.
“If a student has a zero, some students may feel it would be impossible to raise their grades, and disconnect,” Brown said.
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