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Students’ social-emotional skills have suffered since the pandemic started and some predict it will only worsen
Summer programs help children with learning losses and give them a chance to connect, advocates say.
Attendance at Dallas summer programs was down dramatically in 2020 during the pandemic. Area advocates said those students who did attend were able to connect with others. Here Diego Rincon, 7, received an art kit that was distributed to students attending a program at the Wesley Rankin Community Center in July.(Steve Hamm / Special Contributor)
Dallas-area children and teenagers are struggling with their social-emotional skills more since the pandemic started, but summer programs gave some a chance to connect with others their age, according to a new report.
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One of my longtime heroes, jazz pianist extraordinaire Phyllis Emert, died at her home in Rockport Oct. 27. Not from Covid-19 like so many in this plague-ridden year of 2020, but from a stroke she suffered last March. The stroke that stripped Phyllis of her ability to play the piano, an instrument that had been her closest companion since childhood, eventually took her life.
Because of all the restrictions in place during this Covid-19 era, her family and friends from across the country weren’t able to attend a service or finalize an obituary for someone we all admired and loved. As one of her biggest fans, I took it upon myself (with the blessing of her sister Karen) to gather information for a Tribute to Phyllis Emert, celebrating her life and career. Blessed with a unique talent from an early age, Phyllis also possessed a kind and gracious spirit that drew people to her.