Some school districts in the Lehigh Valley are moving away from traditional final exams, mainly because of the disruption of in-person learning due to the pandemic.
She lost both her parents tragically. Yet this Easton grad is studying to be a cancer researcher.
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
A dryanna Jenkins of Easton won a scholarship to study immunology at the University of Cambridge. She lost both of her parents by the time she was 16.Courtesy Times Eye Photography
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A’dryanna Jenkins’ improbable path from South Side Easton to Marshall Scholar at the University of Cambridge seemed impossible just seven years ago.
She failed her freshman year at Easton Area High School and was sent to Easton Area Academy to get back on track.
The 21-year-old biomedical student frequently missed school because she was trying to meet the needs of her four siblings and her mother. Her father wasn’t available to help. He was murdered by his girlfriend in Bethlehem in 2007.
Jan 6, 2021
In an effort to give teachers more time to teach students amid the pandemic, Easton Area High School is dropping all of its final exams for the spring semester. Principal Kyle Geiger says the school is behind on instruction and using those exam days will provide teachers more time to focus on skills and content. He pointed to surveys from parents where common complaints were about their kids learning less due to them not having enough work and a lack of live instruction to support their decision.
High School Students at School during COVID-19
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Jan 6, 2021
The swearing in of state senators Tuesday afternoon was far from business as usual. Mr. President it is your duty to put a motion properly before this body. If you continue to refuse to perform your duty, the Senate will proceed to replace you, Sen. Jake Corman told Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. Shortly after that comment Senate Republicans did just that, removing Fetterman from his role as Senate President. That all happened after Republicans refused to allow Democrat Jim Brewster to take the oath of office because of an ongoing challenge to his narrow victory in November. His opponent, Nicole Ziccarelli, says Allegheny County counted more than 300 votes that should have been thrown out and without those votes, she and not Brewster would have won. Brewster s 69 vote victory has been certified by the state.
Bonnie K. Stocker, 66, died on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at her home, after a well-fought battle against cancer.
A resident of Millington since 1988, she was a parishioner of All Saintsâ Episcopal Church, serving as a chorister, a vestry member and a participant in the Thursday curia.
Mrs. McGrath was a BSA Pack 56 Den 14 mom and a Troop 56 Eagle mom; and an enthusiastic user and supporter of the Long Hill Township Library.
Bonnie Stocker was born in Easton, Pa., to Madeline (Repsher) and Frederick Stocker. After graduation from Easton Area High School, and studies at Temple University and the Fashion Institute of Technology, she worked for Fairchild Publications, where she met her husband Frank McGrath, and later in banking as a currency trader.