FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) In ABC30 s segment, Education Spotlight, Action News Anchor Landon Burke will talk with Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) officials about some of the biggest topics in education.
Camp Green Meadows has been a North Valley fixture for almost 60 years. Landon Burke spoke with the principal of the camp s outdoor school, Bob Bassett.
He discussed the program s benefit to local kids and how they re getting by in the pandemic.
Landon: Bob, so first of all, give me a little bit of background. What is Camp Green Meadows?
Bob: We are about a mile and a half from the southern entrance of Yosemite. We re at 5,000 feet. There s a little bit of snow around us right now that s leftover. And we are an outdoor residential science school, so kids, mostly sixth graders, come up to us. They live with us for a week and we teach them science, using the forest as the book, as the classroom. So instead of going, open your book to page 75, we re going to learn about decom
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) In ABC30 s segment, Education Spotlight, Action News Anchor Landon Burke will talk with Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) officials about some of the biggest topics in education.
Children in foster care are navigating the pandemic without many of the comforts we often take for granted. Landon Burke spoke with four high school freshmen about their new service project and how the rest of us can follow their lead.
Landon: My understanding is that you guys are raising money for foster youth, is that correct?
Siya Lakireddy: Correct. So we are part of a group called SEVA Merced. It is a group of high school freshmen, and our acronym SEVA stands for serve, enrich, volunteer and accomplish. But the word seva itself is from the language Sanskrit, in which it means service. So we wanted to really use what we put in our acronym, and we wanted to help better our community. And, we started off with this Cookies for CASA project, which. Yes, it is to help loc
Education Spotlight: How parents can help kids mental, emotional well-being during the pandemic
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) In ABC30 s segment, Education Spotlight, Action News Anchor Landon Burke will talk with Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) officials about some of the biggest topics in education.
As school districts continue with remote learning, many students are missing support structures vital to their mental and emotional well-being. Landon Burke spoke with Genevieve Valentine, director of the Merced County Behavioral Health Resource Center, about how parents can help their kids thrive in this time of uncertainty.
Landon: What have you noticed about student health and well being in the midst of the pandemic?
Education Spotlight: Livingston Unified s new literacy initiative gets more students reading
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) In ABC30 s segment, Education Spotlight, Action News Anchor Landon Burke will talk with Merced County Office of Education (MCOE) officials about some of the biggest topics in education.
With many kids still learning from home, parents and teachers are working extra hard to make sure their students don t fall behind. Livingston Unified officials discussed why getting kids to read is a priority and how a new literacy initiative aims to do just that.
Read Landon s interview with
Superintendent of Livingston Union School District, Andres Zamora, below or watch it in the media player above.
In ABC30's new segment, Education Spotlight, Action News Anchor Landon Burke will talk with Merced County Office of Education officials about some of the biggest topics in education.