Morris Street Teacher Melissa Gabriel Recognized as a Hero by WCSU Written by Kerry Anne Ducey
WCSU Alumni Association recognizes local education ‘hero’
As anyone who has children or works in education knows, Covid-19 has brought many challenges to school systems and teachers’ ability to carry on. With little notice, educators everywhere had to make a quick pivot to remote or hybrid teaching. While tech-savvy middle and high school students had minimal difficulty with this, it was a challenge to figure out how to engage and maintain the attention of kindergarteners.
One Western Connecticut State University education alumna, Melissa Gabriel, rose to the challenge and has been designated as a hero by the WCSU Alumni Association for her contributions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Gabriel was nominated by Monica Sousa, a WCSU Nursing professor.
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The most common question being asked of Dr. Karina Top is “whether people in priority groups ([such as] health care workers) who have weakened immune systems or are pregnant should get the COVID-19 vaccine,” says the pediatric infectious disease physician and associate professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, whose research focus is vaccine safety, including for immune-compromised patients.
“Whether they should get the vaccine comes down to the balance of their risk of exposure to COVID-19, [their] risk of severe COVID-19 if they are exposed and the potential risks of the vaccine. It’s an individual decision that people need to discuss with their health care provider.”
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IMPORTANT: Please Read: Plans for a Return to School in January
12.14.20
Dear Littleton Public Schools Staff Members and Parents:
I want to provide you with our plans for school in January as well as some important facts we must remember moving forward into the spring semester.
State and national health experts and politicians have been saying recently that students should be in school even as positivity rates continue to increase in our communities. We agree that schools are safe and the COVID transmission rates in schools are low. But, health experts and politicians fail to address the real reason why schools are not open:
Dear FCCPS Families,
I trust you all had a safe and healthy holiday break. I wanted to send some updates and clarifications regarding our next steps for reopening FCCPS. While my letter to all of you about returning this month was filled with excitement and enthusiasm, it also included a revised set of metrics for reopening and, if needed, thresholds for returning to virtual instruction. While we are all excited about returning our students to in-person hybrid learning, it is important to temper expectations.
The COVID data for our region, and specifically Falls Church City, is particularly challenging as the number of cases continues to rise, and the percentage of people testing positive continues to increase. Additionally, our region remains in a state of substantial transmission and a high burden of disease. These are concerning as we move forward in our planning.