As the school year winds down, central Ohio school districts are looking ahead to summer programs to give students extra learning opportunities amid an unprecedented year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
For Columbus City Schools, that means a chance for students to be among their peers and educators in-person for four days a week something that hasn t happened in more than a year.
“This is an opportunity for our students to get back in the buildings, to get back to some normalcy,” said Emma Corbin, principal of Ecole Kenwood French Immersion School on the Northwest Side and one of the administrators leading the summer programs. “This is an opportunity to bring stability to the lives of many of our learners.”
Paige Alessi taps the ball up for a teammate to send over the net. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk)
Prior to Monday’s match, coach Megan Johnson was asked what her Shoreham-Wading River girls volleyball team needed to do in order to reach the playoffs.
Her answer: Win all three of its remaining matches.
Oh, that’s all.
Considering that Islip and Bayport-Blue Point, two of the tougher teams in Suffolk County League V, were on the schedule for two of those matches, that was a tall order.
Now, following Monday’s contest in Shoreham, the Wildcats’ playoff chances are nil. Hard-swinging Jacqueline Bryant and Islip’s virtually automatic-return defense saw to that.
Columbus City Schools takes a stand against hate
A video produced by the district shows students and staff with Columbus City Schools saying their names in English or their native languages. Author: Angela An Updated: 7:23 PM EDT March 31, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio In a powerful one-minute video, the state’s largest district created a video to show diverse faces that make up Columbus City Schools.
It was created two weeks after eight people were shot and killed at spas in Atlanta, Georgia, in which six of the victims were women of Asian descent.
“I strongly condemn the recent acts of violence toward Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander communities,” Talisa Dixon, superintendent and CEO of Columbus City Schools, said in a statement.
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Monday was the first day for students in cohort A, which attends Mondays and Tuesdays in person. Cohort B begins Thursday, with in-person classes on Thursdays and Fridays. I m glad to be back here with my friends, Jimenez said. Well, half of them.
Brian Hill, an environmental science teacher, seemed equally excited to be back in the classroom Monday morning. It ll be great to finally see the kids in-person, Hill said. It s just been names on screens for a long time.
Getting students to school an issue
Ensuring the district had enough bus drivers and routes to transport all its students was a big hurdle to making Monday happen, Columbus City Schools Superintendent Talisa Dixon said.