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The Graduates: Seven Grade 12 students discuss their final school year during the pandemic
Grade 12 students did their best to adapt to all that was in flux during the pandemic, and a cross-section from Southern Alberta spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener about how COVID-19 affected their mental health, studies and feelings about the future.
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Posted: Jun 23, 2021 5:18 PM MT | Last Updated: June 24
Grade 12 graduates Will Ash, Elda Britu, Mateo Gramaglia, Breton Taylor, Ellie Bates, Siraaj Shah and Jorja Powers spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener about their last school year during the pandemic.(Rachel Maclean/CBC)
LCI grads ready to meet challenges of the future
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This year’s LCI valedictorian Isaac Fletcher, at centre, stands with Principal’s Award winners Kimoya Edwards, and Clara Lebon-Volia and Asher Bridge and Wesley Tews. Herald photo by Tim Kalinowski
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Lethbridge Collegiate Institute’s graduating class of 2021 is ready to meet the challenges of the future, says valedictorian Isaac Fletcher, and can be proud of the way it has overcome the challenges of this year.
“It has definitely been a brutal journey,” says Fletcher referring to the 2020-2021 school year, “but it is nice to see all the hard work pay off here at the end. This past year COVID especially has been really hard with online schooling and everything to try to keep my grades up, and to try to stand up to all this school work and everything. But, I think, LCI did a great job. The teachers went the extra mile with scheduling option time when
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. They gathered at Nicholas Sheran Park after school to relive some of their most painful experiences. The students from Lethbridge public and separate high schools say it s time to tackle racism head on. It s been going on for a little bit too long said Benedicte Amititi. The Catholic Central High School student can remember being called a slave in junior high school and says she now deals with racism almost every day in high school. She s not alone. Tagjok Akorkwag is an alumnus of Catholic Central High, who said she remembers, Just coming to school every day just to be called the N word and made fun of constantly.