Changes due to the pandemic approved by the school board. 7:49 am, Jan. 21, 2021 ×
At Wadena-Deer Creek, hybrid learning with alternating days for 7-12th graders and in-person learning Monday to Thursday for pre-K-6th graders resumed on Jan. 19. Students in K-12th grade have distance learning Fridays.
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With the number of COVID-19 cases in the Wadena-Deer Creek schools in “really good shape at the moment,” hybrid learning is continuing, as Superintendent Lee Westrum said. And if cases remain low, 7-12th grade students will return to four days of in-person learning on Feb. 1.
Students returned to hybrid learning on Jan. 19 after a two week distance learning period. Students in pre-K-6th grade have in-person classes Monday to Thursday with kindergarten-6th graders having distance learning on Fridays. Seventh-12th graders alternate in-person days with Fridays also a distance learning day.
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