At Westwood High, a formula of in-person and online science classes
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Editor s Note: The following was submitted by Westwood Public Schools.
Westwood High School science teacher Andrew Miller delivered raw chicken legs to his students’ homes for a dissection project that, in pre-COVID days, would have been done in school.
“It did feel a little weird, a little strange, but it was still very interesting to me,” said Westwood High senior Olivia Lee, who dissected the chicken leg in her kitchen while joining Miller and her classmates on Zoom. “I really enjoyed it.”
The Westwood High science department has gotten creative this year to keep students involved during the pandemic. Even as teachers prepare for expanded in-person learning this spring, teachers are leveraging virtual tools to facilitate hands-on learning.
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Westwood Council on Aging seeks participants for Seniors Celebrating Seniors
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Editor s Note: The following was submitted by the Westwood Council on Aging.
Westwood’s Council on Aging is starting a new program with the Westwood High School senior class called “Seniors Celebrating Seniors.” They would love area seniors to embrace a high school senior during this particularly challenging time and write “words of wisdom” or “congratulatory comments” to students who will be leaving Westwood to head to college and beyond.
Those interested should call the the Council on Aging at 781-329-8799 and leave a name, address and phone number with Lina or Lorraine. The council will contact people in late March with the name of a graduating senior to send words of encouragement and wisdom to in late April.
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Some middle and high school students in Memphis returned to classrooms Monday, completing Shelby County Schools’ phased plan to reopen buildings nearly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted remote learning.
About a fourth of middle and high school students were expected to return Monday. A third of pre-kindergarten and elementary students returned last week. Families have a choice to send children back to campus or to keep them learning from home via live videoconferencing, as they have done since August. The majority of district parents have chosen to stick with remote learning.
Charter schools, which educate about 17% of the district’s students, can make their own reopening plans. Several more opened their buildings Monday, such as Freedom Preparatory Academy and Memphis Business Academy, which means nearly all charter schools in the city are offering in-person learning.
Mesa high school students helping families get through pandemic
High school students are helping community members in need through the Working Warriors program.
By: Kailey Latham
and last updated 2021-03-08 07:26:05-05
MESA, AZ â High school students and teachers in Mesa are working to help families make it through the pandemic.
The Working Warriors program at Westwood High School operates as a secret shopper service, allowing families to anonymously receive necessities like laundry detergent, hygiene products, diapers, and more. We re here to help. We re here to let them know that everything is going to be OK, said Luis Nunez, a senior at Westwood and one of 60 students in the Working Warriors program.