Women’s flyweight prospect Valerie Loureda returns to the cage at Bellator 258 when she takes on promotional newcomer Hannah Guy.
Tom Taylor of Maxim.com was the first to report the Loureda vs. Guy fight, which will take place at Bellator 258 on May 7. The stacked card already features Bellator bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta vs. Sergio Pettis in the main event, plus a five-round co-main event bout between light heavyweights Yoel Romero and Anthony Johnson. Romero is Loureda’s teammate at American Top Team and they will both be on the same card.
Loureda (3-0) is just 22 years old and is quickly emerging as one of Bellator’s brightest stars. The Miami native comes from a taekwondo background and since joining the Bellator roster in 2019, she has turned heads with her performances inside the cage. She made her organizational debut at Bellator 216 in February 2019 and defeated Coby Fletcher via first-round TKO. She then returned to the cage in June 2019 and defeated Larkyn
CAROLINE CARLSON
ESCANABA The Escanaba School Board has reconfirmed its current Extended COVID-19 Learning plan. The plan determines how the district will provide education to students, through in-person, streaming or hybrid education models. Having an ECOL is required in order to receive state aid for the 2020-2021 school year.
At its monthly meetings, the board reviews the the past month’s plan and either reconfirms the plan going forward or makes changes to it, as necessary. The current plan makes full time in-person instruction available to every student, while also streaming every class every day for students who prefer to continue learning remotely. Superintendent Coby Fletcher said due to low COVID-19 rates and high attendance rates (over 98%), he does not recommend any changes to the ECOL at this time. He believes the additional attendance guidelines recently set forth by the district have contributed to the high attendance rate.
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ESCANABA The Escanaba School Board has reconfirmed its current Extended COVID-19 Learning (ECOL) plan. The plan determines how the district will provide education to students (in person, streaming or hybrid). Having an ECOL is required in order to receive state aid for the 2020-2021 school year.
At its monthly meetings, the board reviews the the past month’s plan and either reconfirms the plan going forward or makes changes to it, as necessary. The current plan makes full time in-person instruction available to every student, while also streaming every class every day for students who prefer to continue learning remotely. Superintendent Coby Fletcher said due to low COVID-19 rates and high attendance rates (over 98%), he does not recommend any changes to the ECOL at this time. He believes the additional attendance guidelines recently set forth by the district have contributed to the high attendance rate.
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Traci Pinar, who teaches seventh- and eighth-grade science classes at Escanaba Area High School, holds a laptop she uses to livestream classes.
ESCANABA The shifting format of education during the pandemic has challenged both students and teachers. Schools are noticing that some students struggle to keep up when attending school online. A growing number of teachers are also encountering a form of virtual truancy they often refer to as “ghosting.”
Merriam-Webster states the informal definition of ghosting as, “the act or practice of abruptly cutting off all contact with someone (such as a former romantic partner) by no longer accepting or responding to phone calls, instant messages, etc.”
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ESCANABA The Escanaba School Board has decided to return all grades to face-to-face learning on January 25.
Students will have the option to return in-person, attend in hybrid fashion or completely online. To accommodate those who choose to attend online, all classes will stream their lessons in addition to having face-to-face learning.
The decision to return to face-to-face schooling was not without debate. Concerns were voiced about schools being able to maintain social distancing should all students opt to attend in-person. This was countered with doubt that all students would want to return in-person, lowering in-building numbers.
COVID-19 cases are trending in the right direction, and only one student has tested positive in all of January. No students needed to be quarantined as a result. Superintendent Coby Fletcher noted it is hard to say whether the downward trending cases are a result of hybrid learning or a general trending down of COVID-19 in