BROCKTON Five years after its founding, New Heights Charter School will soon graduate its first class of seniors and meet its goal to have at least half of its students leave with credits from college-level classes.
From the beginning, students are told that they can go to college, said Executive Director Omari Walker. The school was created with the understanding that urban students can achieve if they are given the right teachers and support. We have a, We go to college culture, and that they are ready for college, he said. Teachers have to believe every student is college-ready.
Fifty-one percent of students from the senior class will graduate June 3 with an associates degree from Massasoit Community College.
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Less than 50 N.J. school districts remain all-remote in the last week of April
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Kindergarten teacher Christine Gappa, reads a book to the class at Irving School in Highland Park. Tuesday, April 20, 2021
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Less than 50 New Jersey school districts remain closed for in-person instruction, including half of the 10 largest, as the number of fully in-person districts continue to rise.
As of April 26, 470 school districts were hybrid, 47 were remote and 246 were fully in-person the fifth week in a row the number of in-person districts increased. Forty-eight districts have different educational formats for different schools.
Number of virtual schools in N.J. has dropped 71% since September
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A kindergarten student listens during Sarah Sheck s, class at Sycamore Drive Elementary School in Hazlet. Friday, September 11, 2020.
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The number of New Jersey schools offering virtual-only instruction has dropped 71% since the start of the school year, as districts continue to grapple with how to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic.
As of April 17, 526 school districts were hybrid, 69 were remote and 186 were fully in-person the fourth week in a row the number of in-person districts increased. Thirty districts have different educational formats for different schools.
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Every Thursday, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education releases a report of positive COVID-19 tests among students and staff as reported by districts throughout the state.
The districts report the number of COVID-positive students who are participating in in-person or hybrid learning and the number of staff with positive coronavirus cases who have access to district buildings.
There were about 450,000 students in either a hybrid or fully in-person model and about 75,000 staff in public school buildings over the last week.
Over the last week, 591 students and 418 staff tested positive throughout Massachusetts.
This is how school districts in The Enterprise s coverage area reported for Dec. 10 to 16: