Halloween is a time of year when the spectacle of death, ghosts, and all things otherworldly, are celebrated with costumes, parties and trick-or-treating in the United States. But Halloween has nothing on the bizarre displays of terror that take place.
Young students have dramatically fallen behind on basic life skills such as tying their shoes following school shutdowns during the pandemic, teachers say.
According to the New Hampshire Department of Education, student test scores in math, reading and science took a fall during the pandemic. In 2019, 48% of students tested proficient or above in math, while in 2021, only 38% did. Reading scores dropped.
Summer camps navigating a return after lost year
Fun in the sun at a Harris Center summer camp in 2018. This year’s summer camps will see smaller groups and some COVID restrictions, like masks, but will otherwise operate as normal when possible. Courtesy
Published: 5/6/2021 4:18:45 PM
This time last year, camp directors were unsure of how summer camp could move forward – or if they’d even be allowed to.
In the spring of 2020, schools were forced into remote learning, people were staying home and away from others, and not much was known about COVID-19 – how it spread, what its effects were on children. And in the end, all the unknowns, what-ifs and strict guidelines in place forced many camp directors to shut down for the season.