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VJC students band together to boost school morale
Victoria Junior College Students Council posts encouraging messages via Instagram to create a spirit of solidarity amidst the uncertainty.PHOTO: @thevictorianverve
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Offering encouraging messages and sending food and drinks were some ways Victoria Junior College (VJC) students did to help boost the school’s morale.
Led by Bhadran Rajesh, 18, president of VJC Students’ Council, the idea came after 95 students and eight staff members were placed on quarantine order as a result of an 18-year-old student who was tested positive for Covid-19 on May 7.
With the help of Writers’ Circle, the school’s student journalism and creative writing club, the council sent out an encouraging message via Instagram in hopes of creating a spirit of solidarity amidst the uncertainty.
Sara Gangai WINCHESTER Writers Weekend is being held virtually once again after a successful inaugural event in 2020. Originally planned to be held in the city in-person, director Sara Gangai decided it was safer to hold it online until Covid eases. The event provides opportunities for writers to hone their craft, rub elbows with published authors and other writers, and meet one-to-one with literary agents for feedback. Ms Gangai said: “Last year we had around 250 people take part in the event but this year bookings are already exceeding expectations as we have two amazing keynote speakers, including Diana Gabaldon, author of the hugely popular Outlander series, and Chris Riddell, best-selling children’s author/illustrator.
Dunwoody Learning Center tutor retires after 24 years of service
COVID-19 caused the learning center to serve virtually, which caused Mona Haddad’s retirement as she prefers in-person tutoring. Photo Submitted by Mona Haddad
The Georgia State Learning and Tutoring Center has offered free tutoring services to students and community members across the five Georgia State Perimeter campuses for more than 30 years.
After Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College consolidated in 2015, the Learning and Tutoring Center (LTC) continues to help Georgia State students and community members, operating as a division of the Georgia State Office of Student Success.
“LTC tutors are trained and certified according to guidelines set by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) and are a talented team of high-performing [Georgia State] students, professional tutors and graduate assistants,” the Student Success Programs at Georgia State website states.
By Joyce Holdread
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David held the xeroxed copy firmly down over the “tails” side of the quarter. With a red crayon, he rubbed lightly all along the round rim and over the spread-winged eagle. There. The official “stamp” was complete with the national symbol of the United States of America. He executed a few more copies just in case.
We’d spent nearly six months teaching in the monastery school. Now we prepared to drive back up to the border over a long weekend to renew our visas. A six-month stay was the maximum for “tourists.” Several of our ex-pat friends in San Miguel, as well as Father Francisco, had told us we should be armed with several copies of our driver’s license colored, clipped, pasted on thick card stock and laminated. David’s eagle “stamp” was his finishing touch. In Mexico, a stamp was the insignia of everything official.