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St. Croix Career and Technical Education Center Holds Territory’s First Hybrid Graduation
The ceremony at CTEC was one of several hybrid graduations — with some elements prerecorded and others conducted in-person — that Virgin Islands Department of Education schools will host this week.
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Gary school tax approved on third attempt | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Crusader Staff Report After two failed attempts, a Gary school tax was approved at the polls on Tuesday, November 3, giving hope to community leaders and school officials who seek to provide economic relief to the struggling school district. Some 13,828 voters approved the tax, which was 60.28
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—KARSON A. KENNEDY, Central Catholic High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Karson A. Kennedy, as he graduated from Central Catholic High School.  The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—KARSON A. KENNEDY, Central Catholic High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Governor Kemp: School openings going, "well, mostly" | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia’s governor said Monday that the reopening of some of the state’s schools amid the coronavirus outbreak has gone well — except for the widely shared photos of students crowded together without masks. “I think quite honestly this week went real well other than a couple of virtual
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Ronald Payne Sr. - Voice and Viewpoint
Funeral Service was held on Friday, March 26, 2021 at Anderson-Ragsdale Memorial Chapel. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary. Ronald Payne Sr. was called home to be with the Lord on March 3, 2021. He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren. Ron was born May 2, 1943
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‘Welcome to the movement’: Hundreds rally against police brutality, racism at Allderdice, in Bloomfield and Fox Chapel
Hundreds gathered at Allderdice High School and in Bloomfield and Fox Chapel borough on June 11, the 13th day of Black Lives Matter protests in
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2020 High School Graduates Delaying College Plans | Atlanta Daily World
 2020 High School Graduates Delayed College Plans, Concerned about Financial Security  Class of 2020 Significantly Impacted by COVID-19, concerned about financing college and financial future COVID-19 has significantly impacted how teens are thinking about their financial futures, prompting 25
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Black Nurses Admitted to City Hospital
Led by two Black doctors, W.O. Taylor and William Worthy, a committee of Black Bostonians that includedGuardian editor William Monroe Trotter successfully championed the cause of two Black high school graduates seeking admission to the nurses' training program at Boston's City Hospital in
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Plano ISD, Collin County NAACP Host a Town Hall Addressing Race, Representation, and Bullying - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… level, Mexican American Studies, and African American Studies. But despite the current … and in 2020, they approved African American Studies. Plano ISD’s Board …
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Black Teen Forced To Remove Black Lives Matter Face Mask At Graduation
Eighteen-year-old Dean Holmes was told by the administration to remove the face mask due to its political affiliation if he wanted to take part in his high school graduation ceremony.
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A fourth of Class of 2020 Put off 1st Year of College Amid Pandemic: Survey - Texas Metro News
A quarter of last year’s high school graduates have postponed attending college amid the coronavirus pandemic, largely because of the ensuing financial concerns, according to a recent survey. Junior Achievement and Citizens, which polled 2,000 U.S. teens between the ages of 13 and 19 who are not in
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Temp checks, distance markers greet Pembroke Hall students
“IT’S A mixture of emotions. I’m nervous and I’m extremely excited,” said Ruth-Ann Findlay yesterday after returning to school three months after COVID-19 containment measures resulted in the suspension of physical classes. “Coming to school...
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Tablets for Hope Valley Experimental School teachers
HOPE Valley Experime ntal School on Tuesday received 34 tablet computers under the Government's 'Tablets for Teachers' programme, which aims at distributing 25,000 tablets to teachers islandwide before next month.Science, Energy and Technology Minister Fayval Williams said the distribution of
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GCSC officially kicks off Enrollment Campaign | The Crusader Newspaper Group
On Friday, June 19, which was also Juneteenth, the Gary Community School Corporation officially launched its 2020 Enrollment
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Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932-2004)
Musician, composer, and conductor Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson was born on June 14, 1932, in Manhattan, New York City.  Perkinson’s mother, a talented pianist, organist, and theater director in the Bronx, named her son after the Afro-British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Perkinson began showing
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HISD resumes in-person instruction - DefenderNetwork.com
Face-to-face instruction resumed for the 2020-2021 academic year in the Houston Independent School District today with tens of thousands of students returning to classrooms on the district’s 280 campuses. As the district continues its mission for students and staff to ‘Reconnect Safely, Return
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Tulsa Public Schools Leaders ‘Fully Committed’ Amidst Challenges Of COVID-19 | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.newson6.com By: Erick Payne For the first time since the start of the fall semester, Tulsa school leaders gave an update on the district's virtual learning plan, and said things are going smoothly so far. The Tulsa Public School district started the school year last week. They're in their
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Seventh-Grader Prompts Cherry Hill School District To Change How African American History Taught In Schools - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… way to changing how African American history is taught … and accurate curriculum on African American history. Cherry Hill … more comprehensive and honest African American History curriculum in schools … asked for a mandatory African American history class as …
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The Challenges Black America Face with Distance and Virtual Learning During COVID-19 | Dallas Weekly
According to the Public School Forum of North Carolina, 72 percent of Black and Brown students in the state’s public schools have parents who lack secure employment, compared with 21 percent of white students.
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Community Mobilizes to Halt State Bill Requiring Oakland to Close Public Schools and Sell Public Property
Local residents have joined with Assemblymember Rob Bonta to oppose a state bill that would have required the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to permanently close schools and sell or lease public school properties in the midst of the pandemic
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COVID-19 shuts KC's doors
The gates of all-boy institution Kingston College will be closed for the next few days, after a senior member of the high school's academic staff was suspected to have contracted the novel coronavirus, school officials have said.The individual has been isolated at home and is waiting on the result
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Okla. high school basketball announcer calls Black team the N-word for kneeling - TheGrio
An announcer was caught making racist statements at a girl’s basketball game. A video surfaced on Twitter on Friday of... View Article The post Okla. high school basketball announcer calls Black team the N-word for kneeling appeared first on TheGrio.
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Eventide memories still raw
THE NO. 43 Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS) bus that plied the route from Red Hills Road to downtown Kingston was filled with schoolchildren and civil servants on Tuesday, May
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Ben Crump, Members Of The Norman High School Basketball Team Speak Out Following Announcer’s Racist Rant
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—MACAYLE N. WADE, McKeesport Area High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Macayle N. Wade, as she graduated from McKeesport Area High School.   The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—MACAYLE N. WADE, McKeesport Area High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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Nigerian student shares how she graduated with a perfect CGPA and landed at Stanford - Face2Face Africa
Mary Ofure Ebhomielen, since setting foot in the University of Ibadan (UI) in Nigeria, knew she wanted to graduate with first-class honors in Computer Science. She ended up making history in her school as the first female student to maintain a CPGA of 7.0 till her fourth year. This made Ebhomielen
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Ralph Cooper Inducted into Texas Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2020 - Houston Forward Times
Sports Radio Legend and Longtime On-Air Personality Got His Start at the Forward Times One The post Ralph Cooper Inducted into Texas Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2020 appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—DAYSHAIYLAH KONIK, McKeesport Area High School | New Pittsburgh Courier
The New Pittsburgh Courier congratulates Class of 2020 member Dayshaiylah Konik, as she graduated from McKeesport Area High School. The post The Courier is celebrating the 2020 graduates—DAYSHAIYLAH KONIK, McKeesport Area High School appeared first on New Pittsburgh Courier.
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CPS and CTU Discuss Return to In-Person Learning for HS Students. | Chicago Defender
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson said talks were underway between CPS and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on returning to in-person learning for high schoolers. 'We're beginning those discussions with CTU, and one of the things that we're committed to, is providing much more transparency
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Class of '21 Get Your Grad Experience in a Box | Community | The Michigan Chronicle
High School Glam Suite, a non-profit dedicated to giving high school seniors a free, premiere prom experience will offer Glam Suite Graduation Boxes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for the second year, according to a press release. Metro Detroit students experiencing challenges are especially
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