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German foreign exchange student spends part of year at Grovetown High
In a year that’s been difficult for travel, foreign exchange student Nina Steiner, 17, made the trip of a lifetime that could change her life forever. Steiner, who attends school at Bertha-von-Suttner Gesamtschule in Germany, spent the spring semester at Grovetown High School. During her time in the U.S., Steiner had the opportunity to explore the Augusta area and attend the Columbia County Fair with her new best friend, Sam Lewis, who also attends Grovetown. The pair also took a trip to Tennessee. Steiner has been trying American foods and restaurants including two of her new favorites – Sour Patch Kids and Taco Bell. “We don’t have those in Germany,” she…
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MCCSC To Offer Online School Option Next Year | news
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Wake County Board of Education approves redesigned Virtual Academy for next school year :: WRAL.com
By Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter & Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter Cary, N.C. — Parents and guardians in the Wake County Public School System have from Thursday until May 2 to decide whether to enroll in the district’s virtual academy next year. The district’s Board of Education approved the registration period Tuesday evening, without opposition. It will be the second year of the school district’s virtual academy, created to work around the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will look different from this year. Parents and guardians can register for the virtual academy, but registration isn’t automatically confirmed by the school. Further an admitted student may be removed from virtual academy if…
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Foreign exchange students eager to return to Georgia next school year
Foreign exchange students planning return to Georgia A Rome, Georgia, family is one of few in the state hosting foreign exchange students, but more students plan to come later this year. ROME, Ga. – With many of Georgia’s schools putting a halt to their foreign exchange programs due to the pandemic, many international students’ dreams were put on hold. However, with an end of the pandemic appearing to be in sight, they are planning a big return come September. An organization that helps the high schoolers come here said it is looking for families who want to host the students. “We have so many students this year that we are…
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Homeschooling boomed last year. But these 4 charts show it was on the rise before COVID
Home education, sometimes called homeschooling, is when children are educated outside a formal institution like a school. Parents of home-educated children are wholly responsible for facilitating their child’s learning. This is different to distance education, where a student is enrolled in a school and taught by a teacher, but the lessons are delivered remotely (similar to what happened during lockdown when schools were closed). Home education is legal across Australia. Each state or territory education department requires parents to register. There have been reports more students have registered for home education due to the pandemic. But home education was actually on the rise in Australia well before COVID. Growth in…
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Mason City Schools will not provide online learning option for 2021-2022 school year
VACCINE GUIDE. MASON CITY SCHOOLS ALL IN FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT WILL NOT PROVIDE ONLINE OPTIONS FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR. IT’S BECAUSE FEWER THAN 2{c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} OF FAMILIES REQUESTED THE REMOTE LEARNING OPTION, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH OBVIOUSLY TO FILL A CLASS PARENTS SHOULD EXPECT TO BE NOTIFIED FROM THEIR SCH Mason City Schools will not provide online learning option for 2021-2022 school year Updated: 7:50 PM EDT Apr 9, 2021 Remote learning was a major change this school year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, schools are starting to move away from it with more people getting vaccinated.On Friday, Mason City Schools said…
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Pasco Schools will not offer mySchool Online learning for 2021-2022 school year, superintendent says
PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — Pasco County Schools will not offer mySchool Online, a virtual learning option created during the pandemic, next school year, Superintendent Kurt Browning announced in a YouTube video. mySchool Online is the remote, eLearning option tethered to a student’s physical school. Through this option, Students keep a connection to their school and follow the normal school schedule and bell times from their home device. The district says about 21{c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} of students are currently enrolled in mySchool Online. “The Florida Department of Education only authorized Florida school systems to offer mySchool Online type options for the 20-21 school year. Current indications are that such programs will not be…
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