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Campus After COVID

May 25, 2022 Leave a Comment

Teacher and Students in Fairmont Schools Classroom

As the pandemic evolves, schools and families take a look at what a post-COVID campus looks like.  As the 2021-22 school year ends, most students were able to go to prom, graduate on stage, throw their caps up and hug their friends. This school year, dances were held, homecoming queens were crowned, and parents were […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: covid, pandemic, school, teachers

Re-Defining Normal

December 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

Public Schools in 2022 Feature Santa Ana Unified School District

OC superintendents look back, look ahead at 2021-2022 school year. Putting the weirdest school year in the nation’s history behind them, Orange County’s 2021/2022 school year remains a work-in-progress for staff, students and parents. At nearly the halfway point, things aren’t yet back to normal, and there are still unknowns ahead, but it seems a […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

Impact: What Transitioning to the “New” Normal Means in Education

August 26, 2021 Leave a Comment

Stratford School Unveils Its Plan for Fall 2021

Stratford School Unveils Its Plan for Fall 2021 At Stratford, we are excited to welcome students back for the upcoming school year with safety in mind and plans for a flexible learning environment — with robust educational excellence back on campus and Stratford’s Online Academy. As we reflect on what has been a monumental 2020/21 […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

Navigating the New Fall Routine

August 18, 2021 Leave a Comment

Five Tips for Successful Back-to-School Transition: Creating a Routine

YMCA of OC offers up five key tips for a successful back-to-school this fall.  The long days of summer are drawing to a close, and soon the beach days, summer camps and family road trips will seem like a distant memory. While many families continue to navigate the pandemic and the “new normal” that it […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

Back-to-School Prep

July 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

CUSD Palisades First Day

County Superintendent of Schools Al Mijares answers Parenting OC’s questions about what families can expect for this fall’s return to campus. Parenting OC: What do you want all OC families to know about starting school this fall?  Al Mijares: In many ways, I believe the last year and a half has made us stronger and […]

Filed Under: Education

Back-to-School Checklist

July 21, 2021 Leave a Comment

Post-COVID Safety Advice for Kids in the Classroom

Ease some of the stress of this school year’s return to campus with these expert tips on getting your kids back to class. Parents and professionals agree, the best place for children to learn is in the classroom.  “We want to recommend kids start socializing again,” said Dr. Regine Muradian, a licensed clinical psychologist and […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

STEM Survival

June 1, 2021 Leave a Comment

STEM Bionerds Orange County

How STEM programs survived and continue to thrive in public schools and throughout the county. The massive, nationwide experiment that was the 2020-2021 school year is now essentially over. Whether parents, teachers or students liked it or not, every student got a taste of being home schooled. The ability to adapt — either financially, technologically […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

Education Outlook Part Two -The Light at the End of the Tunnel

January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

education outlook karen tong

The Rise of Alternative Learning  However, not all students returned to school. Some districts brought students back in phases, or chose to bring back elementary school students, but not middle and high school students. And if families were not sending their students back to school, they were seeking out learning alternatives.  Learning pods — aka […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Features

Education Outlook Part One – School Daze, Looking Back at the Chaos of 2020

December 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

education outlook painting

With a new year comes hope for a better tomorrow. This has never been more true. Here, we reflect on 2020 and anticipate the year ahead in education. In mid-March, Orange County students were sent home for what many parents and teachers assumed would be a two-week period, just until this COVID thing got sorted […]

Filed Under: Education, Features

Kids in a Pod: Parents Seeking Educational Alternatives

August 31, 2020 2 Comments

Kids in a Pod: Wishing You Happiness

In a COVID-19 world parents are now forming ‘pandemic pods’ for their kids. When her 7-year-old twins’ Los Alamitos school shut down in March — along with the rest of the state — Eunice Shin started thinking about alternatives. “I’ve been talking to two other families that are from my kids’ classes about possibly doing […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Education, Features

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