The students who experienced freshman year at a distance are now graduating seniors. How did the pandemic shape their high school lives? How did their expectations for these formative four years play out? We caught up with these members of the Class of 2024 to find out.
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Many high school students struggled in the aftermath of COVID. This graduating senior found a talent for wrestling, teaching, and connecting with the classmates who wanted to give up.
Muchos estudiantes de high school atravesaron dificultades a consecuencia del COVID. Esta estudiante de último curso descubrió su don para la lucha, enseñar y para conectarse con los compañeros de clase que querían darse por vencidos.
“Our journey to get to this position in our lives was a rocky road to say the least.” This Philly student made it from home schooling to remote learning to class salutatorian.
Millions of students began high school early in the COVID pandemic. Detroit senior King Bethel looks back at how that historic period changed him.
Millions of members of the Class of 2024 started high school online and off camera. This Denver student learned lessons she’ll carry with her to college and beyond.
He started off as a singer. But after a lesson about redlining, this student performer found another way to use his voice — to effect change.
“Using the chat has helped me get more comfortable sharing my ideas,” said Casandra Sotelo-Rivera.
Despite the school year’s challenges, Detroit ninth grader King Bethel has thrived in school and emerged as a leader.
This year, 14-year-old Jalan Clemmons is keeping track of seven classes from a desk in the living room with an unreliable district-issued laptop.
“I feel like I’m a whole different person when I’m doing things online than when I’m not.”
Ashanty is one of hundreds of thousands of students who returned to their classrooms over the last two weeks — part of a bumpy and high-stakes effort to reopen the nation’s largest school district.
The first day of 9th grade during the coronavirus pandemic had its fair share of bumps for one student in Memphis.
Over the next several months, Chalkbeat will introduce you to ninth graders across the U.S. trying to figure it all out.