By Matthew Kelly, Wichita Journalism Collaborative From interactive Bitmoji classrooms to virtual zoo field trips and online tutoring sessions that double as social hours, the students and teachers of Gordon Parks Academy (GPA) have had to get...
WJC Stories & Projects
Grandparents tackle remote learning with their grandkids
By Matthew Kelly, Wichita Journalism Collaborative Gary and Jackie O’Neil are watching their two elementary-aged grandkids during the day while they complete their remote learning. Jaxon, a third grader, and Austyn, a first grader, are two of...
Wichita Homework Hotline provides video tutoring for students...
By Matthew Kelly, Wichita Journalism Collaborative Mandy Anderson helps her son Carsen, 5, with his kindergarten lessons at their kitchen table while Cole, 14, attends his class through Coleman Middle School. Middle and high school students in...
Remote Learning Q&A
Five local education professionals joined us to share ideas and advice for helping young people through the challenges of remote learning and social isolation. You can watch the panel here.
Carousel Skate Center offers socially distanced workspace for K...
By Matthew Kelly, Wichita Journalism Collaborative, ¿Necesitas este artículo en español? An elementary student attends his remote learning class from Carousel Skate Center in Wichita Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. When Wichita Public Schools switched all...
As COVID-19 clusters mount, some deadlier than reported
By Mary Clarkin, The Active Age When Sedgwick County announced Sept. 1 that Meridian Rehabilitation and Health Care Center was a COVID-19 cluster with 18 cases but no deaths, the families of some residents knew the situation was even worse. ...
COVID-19 claims 9 lives in weeks at Wichita long-term care home
By Mary Clarkin / The Active Age In a matter of weeks, 78 people tested positive for COVID-19 at Meridian Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Wichita. (Photo by Joe Stumpe/The Active Age) COVID-19 made a rapid, deadly march through the 106-bed...
Not-So-Remote Learning Offers Solutions for Teens
By Carlota Ponds, The Community Voice, original article link If you think having one or two teenagers studying at home remotely is a challenge, can you imagine the challenge Terry Atwater was facing? Atwater is founder and CEO of It Takes a Village...