Seventh grade first group to return to in-person learning Two days after the one-year anniversary of campus closure, 38 Track A students arrive back in classrooms REPORTING & PHOTOS BY ALYSSA GARCIA • DESIGN BY ALEXANDRA ROZMARIN Eighth grade students returned to campus for hybrid learning March 22, freshmen returned April 12, seniors returned April 19, and sophomores and juniors returned April 26. Students are split into two hybrid tracks—A and B—and are present on campus on alternating weeks. Students in Track C remain entirely in distance learning. Track A represents 20% of the student population. Track B represents 16% of the student population. Track C represents 63% of the student population.
Although the Howard classroom has a 14-student capacity for hybrid, only seven students filled in seats on the first day back in math teacher Liz Pettit’s third period Math 7 class.
Students still log-in to the Zoom calls to attend class, even while attending school in person.
“For over a year we have just looked at our screens and nothing more. Maybe when we go back to school, I can finally finish the year in somewhat normal school.” —Thomas Carrasco (7) Seventh grade students sit outside the Horton auditorium on their lunch break while wearing masks. Bleachers are placed between outdoor tables to keep distance between groups of students. 5 | NEWS
Opposite: Andrea Guevara (7) wears a mask emblazoned with the UPA logo. UPA bought similar masks for every student, but no concrete plans for distributions have been announced.
