By Arcadia Unified Digital Communications Intern Anvitha Marlapati ¨I appreciate the opportunity to connect with them, to teach them, and to support them during this challenging time,¨ said Karalee Nakatsuka, an Eighth-Grade History teacher at Arcadia Unified’s First Avenue Middle School, referring to her 165 students she is currently teaching. Not only is Nakatsuka managing the impacts of the pandemic on her own family, but she also remains as committed as ever to delivering to her students the quality instruction that this 2019 Gilder Lehrman Insitute’s California History Teacher of the Year has become known for.
Not only devastating the world by taking the lives of many, the coronavirus has put everyone on lockdown, forcing many businesses, shops, services, events, and countless more activities to shut down to help curtail the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. Schools have also been physically shut throughout the United States and other parts of the world with a pivot towards Distance Learning. As a result, teachers have had to burn the candle at both ends and work quickly to move instructional materials, lessons, and the like online in order to continue to provide support and an engaging education for their students. Though the Arcadia Unified School District has been physically closed since March 13, 2020, Arcadia Unified teachers have kept their classes and learning going virtually.
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By Arcadia Unified School District Digital Communications Intern Claire Li “I realized I had to evacuate when I saw the fire coming down the mountain; every 10 minutes it just kept getting bigger and closer,” recounted Arcadia High School junior Zoe Bui. The Bobcat Fire, currently at 62% containment and having burned approximately 114,202 acres as of Sept. 29, is one of Los Angeles County’s largest recorded wildfires, second to the 2009 La Cañada Flintridge Station Fire, which burned 160,000 acres. As a result of rapidly raging flames throughout the Angeles National Forest, many Arcadia Unified School District students and families were impacted, two of whom were Arcadia High School students Zoe Bui and Joyce Pang.
This year, California has experienced a record number of wildfires, with over 4.7% of its total land burned thus far. Since multiple large fires were burning at the same time, including the nearby El Dorado and Apple fires, affected areas suffered from unhealthy air quality in previous weeks, and many continue to do see smoke advisories. For days on end, Arcadia residents looked up to see gray skies with a faint, red sun shining weakly above. |
DCI Interns on the news writing team publish articles that are often published on local newspapers, such as Arcadia Patch and the Arcadia Weekly. The articles, ranging in subject, dive into the AUSD world and cover events, opportunities, news, and first-hand accounts of unique stories in the community.
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