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Newsletter #2
World News
Cons About Online School
Angela Wright became the principal of Fairfield Court Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia, in the fall of 2020, but she didn’t meet her students until a year later. At the start of the pandemic, Richmond had moved all of its 22,000 students to remote learning. By the time they returned to the classroom, in September 2021, after every other school district in the state, it had been 18 months since they’d been inside a school building.
17% of all grade 3 through 8 students were also reported as chronically absent last school year. Those students showed a 25% decrease in math performance, and 18% in reading.
Israel Invading Pakistan and Killing Innocent
The United Nations was forced to stop deliveries of food and other necessities to Gaza last Friday and warned of the growing possibility of widespread starvation after internet and telephone services collapsed in the besieged enclave because of a lack of fuel. Israel announced that it will allow for the first time two tanker trucks of fuel daily into Gaza for the U.N. and communications systems. The amount is about half of what the U.N. said it needs to conduct lifesaving functions for hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza, including fueling water systems, hospitals, bakeries and its trucks delivering aid Israel has barred entry of fuel since the start of the war, saying it would be diverted by Hamas for military means. It has also blocked food, water and other supplies except for a trickle of aid from Egypt that aid workers say falls far short of what’s needed The communications blackout, now in its second day, largely cuts off Gaza’s 2.3 million people from one another and the outside world.
Five wounded in Kyiv by largest drone attack yet on Ukraine official say
This article is about the Ukraine and Russia war the Russian did A big drone attack on the Ukraine and left people wounded including 11 year old child building in different district was damage as well
School News
School Times
I feel like School Need to change times get out at 3:15 instead of 4 O Clock because high school students have jobs and some students have siblings to get that get out earlier than high school students.
School Lunches
The school lunches are good but they are bad. They use food from the next day or from the last time they used it and there are some good parts but I think they should improve it a lil instead of serving stuff that kids are going to instead just throwing it away.
Departmental News
It’s not too late to catch the final weeks of the JMHS Art Takeover Exhibit at Art Works. Art Works is in the Manchester neighborhood and is open Tuesday through Sunday 11a-5p.
Winter Showcase: Wednesday 12/20/2023 during the afternoon
Tempted to skip in the gym? Don’t do it. 4 out of 4 PE teachers think that’s a bad idea.
Quotes of the Week
You must be the change you wish to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
Always think you’re better no matter how much you mess up, always be your own biggest fan.
Student FAQ
Q: Who's name is above the gym?
A: Frank Threatts Jr. passes at age 78. His career began in 1962, which included 30 years with John Marshall. "(John Marshall) is the program it is today because of Frank Threatts," Lancaster said. He was also a history teacher at JM.