Tag: virtual learning

ALX Kids: A journey through pandemic-era education

By Francesca Capelli COVID-19 struck in March 2020, when I was in sixth grade. Originally it was only supposed to be a two-week quarantine for...

ACPS gears up for summer learning

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Virtual learning will continue for the majority of Alexandria City Public Schools students during the Summer Learning for All program, which...

ACPS moves to three feet of physical distancing

By Olivia Anderson | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools will move from six feet to three feet of physical distancing in classrooms on April 26, Superintendent...

ACPS to return to entirely virtual learning for week after spring...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Alexandria City Public Schools will return to entirely virtual learning for students the week after spring break in order to...

Your Views: PTA should support all parents

To the editor: As you may know, parents are struggling, kids are in crisis and the lack of leadership in ACPS to help them is...

Your Views: Kudos to ACPS teachers and staff

To the editor: We write to express our support and gratitude to the ACPS teachers, staff, administrators and School Board for their continued commitment to...

Our View: Good news, bad news

Maybe 2021 really is going to be better than 2020. Last year, it seemed like bad news was all we had. This year, despite...

Building Momentum and Virginia Tech alums build desks for local students

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] Building Momentum, a local “problem solving organization,” has been providing easy-to-assemble desks to Alexandria students since the start of the...

Your Views: Teacher says, “It’s time to stand for students”

To the editor: This is in response to letters from Frank Fannon, Gerald File and Molly Kaiman from the Nov. 26 Times regarding the lockdown...

Scottish Christmas Walk Parade cancelled

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] For half a century, Alexandrians have flocked to Old Town each December for the Scottish Christmas Walk Parade. This year...