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Reflections on how COVID affected the high school experience for graduating seniors

Melanese Marr-Thomas wears rubber bracelets in support of those who have lost a loved one to COVID.( AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wong Maye-E/AP

Reflections on how COVID affected the high school experience for graduating seniors

Melanese Marr-Thomas wears rubber bracelets in support of those who have lost a loved one to COVID.( AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wong Maye-E/AP

Reflections on how COVID affected the high school experience for graduating seniors

COVID hit in the second half of graduating seniors’ freshman year. While the public health emergency is over, the effects still linger.

Melanese Marr-Thomas wears rubber bracelets in support of those who have lost a loved one to COVID.( AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Wong Maye-E/AP

   

High school can be many things, but one thing it generally isn’t is easy. So how did the pandemic shape the high school experience over the last few years?

Reset hears from graduating seniors and a high school counselor about how remote learning impacted the academic and social lives of students.

GUESTS: Fatima Perez, senior at Solorio Academy High School

Antonio Padilla, senior at Solorio Academy High School

Katie Mathews, school counselor and homelessness liaison at Northside College Prep

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