Throughout April and the beginning of May, students and teachers worked through struggles to adapt to online learning, not only enduring challenges associated with learning from a distance but also finding some positives.   Students have two or three assignments for each class and have all week to complete them.  Some teachers have expressed concern about the extensive time it takes to...

Lisa DeBord felt blessed to have her husband with her the whole time during the delivery of her third child on April 3. The hard part came afterward when no one was allowed to visit.   “No one was allowed to visit me after my son was born, including my Mom or my other children.  All doctors and nurses that entered the room wore masks, and we had to wear masks anytime we were outside of...

The whole world switched to videos: classrooms, daycares, business offices, and sporting events. Churches have also found creative ways to use video platforms during the stay at home orders to connect with their congregations. One local church, Rivers Crossing, has had an online platform to stream services before the crisis began.     Rivers Crossing made adjustments to the services and...

As Ohio’s stay at home measure stretches on, students continue to have extra time on their hands after they finish their remote learning assignments for the day.  While some students spend the extra quality time with their siblings and their families, binge watch whatever they can find on Netflix, or catch up on sleep. Others have taken this time to pick up a new hobby. Sophomore Lauren Deaton...

“Time and tide wait for no man.” -Geoffrey Chaucer    Chaucer’s words have found themselves in my mind many times throughout the day. Every time I get in my car and drive to Kroger, where I currently work, I can not help but wonder when time will catch up with me. All of these protective measures I have taken—wearing gloves and a mask, washing my hands frequently, wiping down the...

The Kings District is a great place to live and go to school. I have grown up here most of my life and there have never been problems. I grew up in a big neighborhood with kids my age, went to SLE, and played youth soccer in Landen. It seemed like nothing was wrong in my tiny little world. However, once I got to the Jr High I realized that our district had some flaws: there was no room at all walking...