COVID-19 – KP TIMES

Counselor Gina Sanchez created a special float in the Homecoming red wagon parade to showcase her virtual students she keeps in touch with during Thirty-Minute Thursday sessions.

Visits offer community for virtual students

Gabby Norman, Managing Editor
December 18, 2020

Three students demonstrate how to properly wear masks. If masks are too big, they can be adjusted by twisting them once before wrapping them around the ears. Pinching the nose on school-issued masks also helps. And tucking the mask below glasses, helps keep glasses from fogging over.

STAFF EDITORIAL: Wearing masks properly should no longer be a battle

December 14, 2020

American sign language teacher Darnell Woods teaches from his podium in the corner of his room during a September class. Since lip reading is a key part of ASL, Woods started the year wearing a face mask. He eventually switched to a see-through mask that covers his nose and mouth when he was able to secure one.

Woods works to stay safe, adapt to masks

Sadie Lewis, Staff Writer
December 14, 2020

Richard Rivera, along with his grandma, mom, dad and little brother, dealt with COVID-19 in November. Rivera has been a virtual student this year.

COVID-19 takes toll on senior’s family

Richard Rivera, Staff Writer
December 10, 2020

Grace Byrd hangs out near the water during church camp in the summer. She tested positive for COVID-19 soon after returning home.

Worldwide pandemic affects students

Gabby Norman, Managing Editor
September 17, 2020

Nurses Julie L’Italien and Mary Fischer prepare the

‘Sick clinic’ opens with hopes of containing germs

Crosslin Silcott, Newsmagazine Editor-In-Chief
September 7, 2020

This is a baby bird I found outside in my backyard. A recent storm dragged him to my house, so my sister Sofia and I have been taking care of him, feeding him and giving him water. The good news is that his mom comes to visit him everyday and she feeds him, but he can´t fly yet so he cannot go back to the nest with the rest of his family. He has kept me distracted and happy. I am not bored anymore and it is just fun to take care of him.

[Slideshow] Little things help students through long days at home

May 13, 2020

Mariu Bertolo poses with other exchange students from Spain at the Chicago airport before her flight home on Mar. 27. Bertolo's parents were not allowed to pick her up from the airport and she had to be self-quarantined in her home in Spain for two weeks after arriving.

Foreign Exchange students return home early

Sara Geiger, Editor-In-Chief
May 5, 2020

Assistant principal prepares to hand a device over to a family with the help of associate principal Wes Solomon. The principals worked together to get devices in the hands of more than 100 students who needed them.

Admin passes out devices as final nine weeks get underway

Kathleen Ortiz, Photography Editor
April 7, 2020

Summer Creek graduate Sarah Smithson stops by the Bund in Shanghai to take a photo. The usually crowded tourist attraction was almost empty because of the coronavirus outbreak. Smithson has spent much of the past two months in her apartment in Shanghai since the school she teaches at had to temporarily close because of COVID-19.

Former Humble ISD student adapts to changes in China

Taylor Rankin, Staff Writer
March 24, 2020

Notre Dame freshman Andie Unwin said she misses the friends she met at school in South Bend, Ind., this year. She has returned home to Kingwood and is trying to stay on a schedule as she works on finishing her classes online.

Alumni adjust to college classes online

Kathleen Ortiz, Photography Editor
March 22, 2020

Brian Bowland, a senior clinical lab specialist at UCLA Health System, prepares a kit used in coronavirus detection.

Myth Busting: What do you know about COVID-19?

Sara Geiger and Trinity Curl
March 20, 2020

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