Hillside class more than makes up for COVID lost time, looks ahead to field trip
APRIL AT THE ETHEL BARRYMORE
THEATER IN NEW YORK CITY.
FRESHMAN CLASS OF STUDENTS
MISSED OUT ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN THEIR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL
EXPERIENCE. WE ALL REMEMBER THE
2020 COVID PANDEMIC FOR
STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM HOME
ONLINE. YEAH. AND AS WRAL FOUND
OUT.
>> ONE TEACHER SET OUT TO HELP
HER STUDENTS MAKE UP FOR LOST
TIME WITH A SPECIAL REWARD AT
THE U.S..
THIS IS CIRCLE TIME FOR
STUDENTS AT HILLSIDE. HIGH
ENGLISH TEACHER JAHAR DAVIS'S
VILLAGE UNIVERSITY. OFTENTIMES.
>> EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE
GENIUSES SENIORS, WE'VE COME
INTO CLASS. I CAN SEE HOW YOUR
SPIRIT IS. SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT
THE SENIORS HAVE GONE THROUGH.
THESE STUDENTS CAME IN TO HEAL
SIDE. WE CAME IN AT THE SAME
TIME.
>> 3 YEARS AGO, RIGHT AFTER
THE PANDEMIC. JADEN, COURTNEY
REMEMBERS THE BOREDOM OF
AT-HOME LEARNING.
>> SO YOU JUST SITTING ON THE
COMPUTER STAND TO EXPLAIN THE
WHOLE TIME
TO HIGH SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY IN A
CLASS WITH PROFESSOR DAVIS.
SHE JUST MADE IT.
>> LOT BETTER. I THINK WHEN
WHEN THE WORLD SHUT DOWN, ALL
WE ALL ARE JUST TRYING TO BUILD
A PLANE AS WE WERE FLYING YOU
AS SCHOOLS REOPENED, DAVIS
FOCUSED ON HELPING STUDENTS
CATCH-UP. SHE CREATED A
COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT TO
CLASSROOM CULTURE. AND IT'S
IT'S THE BOND THAT WOULD CREATE
AMONGST EACH OTHER MAKES IT.
IT MAKES US FEEL LIKE FAMILY.
WE CONNECT ON A LEVEL THAT WE
ON SURFACE. SO WE GIVE EACH
OTHER. WE UNDERSTAND EACH
OTHER. WE BUILD CREATE BONDS
WITH EACH OTHER. DAVIS'S
CREATIVE APPROACH HELPED MORE
THAN 45 OF HER VILLAGE.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS EXCEED
GROWTH FOR BOTH THE SCHOOL AND
THE DISTRICT. IT EARNED HER
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TEACHER
OF THE YEAR AWARD. DAVIS
STARTED A GOFUNDME FUNDRAISER
TO REWARD THE HARD WORK DOES
PAY OFF AND I WANT TO SHOW THEM
THAT I'M GOING TO DC
WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT IS.
>> CAROL RICHARDSON APPARENT
SAYS THAT THE THIS TRIP, I
THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY CAN
SEE THAT SOMEBODY STILL
BELIEVES IN THEM, SOMEBODY THEY
CAN STILL HOLD ACCOUNTABLE.
>> AND DELIVER WHAT THEY
PROMISE IN TODAY'S SOCIETY.
>> WITHIN A COOL THING THEY'VE
GOT GOING ON THERE RIGHT?
DURHAM? PUBLIC SCHOOLS DONATED
$2300 FOR THE STUDENTS. TRIPPIN
JAHAR DAVIS EXPECTS THEIR GO
FUND ME PAGE TO HELP THEM RAISE
$20,000 TO REACH THEIR GOAL FOR