PASS Annual Report Shows Continued Success with At-risk Students
Partners Advancing Student Success (PASS) recently released its End of the Year Report for the 2019-2020 school year. The report shows that the organization managed to have continued success despite unprecedented obstacles related to COVID-19 precautions and response. PASS served 375 local students on a case level basis that includes providing support and services catered […]
Keep the Boredom at Bay
Fun Summer Activities for the Whole Family By Sandra Bolan Pandemic. Social distancing. Flattening the curve. Respirator. Ventilator. Coronavirus. Quarantine. Shelter-in-place. Contact tracing. These are just some of the words and phrases COVID-19 has added to our everyday language. Now, you can include virtual tourism. You get to jet-set around the world while avoiding the […]
Uncovering the Fear of Masks
By Sandra Bolan Normal: conforming to a standard, usual, typical or expected. – Oxford Dictionary. To say the last four months have been anything but normal would be one of the greatest understatements of all time. We have gone from having the unabashed freedom to go wherever we want, whenever we want, however we want, […]
What to Expect When You’re Expecting During Covid-19
Megan Grilliot, MD, obstetrics & gynecology specialist with Tanner Healthcare for Women answers some common questions. Are pregnant women more at risk for contracting COVID-19 than the general population? Currently, there is no evidence that pregnant women are at greater risk for contracting COVID-19 or becoming severely ill from the disease. There is, however, much […]
Hope for the Future
Three Local Mothers Share Their Experience After Giving Birth During the Pandemic By Angela Dailey Dina Davis wasn’t supposed to be in the hospital that week in March when the deadly coronavirus began sweeping across our nation. Her baby boy, Ezra Matthew, wasn’t due until June 26 – another 15 weeks. But when Dina was only […]
Fuss-free Healthy Eating
By Sandra Bolan Scroll through Instagram and you’ll likely find thousands of posts with perfectly prepared and portioned out healthy meals. You’ll also see kids’ bento boxes with lots of chopped veggies and fruit, mixed nuts and things like avocado and sprout sandwiches. Do people really love kale as much as they claim to? Will […]
Fun Things to Explore While Staying Home
Museums The Louvre museum, the world’s largest art museum and historic monument in Paris, offers free virtual tours of Egyptian collections, the remains of the Louvre’s moat, artwork from Rembrandt, Tintoretto and Delacroix and more. http://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne#tabs The Vatican museum houses the Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s Room, St. Peter’s Basilica and more. http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html Atlanta’s High Museum of […]
Supper Superhero
Keep Your Family Safe When Preparing Meals By Sandra Bolan Now that most of West Georgia is staying home in an attempt to flatten the curve of the devastating coronavirus, more of us may be preparing meals for our families ourselves. Preparing and handling foods safely can help prevent your family from becoming seriously ill. […]
