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Online, ELL students don’t have the peer support they once had. The district has resources (in-home visits, homework helpline) but students don’t know about them. Internet connection and technology literacy pose barriers

Amid COVID-19, How do English Learners Learn from Home?

Jun. 8, 2020 / By Briana Mendez-Padilla
Tags: COVID-19 pandemic, English Learners, isolation, poly, quarantine, Resources, Spanish Speakers

For ELL students, being out of school can mean being away from helpful teachers and peers.

Long Beach Poly Teacher: District Woefully Unprepared for School Shootings

Apr. 19, 2018 / By Yesenia Pacheco
Tags: Guns, High School, poly, shootings

“I was told to throw a stapler at the shooter.”

Terrified About Senior Year? Here’s How I Overcame It.

Sep. 13, 2017 / By Patrick Thompson
Tags: anxiety, graduation, High School, mental health, poly, Youth

Find out the simple solution to this Long Beach Poly teen’s coming-of-age anxiety.

To Kneel or Stand — Poly Students Chime in On National Anthem Protest

Oct. 21, 2016 / By Nia Thompson
Tags: black lives matter, high schools, Kaepernick, national anthem, poly, Sports

Youth Reporter Nia Thompson asked school athletes about the Kaepernick kneel. But some shied away from the topic. "Their hesitancy is understandable, though disappointing," she writes.