When Vineyard students go back to school on Wednesday, Sept. 8 to begin their third academic year amid the continuing pandemic, administrators say the school day will look more like it did prior to March 2020 — but still with some Covid precautions in place.
Both the charter school and the regional high school are also expanding and re-imagining other course offerings. After a three-year process, the charter school received its International Baccalaureate accreditation this year and will begin these course offerings this semester. The school will also continue to offer its experiential learning program, which began last year as a strategy to “get kids off of Zoom,” Mr. Steedman said. Once a week, students in grades 5 to 12 went in-person to help various Island organizations, including the African American Heritage Trail, Featherstone Center for the Arts, WMVY and local farms. Seventh and eighth grade students will continue to do this work in the fall.
