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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Reflections on high school graduation from the COVID Class of 2021
Description: The graduating class of TanenbaumCHAT, a Jewish high school in Toronto, comprises 196 students who haven't actually set foot in their school building for most of the school year. Contrast their experience with those of Grade 12 students at Vancouver's King David High School: there, 58 British Columbians have been attending in-person classes all year, albeit with masks on.
The COVID pandemic has upended high school students' final years, no matter what part of the country you look at. Yet their experiences have still varied wildly. From grad ceremonies to prom, yearbooks to final exams, grad students in 2021 had an...