In a year with tremendous uncertainty, three Boston-area high school seniors faced a pandemic, remote school, and hardship -- and prevailed.
From the first day of school through graduation the students shared their journeys via video diaries, text messages and interviews. Class of COVID is an intimate look back at a school year that is sure to shape the lives of a generation.
Meet the students:
Anne Laurie Pierre is a first generation American with dreams of becoming a doctor. She clings to her ambition even as the pandemic threatens her family’s health and interferes with her ability to focus on a school work. Learn more about Anne Laurie: https://www.wgbh.org/news/covid-and-the-classroom/anne-laurie-pierre
Bridget Donovan found a community in the school theater only to have it taken away her last year of high school. Isolated from friends and the routine of in-person classes she struggles with motivation, depression and anxiety. Learn more about Bridget: https://www.wgbh.org/news/covid-and-the-classroom/bridget-donovan
Thomas White hopes to prove himself as one of the state’s top high school runners, but even before the starting gun goes off at his first cross-country meet, he knows his last season of high school running could end at any moment. Learn more about Thomas: https://www.wgbh.org/news/covid-and-the-classroom/thomas-white
To learn more about the GBH News year-long reporting project COVID and the Classroom, click here: https://www.wgbh.org/news/covid-and-the-classroom
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