Summer is right around the corner and we’re pleased to share our elective credit plans for Summer 2021! D2 Center summer options are virtual this year; see course descriptions and requirements below. Please contact Director Greg Emmel with questions or to sign up (402-502-8534).
In November 2020, the D2 Center began offering tutoring and elective credit classes virtually to D2 Center students. We have refined these virtual processes a bit – please see details below. We are here to help and would love to see you (virtually, for now)!
In November 2020, the D2 Center began offering tutoring and elective credit classes virtually to D2 Center students. Staff Specialist Jodie Martinez coordinates the curriculum and student participation for the elective credit classes—”Navigating Your Future” and an English elective. Jodie and certified English teacher Kathy Kocsis work together with students taking the English elective. Certified math teacher Terry Kocsis, Jodie Martinez, and both Career Navigators, John Moore and Bette Norton Ball, assist students with “Navigating Your Future,” which focuses on career exploration and postsecondary planning. Students utilize cell phones, email, and Microsoft Teams (for virtual meetings with teachers) to complete course work.
The D2 Center Annual Report (PDF) for the 2019-20 fiscal year is now available. Our Annual Report offers information about the students we serve, program outcomes, and our organization overall. The current pandemic created unique challenges in the final quarter of 2019-20. The closing of schools and social distancing hindered student progress and D2 Center growth and progress as well. Despite these challenges, the D2 Center:
Our YAN Spotlight series is an extension of our “Meet the Staff” series of posts where we follow up with our Youth Academic Navigators since the last time they were featured on the blog.
The D2 Center partnered with the Omaha Public Schools in the summer of 2020 to offer three classes to supplement OPS virtual summer classes. For the past nine years, D2 Center teachers have offered two elective credit classes to D2 Center students in the summer. This summer was a bit different. Due to the pandemic and closing of schools, OPS summer school was limited mostly to seniors and a few juniors. The extra classes offered at the D2 Center allowed some OPS and D2 Center seniors the opportunity to earn enough credits to either graduate or move closer to graduation. The classes were also available to other interested D2 Center students. All three D2 Center classes were taught remotely utilizing Zoom meetings, cell phone, and email.