Karissa L. Niehoff: Halting high school sports due to COVID hurts students — here’s what we should do

direct to your inbox A hospital is in 'disaster medicine mode' and unable to provide 'high standard critical care' because it is understaffed and swamped by Covid-19 patients. A campaigning doctor revealed on Twitter that the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel had sent an email to notify staff of the dire situation.

Joe Clark, the uncompromising New Jersey high school principal who employed a bullhorn and baseball bat to round his students into shape en route to becoming the subject of the inspirational Morgan Freeman film Lean on Me, has died. He was 82.

Ellise Shafer administratorJoe Clark, the New Jersey principal who inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me” starring Morgan Freeman, has died. He was 82.Clark’s death was announced by his family, who said he died on Tuesday after a long illness.Clark was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J.

Joe Clark, the inspiration for John G. Avildsen’s 1989 film Lean On Me has died.

Four New York City-area teenagers who recently graduated high school were killed Tuesday when the car they were in was struck by a motoris who was evading police, officials said.  Yonkers residents Brandon Sierra, Randy Brisbane, Tamari Watkins, and Anthony Cruz, all 18, were inside a 2006 Nissan sedan, according to the Yonkers Police Department.

KABC-TV reported. Few could be seen wearing face coverings or practicing social distancing despite Southern California battling a massive surge in coronavirus infections, leaving hospitals filled to capacity, according to the report. In a Facebook story message prior to the event, Cameron said a local physician called him with a reminder to “use common sense if you are going to be gathering with us tonight.”“He recommends putting a mask over your face and socially distancing according to family

Kourtney Kardashian, 41, had a little holiday fun on Dec. 20 when she gave her Instagram followers a bit of late nineties nostalgia! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star shared two posts that showed her rocking a green patterned crop top along with a matching skirt and dark green tights, and white open-toe heels with straps.

Soon-to-be LSU Tigers running back Corey Kiner surprised his high school janitor by giving him a special shout out in an award acceptance speech and gifting him his #22 jersey. Kiner, the Cincinnati-based Roger Bacon High School senior who was named the top high school football player in the state of Ohio, thanked his school’s custodian, Jeff Rapking, for the impact he’s had on his sports career while receiving the Mr.

A San Francisco committee is recommending the removal of former President Abraham Lincoln's name from a high school due to his past treatment of Native Americans. Lincoln High School was one of many that the San Francisco School Names Advisory Committee found to have a problematic title, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Disney+.“Tim Federle, the showrunner, gave me a call right before we started filming,” Bassett, 19, tells The Post. “He said, ‘We have this spot for Ricky and he sings this song and I really would like it if you could actually write it yourself.’ And he kind of gave the premise.

making homophobic comments about a colleague in the chat section of a Zoom class last month.The names of the teachers, all employees of Dumont High School in Dumont, N.J., were not made public, although the school district’s business administrator, Kevin Cartotto, announced the suspensions during a public meeting at the high school last Thursday.Cartotto said the district decided to hand out the suspensions following an investigation into the alleged comments, but had to continue to pay the

Post Malone has given a pair of his signature custom Crocs to every student at his former high school in Texas.The news was revealed last week (December 8) by Grapevine High School’s principal Alex Fingers, who shared a photo of his students posing with pairs of the shoes.Fingers wrote on Twitter: “Thank you @PostMalone for always giving back to your community.

Disney shares are once again in record territory, bucking an overall selloff in the markets to rise 14% to north of $176. Trading volume is more than three times its normal level.

Taraji P. Henson will be making her feature directorial debut with a high school-set comedy Two-Faced.

Bury were today told that they'll now be working from home for the whole of next week. It comes after we reported on Tuesday how 27 students had tested positive for the virus in a week and the school had its highest rate of staff absences, with 25 of them off.

Dave McNary Film ReporterTaraji P. Henson will make her feature film directorial debut on the high school comedy “Two-Faced” for Bron Studios, in addition to producing and starring in the movie.“Two-Faced” follows Joy, a Black high school senior whose chances to attend the college of her dreams are threatened by her wildly popular and charismatic school principal after she confronts him with evidence of his racist past.

After months of trying to communicate the devastating impact of Covid-19 to pandemic-weary Angelenos, County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s moment of televised emotion might have emphasized the urgency of the crisis more powerfully than the all the numbers, charts and data visualizations put together.

Post Malone is doing some Christmas shopping!

Post Malone has his high school alma mater decked out in Crocs.