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Covid-19 Resources

 Education Resources

Kern County

  • Agency: State of California 
  • Description: The governor’s executive order ensures that K-12 public schools will retain full funding, even if they close campuses. For current information about closures and their impact on the school year, check your local school district.
  • Link(s): https://covid19.ca.gov/education/#top
  • Type of Assistance: Parents and Students

  • Agency:  Kern County Superintendent of Schools
  • Description: Kern County school districts have been working around the clock to provide distance learning opportunities for students over the past several weeks. This will continue and amplify as we move forward. Schools are using a combination of paper packets, while leveraging online tools like Google Classroom, Canvas, Zoom and other virtual learning applications. Please find information related to these resources below.
  • Link(s): https://kern.org/at-home-learning/
  • Type of Assistance: Parents and Students

  • Agency: TreePeople
  • Description: TreePeople environmental programs have been engaging students and communities with nature for nearly 50 years. That experience is now available online through these fun, interactive initiatives:

Learn at Home with TreePeople is a free-to-all, interactive, multilingual online program aimed to support kids, teachers, adults and families through engaging weekly content covering a wide range of environmental topics that include science foci as well as TreePeople's award-winning Eco-tours in nature. 
Generation Earth Virtual Classrooms funds TreePeople to join existing virtual classrooms or conduct a virtual classroom for grades 6-12 (Los Angeles County School Districts) on various environmental topics focused on waste, water, and forestry. 
TreePeople Virtual Classrooms partners with school districts in California to join existing virtual classrooms or conduct a virtual classroom for grades 6-12 on various environmental topics focused on waste, water, and forestry. 

  • Link(s): https://www.treepeople.org/learnathome
  • Type of Assistance: Virtual Tool
  • Restrictions/Eligibility: Everyone can freely access Learn at Home with TreePeople at no cost
  • Due Date:  N/A