{"id":461123,"date":"2026-09-12T01:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/461123\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T01:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:17:02","slug":"sacramento-county-teacher-helps-students-understand-9-11-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/461123\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento County teacher helps students understand 9\/11 impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rosemont High teacher helps students understand the impact of 9\/11<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/36d0c4fb-c5fc-4385-abfc-a6a010994686\" aria-label=\"Jason Marks profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789175822_914_36d0c4fb-c5fc-4385-abfc-a6a010994686_1663882065.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jason Marks\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, a Rosemont High social studies teacher is ensuring her students understand the depth of the tragedy and its lasting impact.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;Obviously, the question that we are answering [is] what happened on 9\/11,&#8221; said Victoria Stolinski, who teaches social studies at Rosemont High.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Each year, Stolinski guides her students through a detailed historical reflection on the events of that day.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;They actually used the airplanes as weapons,&#8221; she said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Stolinski said her students often know about 9\/11 in general terms but lack a deeper understanding of its significance.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">&#8220;They know that much. They know 9\/11, they know it in general, but they don&#8217;t understand the depth of it,&#8221; she said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">For Stolinski, teaching this lesson every September is vital.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">&#8220;Because I did feel like people were forgetting,&#8221; she said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Her students, many of whom were born nearly a decade after the attacks, are gaining new insights into the tragedy.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">&#8220;I knew this was just really bad for all of America,&#8221; said 17-year-old Mason Arp.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">&#8220;Painful, because just imagine being there in that time, people going through it,&#8221; said 17-year-old Jack Lawrance.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">&#8220;It was a tragic event, definitely a remarkable moment in the history of our country,&#8221; said 16-year-old Alan Rico Hernandez.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">&#8220;I&#8217;m almost grateful that I wasn&#8217;t alive to see it live, but then it&#8217;s this indescribable horrific loss that never goes away,&#8221; said 17-year-old Aubrey Collins.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">Even 25 years later, the pain of that day remains vivid for many.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"14\">&#8220;It affects us. I wasn&#8217;t in New York, I was in San Francisco, but it was a big day, and it stayed with us. That&#8217;s part of it,&#8221; Stolinski said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">She reflected on the shock and devastation of that morning and the days that followed.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"16\">&#8220;I mean, it was a big deal, and it was so unexpected and, in a sense, barbaric,&#8221; she said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"17\">Stolinski hopes her students will carry the lessons of 9\/11 with them.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"18\">&#8220;I think one of the things that it taught me is to appreciate life because nearly 3,000 people that day didn&#8217;t realize that September 11, 2001, was going to be the last day of their lives,&#8221; Hernandez said. &#8220;And so tomorrow&#8217;s not promised, and we have to give thanks to God for each day that he gives us.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"22\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rosemont High teacher helps students understand the impact of 9\/11 SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Twenty-five years after the September&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[123228,181822,181828,12351,1794,181829,7,217,23615,1043,181825,14545,181827,181824,43471,1637,181826,2667,4694,592,181819,181831,121,123,122,101,9756,181804,179440,181821,4574,181823,181830,15393,6207,153836,181820],"class_list":["post-461123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-9-11","tag-9-11-lesson","tag-alan-rico-hernandez","tag-american-history","tag-attack","tag-aubrey-collins","tag-california","tag-day","tag-download","tag-event","tag-historical-reflection","tag-impact","tag-jack-lawrance","tag-lasting-impact","tag-lesson","tag-life","tag-mason-arp","tag-morning","tag-new-york","tag-people","tag-rosemont-high","tag-rosemont-high-teacher","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-san-francisco","tag-september","tag-september-11-2001","tag-september-11-attacks","tag-social-studies-teacher","tag-student","tag-student-reflection","tag-teach-students","tag-terror-attacks","tag-tragedy","tag-twenty-five-year","tag-victoria-stolinski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}