Education in America has come to a screeching halt for many children.
At the Immaculate Conception School in Towson they are celebrating Spirit Week on the third week they’ve switched to online learning.
COUNTRY ARE MISSING OUT ONVALUABLE SCHOOL TIME AS WEPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.SWITCHING TO ONLINE LEARNINGISN'T ALWAYS EASY, IN FACT FORSOME AREAS IT'S NOT EVEN ANOPTION.
WMA━2 NEWS' EDDIEKADHIM STEPPED INSIDE THEVIRTUAL CLASSROOM ATIMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOLIN TOWSON TO SHOW US HOWTHEY'RE KEEPING EDUCATIONGOING.At the Immaculate Conceptionit was talent daystudents showed off theirtechniques proudly before anonline crowd.
The teachershave ALSO SHOWED off their ownimpressive improve talentssince they switched to onlineteaching two weeks ago.
MaryPace 4th grade teacher 5━1:17“I usually make a video forstudents so like a screenshare video.
I teachspecifically math.
I go in anditlike using a SmartBoard.
I canwrite and share and have myvoice over for that” A gridof smiling young faces whomiss their classmates andteachers.
Stacey Dawes Parent4:2━4:38“Whether itthrough zoom or Microsoftteams where they get that kindof interaction.
I think theyfeel more engaged at thattime.
The staff COMES togetherdigitally TO SHARE notes.
Theprincipal asking for progressnot perfection.
She couldnbe prouder of the results sofar.
Heather CucuzzellaPrincipal 3:1━3:26“Itsame mission but itdivied out I a very differentmedium.
For us as adultsthatprofessionals to make theadjustments.
The key is to tryto provide that same highquality product to thestudents” Itof school anyone is used to.2:4━2:59“I miss the kids.They are really funny andsweet and I also miss mycolleagues, but honestly Imiss that connection I makewith the kids everyday.
Thatwhy I went into teaching inthe first place” Thecreativity and love that wascultivated in the now emptyclassrooms is again beingpoured into the studentsthrough a screen.
4:1━4:26“Weall the time aboutcollaboration and flexibilityand problem solving and tokeep it feels like wecalled to practice what wepreach now more than ever”Virtually reporting from myhome to yours..
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Schools across San Diego County say they were caught off guard by Governor Gavin Newsom’s idea to start the school year in July.
