Ed Surge – Emily Tate
“Realizing that there was a lot of fear and uncertainty among families as to what the new school year would look like, staff at Homestead, a pre-K-8 Montessori school in Glen Spey, N.Y., decided to show them. Virtually. The video took families through the newly established arrival process at school, showing them where and what their kids would do when they were dropped off. It panned to footage of someone using a fog machine to clean classroom materials. Teachers even came on screen—absent their masks—to introduce themselves and put parents and caregivers at ease. In short, it illustrated what each step of the school day would look like, under a pandemic.” (more)