Teachers Find Creative Ways To Reach Students During Coronavirus Closure

NORWOOD, MA — The hallways are empty, and the classrooms – quiet. The threat of coronavirus has closed our schools. But teachers all across Massachusetts are going above and beyond, finding creative ways to reach their kids.

In Easton, for example, reading specialist Karen Silverstein from the Moreau Hall School is spending hours on FaceTime calls with her students. She patiently helps them sound out the letters and practice their important reading skills.

The methods may be different from district to district, but the goals are very much the same.

“We’re really trying to keep their interest,” said Saint Catherine’s School teacher Christine DiCesare. “If we can keep their interest and go from there, we’ve got them.”

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