On March 18th, Marshall moved all classes online in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic. With their hard work, there were zero lost days of instruction during this transition. Kim Kosmatka, Marshall’s photographer, visited the homes of faculty and staff for long-distance photos as a way to capture and record this unprecedented season.
STEPHANIE KIERO
MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL - MATH
“Figuring out how to use Zoom, and being able to see the faces of the kids, getting eyes on them, smiling, laughing, being able to answer their questions...that’s been the silver lining in this. That matters a lot. It’s been tricky trying to figure out the schedule of being able to teach and have my own kids learn at the same time.”
MATTHEW WHITTAKER
MARSHALL SCHOOL - ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
“It’s amazing how busy things can be just keeping everything online. Students, especially, have been putting their best foot forward. We just did five hours of interviews for new Honor Council applicants. We had nine current juniors and seniors interviewing candidates. They’re just really making the most of these difficult times.”
CASSIE ERDMANN
MARSHALL SCHOOL - MATH
“The kids are realizing this whole thing is completely new and they’re giving us patience and grace. They’re understanding that we’re sometimes trying to figure things out on the fly. There are so many things I’m trying now that I will definitely continue to use when we go back to the classroom.”
ANNA MOORE
MARSHALL SCHOOL - WORLD LANGUAGES
“One of the keys to language learning, of course, is person-to-person interaction, which is really easy to do in a classroom. But it’s been an exciting challenge to find ways to do that online. There are so many resources I’ve now discovered that I’ll probably continue to use for classroom learning when we get back to that.”
CHRIS IBARRA
MARSHALL MIDDLE SCHOOL - WORLD LANGUAGES
“I think I’m going to be a better teacher at the end of this. Everything we do is more deliberate now. My students all say they miss school, so I always give them a few minutes at the beginning of class where I mute myself and just hang back and let them catch up.”
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