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Week One -Week of March 23, 2020

We were shocked when the City of New York ordered all students to stay home from school as of March 16, 2020.

On March 17th, the PS 197 staff reported for a crash course in distance learning. We spent that time creating student accounts, researching ways to put curriculum online and reaching out to help families acquire devices and internet. This was a monumental task and we could not be more proud of the way our staff collaborated to get remote learning on its feet.

On March 23rd, we opened our virtual school to our kids and we were so glad to connect with them again.

On this page, we have documented our first week. This is a whole new world for us and we are truly learning as we go.

However, we are proud to report that 83% of our students in PK-5 are online, uploading work and interacting with teachers.

We still have much to do, this experience has renewed our belief in the power of teamwork. Together, we can do anything!

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This student completed a writing assignment and proudly sent it to us on the first day of Remote Learning!

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Our students started to submit ways to share what they were working on at home. Here, one of our PreK students conducted a "Morning Meeting" to share with her teacher.

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morning meeting routine Wednessday, March 25, 2020 (Mar 25, 2020 at 10_18)

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As a school, we were saddened when we had to close down our Hydroponics Lab. Many of our students have expressed concern for our plants and the worms in the lab. Luckily for us, teachers volunteered to care for the plants and the worms until we get back.
One of our first graders is really missing Hydroponics and decided to start a garden of her own. She shared her work with us.

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Many of our fifth graders were already using Google Classroom, so on March 18th, we started sending out material to them to see if they could access it.
It was clear that our kids were already missing school and their classmates.
We were touched by this exchange between two students:

J: Am I the only one who keeps this tab open all the time?
L: Nope

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Our specialists each set up classrooms and connected with students too! One of our kids proudly completed a picture for his teacher.

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One of our first graders was happy to share her phonics.

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One of our first graders was eager to share her writing with her teacher.

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Our teachers and students have been conducting turn and talks through online comments.

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We learned how to write on Digital Solve and Share pages.

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We learned how to write on Digital Solve and Share pages.

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Our third grade teachers are offering feedback to students on their Googledocs.

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Our students have been happy to share pictures of themselves hard at work at home!

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We are so proud of the beautiful work our kids are doing!

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We needed to create a space for support staff to check in and find resources for family outreach so we created a "Virtual Main Office" online.

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Everyone has been scrambling to improve their computer skills. Ms. Nicoletti was proud to produce her first video message to the school this morning.

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We realized that we were really missing our PA system to communicate with staff. We decided to create a Morning Announcements Class where staff could check in every morning, get the AM announcements for the day and find the resources that they need.

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As we worked, we realized that many of us didn't have the technical know-how to do what we wanted. Anyone who was already comfortable with the technology began creating videos to share in an effort to support each other remotely.