Dear Morningside Center friends,
We hope that you, your family and friends are safe and well.
With the coronavirus pandemic upon us, courageous educators here in NYC and across the country are now venturing into the world of remote learning with their students -- or at least those students who can access a computer and high-speed internet. (Now is the time to close the digital divide!)
Although the focus has been on students' academic learning, we know that now more than ever, our young people need to connect, share how they're feeling, and get support from each other and adults. See below for lots of ideas for using our virtual classrooms to build community and address students' social and emotional needs.
We also want to send our support and sympathy to those who have already lost loved ones and colleagues to the coronavirus, including staff, students, friends, and family of Dezann Romain, principal at Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville, who died of complications of Covid-19 on March 24.
