St. James Academy adjusts to online learning

St.

James Academy is trying to make the switch to online learning as seamless as possible.

STUDENTS AREADJUSTING TO THEIR NEWLEARNING METHODSONLINE.41 ACTION NEWsREPORTER RAE DANIELTAKES US TO ST.

JAMESACADEMY WHERE THEY'VEBEEN ON THEIR SECONDWEEK OF SCHOOL ONLINE.SCHOOL MAY BE CLOSEDHERE AT SAINT JAMESACADEMY...BUT CLASSESARE STILL IN SESSION.INSTRUCTORS ARE SET UPTO TEACH ONLINECLASSES FROM THEIRHOME, USING programs likezoomSam Rockford, Calculusinstructorit"s not as interactivebecause I"m a veryinteractive teacher working hewhole room, but at the sametime the kids can raise theirhands with the little zoomhand raise and I candemonstrate things andit"s been actually moreinteractive than I realizedSAINT JAMES ACADEMYSAYS THEYRE TRYING TOMAKE THIS TRANSITION ASNORMAL AS POSSIBLE...THAT INCLUDESWEARING THE REQUIREDUNIFORM SHIRTS TOCLASS EVERYDAYShane Rapp, principalOur goal in all of this is toprovide a sense of stabilityand routine and normalcy forour kids as much as we canbecause nothing is stable andnothing is normal in their worldright nowIT'S SOMETHING JUNIORMAX FANGMAN SAYS ISUNDERSTANDABLEMax Fangman, studentThen you"d have kidswearing pajamas on their bedjust laying down and not reallfocused - I feel like WITH thisis more like ok I"m in myuniform I need to be attentiveRIGHT NOW , RATHER THANCOVERING MORE GROUNDTHE PRINCIPAL TELLS METHE TEACHERS ARE DOINGMORE FOCUSED BASEDCLASS WORK WITH THISNEW VIRTUALADJUSTMENT.

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