Buffalo's Sacred Heart Academy adjusting to new normal of learning

A lot of schools are doing online learning these days, but Sacred Heart is keeping students on the exact same school day schedule

COME WITH REMOTELEARNING.AND AS EVERYONEADJUSTS TO THIS NEWNORMAL--SOME STUDENTS ARELEARNING WITHPACKETS OFHOMEWORK, OTHERSARE LOGGING ON FORLESSONS ATDIFFERENT TIMES.BUT ALL NEW FORYOU THIS MORNING --ONE ALL-GIRLSSCHOOL IN BUFFALO ISKEEPING STUDENTSON THE EXACT SAMESCHEDULE - ONLYVIRTUALLY.HERE'S HOW ITWORKS.FOR STUDENTS ATBUFFALO'S SACREDHEART ACADEMY - THESCHOOL DAY LOOKS ALITTLE DIFFERENT.THE GIRLS WHOTYPICALLY WEARUNIFORMS AND COMETO THIS BRICKBUILDING ON MAINSTREET -ARE NOW LEARNINGFROM HOME.STUDENTS CONNECTEACH PERIOD WITHTHEIR TEACHER IN AZOOM MEETING.

THEYWILL EITHER HAVE ANASSIGNMENT THATTHEY CAN WORK ON INTHAT PERIOD OR THEYWILL HAVE A LIVELESSON WITH THEIRTEACHERS.A LOT OF SCHOOLSARE DOING ONLINELEARNING THESEDAYS -BUT SACRED HEART ISKEEPING STUDENTSON THE EXACT SAMESCHOOL DAYSCHEDULE.THE PLANNING FORTHIS LEARNING ATHOME STRATEGYSTARTED WEEKSBEFORE GOVERNORCUOMO DIRECTEDNEW YORK SCHOOLSTO CLOSE.THAT GAVE TEACHERSAND STAFF THECHANCE TO LOOK ATHOW THE REST OFTHE WORLD HADHANDLED DISTANCELEARNING DUE TOCORONAVIRUS.WHAT WE WEREREADING AT THAT TIMEWAS A SYNCHRONOUSSCHEDULE - SOFOLLOWING OURREGULAR BELLSCHEDULE - WAS THEBEST AT KEEPING THEKIDS ON A ROUTINE,FEELING AS MUCHNORMALCY ASPOSSIBLE.THE STUDENTS STARTTHEIR MORNINGCHECKING IN -THEN VIRTUALLY HEADTO THEIR FIRSTPERIOD CLASS.

AT THEEND OF THAT CLASS,THEY LOGIN TO THENEXT ONE.WE ARE ON OURREGULAR BELLSCHEDULE, WHICH IHAVE ON MY WALL.I SET ALARMS ON MYIPAD SO THEY GO OFFAT THE END OF EVERYCLASS TO KEEP ME ONSCHEDULE.AFTER FOUR YEARS,IT'S A SCHEDULESENIOR BRIGIDCHRISTIANO KNOWSWELL.PRETTY MUCH ANORMAL BELLSCHEDULE WE ALLHAVE ENGRAINED INOUR BRAINS..BRIGID AND HERSISTER SAMANTHA SAYTHEY APPRECIATE THESTRUCTURE AT A TIMEWHEN SO MANY THINGSARE DIFFERENT.<STILL I'M GETTING UPAND DOING MYSCHEDULE - MYROUTINE - AND GOINGTHROUGHOUT MY DAY.SCHOOL LEADERS SAYTHE HARDEST PARTFOR EVERYONE HASBEEN MISSING THOSEFACE TO FACEINTERACTIONS, ANDSPECIAL SCHOOLMOMENTS.I KNOW THE FACULTYAND STAFF HAVE BEENWORKING REALLYHARD ON - ESPECIALLYFOR SENIORS - MAKINGSURE THAT WE CANSTILL INCORPORATECERTAIN TRADITIONS.FOR NOW, THE GIRLSWILL CONTINUELEARNING - ANDMAINTAINING THEIRRELATIONSHIPS,SCREEN TO SCREEN.BEING ABLE TO SEEFRIENDS, BEING ABLETO STICK TO ASCHEDULE BEING ABLETO FEEL A SENSE OFACCOMPLISHMENT ATTHE END OF THEIR DAY- KNOWING THEY HAVESOME CONTROL OVERTHEIR LEARNING HASBEEN REALLYEMPOWERING FORTHEM.