Many of us find ourselves wondering what schooling will look like come fall. Come Fall, we may not be in a position to open schools and continue with remote, distance learning. However, while this is doable, and Catholic schools have successfully moved to a digital platform to finish out the school year, a difficult road lies ahead. As it stands now, the school year will likely look and operate differently than what we were previously accustomed to...

Governor Tom Wolf announced on April 9, 2020 that schools would remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Staff of schools within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, like Our Lady of Hope School, were well underway in planning how to teach remotely, and have consistently tapped into their creativity to adapt to the changes...

Students at Our Lady of Hope continue to keep business as usual (as usual as we all can with distance learning). Learning from home means no uniforms, no classrooms and not seeing friends and teachers in person. Students may enjoy not wearing their uniforms, but learning outside of the classroom presents a world of new possibilities along with some challenges.  

Another week at home comes and goes, but our students and schools show they continue to find new ways to adapt and stay connected. Social media and video calling technologies continue to allow us to keep face to face contact, and allow teachers and students to engage on an ongoing basis...

COVID-19 will not stop Our Lady of Hope Catholic elementary school from staying up to date with the planned curriculum. Our administration and teaching staff remain connected with students, using technologies like Zoom, Google Classroom and shared resources within the Google Suite. These platforms allow teachers to continue to teach students in a group setting (while at home). Adjusting to distance teaching and distance learning has been a shared obstacle, but we have worked hard to overcome this from the minute stay at home orders were given. 
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COVID-19 changed our normal routines quite drastically over the last two months. Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, like Our Lady of Hope School, have ensured that students continue through the curriculum and stay on task while at home.