Where in the World???

The magnitude and speed of change in our lives in recent weeks has been profound.  In keeping with the safety protocols for reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, our close-knit KES community now finds itself dispersed across different time zones and great geographical distance.  While shifting gears from close classroom instruction to far-reaching online learning, we are physically and literally experiencing the world-class kind of instruction that King’s-Edgehill School espouses.  We are learning the efficacy of video conferencing and we are using online tools to create virtual learning and tutorial experiences that are accessible to and meaningful for the whole class.  There are new pedagogical opportunities associated with online learning and our adjusted approaches are showing clear results. With the promise that students will continue their learning without interruption, teachers are finding creative and productive ways to engage students. 

Mary Ann Dufour, Head of our KES Math Department, recently shared with me a world map marking the diverse global locations for each of her students.  The same is true in the Junior School; for example, Harrison Kim is now 10,926 km away at home in Korea; Adrian Tse has just returned home to Hong Kong (12,513 km away); Pedro Arjona is back in Sierra Nevada, Mexico (5503 km away); and Polet Sanchez and Hiris Oregel are 5870 km away in California.  Earlier this week I hosted a Math tutorial for Pedro, Polet, Hiris and Roberta.  Neither time nor distance kept us apart; it was as if we were all together in my living room.  I wish those international students still in Canada a hasty and safe return home.

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