Teachers celebrate end of the year with their students

The second half of the school year was difficult, to say the least, for so many students and teachers.

But against all odds, they made it.

BEGIN TO REOPEN ...SCHOOLS AREWRAPPING UP THEIRYEAR...FOR MANYSTUDENTS...THE LASTDAY OF SCHOOL ISFILLED WITH LOTS OFPOMP ANDCIRCUMSTANCE... ANDSOME REFLECTION..BUT AS 7EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER ALAERREBHI EXPLAINS...THE HAS DEFINATELYNOT BEEN YOURUSUSAL SCHOOLYEAR.....TRT = 1:50CUTLINE: TEACHERSLOOK BACK ON THESCHOOL YEAROUTCUE: 7 EWN.PKG:NATSTHE SECOND HALF OFTHE SCHOOL YEARWAS QUITE DIFFICULTFOR A LOT OFTEACHERS ANDSTUDENTS.BUT, AGAINST ALLODDS, THEY MADE IT.NATSTHE FRONTIER HIGHSCHOOL SENIORCLASS ISCELEBRATING THEEND OF THE YEARWITH A PARADE OFGRADUATES."THEY'RE FINALLYGETTING A LITTLE BITOF WHAT THEY REALLYTRULY HAVEDESERVED FOR THESPRING SINCE WEWERE SHUT DOWN.THEY LOST SO MANYOPPORTUNITIES TO BERECOGNIZED AND THISIS JUST A SMALL WAYTO SAY HOW MUCH WEMISS THEM,"330 STUDENTS..THEYHAVEN'T SEEN THEIRTEACHERS FACE-TO-FACE SINCE MARCH.STANDUP: "ON THELAST DAY OFLEARNING HERE ATFRONTIER HIGHSCHOOL, THIS IS ACHANCE FORTEACHERS TO SAYONE LAST HELLO ANDONE LAST GOOD BYETO THE CLASS OF2020."STUDENTS DROVE TOTHE PARKING LOTWITH THEIR CARS ALLDECKED OUT..NATS?REALLY DECKEDOUT.NATSAS TEACHERS LOOKBACK ON THE SCHOOLYEAR, THEY CANAGREE ON ONE THING."THE HARDEST PARTFOR US WAS NOTBEING CONNECTEDWITH OUR KIDS,""THE MOST DIFFICULTPART IS NOT BEINGWITH YOUR KIDS.

IMEAN, YOU WANTTHAT EXPERIENCETHERE'S NOTHINGLIKE HAVING ACONVERSATION.

YOUCREATE SUCH ARELATIONSHIP, IT'SHARD THAT YOU DON'THAVE THAT.OVER IN AMHERST ATMAPLEMEREELEMENTARY, ASIMILAR PARADE TOCELEBRATE THESTUDENTS'ACCOMPLISHMENTS."AN OPPORTUNITYFOR OUR STAFF ANDOUR FAMILIES TO KINDOF CONNECT ONEFINAL TIME.

BECAUSEIT'S BEEN REALLYTOUGH THE LASTCOUPLE OF WEEKSAND MONTHS FOROUR KIDS, ANDFAMILIES AND OURSTAFF.

RELATIONSHIPSWITH KIDS IS THEMOST CRITICAL PARTOF OUR WORK,"BUT RESILIENCE ANDBELIEVING INYOURSELF ARE WHATGOT THEM ALLTHROUGH THE LASTFEW MONTHS."I LEARNED THATPEOPLE ARESTRONGER, THEY ARETOUGHER THAN THEYEVERY THINK THEYARE.

THAT THEY CANOVERCOME A WHOLELOT OF THINGS IFTHEY WORKTOGETHER.CONGRATULATIONS TOALL 2020 GRADUATES.IN HAMBURG, AL