A loving wave, if not a hug, will do amid the ongoing pandemic.
That’s the idea behind St. Elizabeth Seton School’s We Miss You drive-by parade on May 27.
With stringent restrictions in place because of the COVID-19 virus, schools have switched to online learning. While instruction continues, teachers and other staff reportedly miss seeing the faces of their young students at the Red Deer school.
The parade – where teachers, staff and administrators will socially distance around the school property – will give everyone a chance to wave at one another.
Grade 4 teacher Kathleen Adair said the student and parent community is invited to drive by between 1 and 2 p.m. and wave to the staff.
“It’s one of the common feelings we share is how much we miss seeing our kids and their families and having that community feeling, so we wanted to give the opportunity for them to see us, and we could see them as well,” said the teacher.
“We just want to keep that connection so our students do know that they’re so loved and so missed, and to keep them involved in this community that we’ve worked so hard to build,” said Adair of the school, which has more than 400 students enrolled this year.
Other local schools have also embraced the idea of a drive-by parade, including Ecole Mountview Elementary School in Red Deer and St. Gregory the Great Catholic School in Blackfalds.
mamta.lulla@reddeeradvocate.com
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