Pacific Grove elementary schools create positive back to school campaign for students

Pacific Grove elementary schools create positive back to school campaign for students

WITH A FOCUS ONEDUCATION...ASSCHOOLS ACROSS THECENTRAL COAST PREPAREFOR THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR...MOST SCHOOLS WILLSTART THE YEAR WITHDISTANCE LEARNING,WHICH CAN BEDIFFICULT FOR SOMESTUDENTS.AND THAT IS WHYROBERT DOWN ...ANDFOREST GROVEELEMENTARY SCHOOLS INPACIFIC GROVE AREGETTING CREATIVE.ACTION NEWS EIGHTREPORTER KYLA LINVILLESHOWS US THE WELCOMEBACK CAMPAIGN THAT'SGETTING STUDENTSEXCITED ABOUT THESCHOOL YEAR.

"THIS VIDEO HAD SOMESTUDENTS SO EXCITED,PARENTS SAY THEIR KIDSWATCHED IT OVER AND OVERAGAIN.

AND DURING SUCH ADIFFICULT TIME FOR MANYFAMILIES, THE PRICIPALS OFTHESE SCHOOLS SAY THEIRGOAL IS TO GET KIDSPUMPED FOR CLASS."NATS "ARE YOU READY?

WE'REREADY!""NOT GOING TO LIE, I CRIEDWHEN I SAW IT.IT WAS JUST SO TOUCHING TOKNOW THAT THE TEACHERSAND THE PRINCIPALS AREJUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THISAND MAKING IT WORK." "ITCAN BE VERY NEGATIVEBEING AWAY FROM SCHOOLFOR SO LONG AND WE KNOWWE NEEDED TO DOSOMETHING TO RECONNECTTHEM FOR THE BEGINNING OFSCHOOL." WHICH IS WHATLED THE PRINCIPALS OFROBERT DOWN ANDFOREST GROVEELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTO CREATE THISENERGETIC BACK TOSCHOOL CAMPAIGN NOTONLY TO RECONNECTWITH THEIR STUDENTSBUT THEIR FAMILIES TOO."IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVETHAT VISUAL FOR THEM TOMAKE IT MORE CONCRETE.YOU KNOW, THIS ISHAPPENING AND WE'REDOING THIS TOGETHER."AYANNA YANEZ IS ASTUDENT AT ROBERTDOWNELEMENTARY...SHE SAYSTHE VIDEO WASUPLIFTING.ANDREASSURING "I'MASTHMATIC AND NOW I DON'THAVE TO WORRY ABOUTANYTHING." "SOMETIMESWHEN I WAS HAVING A HARDTIME BREATHING, I WOULDHAVE TO USE MY BREATHINGMACHINE IN THE NURSE'SOFFICE OR MY INHALER, SOI'M REALLY GLAD THATTHEY'RE DOING THIS." BUTSOME DISTRICTS ARELOOKING TO APPLY FORA WAIVER ALLOWINGELEMENTARY STUDENTSTO RETURN TO THECLASSROOM.WHICH WOULD NEED TOBE APPROVED BY THECOUNTY PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICER AND THE STATE."I THINK THAT PGUSDWOULD LOOK AT THAT A LITTLEBIT CLOSER BEFORE WECOULD SAY ONE WAY OR THEOTHER OF WHERE WE'REGOING TO GO.

AT THIS TIME,WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TOPURSUE THAT WAIVER."LEAVING STUDENTS TOBOOT UP THEIRCOMPUTERS AT HOME.FOR NOW."SO WHAT ARE YOU EXCITEDABOUT LEARNING THIS YEAR?....SOCIAL DISTANCING.""ROGGEMAN SAYS DISTANCELEARNING ISN'T JUST ACHALLENGE FOR STAFF ANDSTUDENTS, BUT PARENTS ASWELL.

WHICH IS WHYTHEY'RE GETTING PARENTS INTOUCH WITH A COUNSELOR TOHELP THEM COPE WITH THETRANSITION.

REPORTING INPACIFIC GROVE, I'M KYLALINVILLE, KSBW ACTIONNEWS EIGHT." PACIFIC GR