Dear parents,
I am very happy and grateful to report that I have not received any information about anybody being infected by coronavirus in our school community as yet.
Let’s follow all instructions for prevention, especially social isolation and think of safety and a healthy lifestyle.
Our teachers and I have received a lot of supportive and positive messages in the last few days. Furthermore, I hope that parents who expressed concerns understand that it is very important to be actively and responsibly involved in the online learning, which is quite challenging for some students at the moment, but, in the long term, crucial for their future. We want to support families to raise resilient and confident children.
I am monitoring students’ work all the time and it gives me great joy to see their dedication and good results. Our teachers are very satisfied with their response, it is in fact much better than we expected, when we initially planned the online learning process. It seems that because of the restrictions of public gathering the closing of schools might last for a fairly elongated period.
As the online learning process appears to be functioning well, we will continue in the same way next week. Many families have to share a computer or only a few computers for work and school work and we have families with many members, so video conferences would probably not be feasible.
There are some ideas for weekend family cultural events online below. Our PE and AP teachers keep sending ideas for promoting a healthy and active lifestyle. Join your children when they exercise or dance.
Have a pleasant and safe weekend!
Best wishes,
Irena Steblaj
Head
March 20
ELECTRONIC
Ultra Virtual Audio Festival: Major Lazer, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, and more
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Link: SiriusXM
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera
Beethoven Evening with German National Youth Orchestra
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Link: Digital Concert Hall
Jacksonville Symphony performs Give My Regards to Broadway
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Jacksonville Symphony’s website
Vienna State Opera: Tosca
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper
Jeremy Denk: Bach in the Greene Space
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: The Greene Space
Boston Baroque
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Link: WCRB
ROCK
Ben Gibbard: Live from Home
Time: 7 p.m. ET
Links: YouTube / Facebook
Ron Gallo + Chickpee
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Instagram
AMERICANA
Shut In & Sing: Anne Heaton, Mary Bragg, Becky Warren, & Mark Erelli
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Stage It
Americana Highways: D.B. Rouse, Zach Aaron, Chris Moyse
Time: 8 p.m.
Link: Facebook
POP
#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
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March 21
CLASSICAL
Metropolitan Opera: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Link: Met Opera
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Link: Bavarian Staatsoper
Vienna State Opera: La cenerentola
Times: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper
AMERICANA
Carsie Blanton’s 6-Hour Marathon Concert, Telethon and Rent Party
Time: 12 p.m. ET
Link: Facebook
Shut In & Sing: Emily Scott Robinson, Anthony D’Amato, Jill Sobule, & Chance McCoy
Time: 8 p.m. ET
Link: Stage It
POP
#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
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March 22
CLASSICAL
Vienna State Opera: Siegfried
Time: 1 and 3 p.m. ET
Link: Wiener Staatsoper
POP
#YoMeQuedoEnCasa
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