b'DISTANCE LEARNING:My child appreciates the Zoom meetings throughout the day, but also the chance to work on his own. I think the Zoom meetings have also been nice to start and finish the day.The set schedule is helpful in giving the kids more responsibility and independence. The communication has been fantastic from all branchest of school and is greatly appreciated. I am thankful the teacher is scheduling one on one Zoom time as well.Iis very evident tons of work has been put into making this successful. Thank you. - GDS parentIf you enter a classroom at Greensboro Day School, you may still find March 11 written on the whiteboard. March 11 noted the last day of in-person classes for GDS students before the transition to Distance Learning caused by COVID-19. With parent-teacher conferences and Spring Break already scheduled, GDS made the decision to close the campus to all families, employees, and visitors and put distance learning and distance working in place. All meetings and community gatherings would take place through Zoom teleconference. Following three days of intense teacher training Distance Learning started for students on March 26.As restrictions remained in place throughout North Carolina and other parts of the country and world, Greensboro Day School campus stayed closed for the remainder of the school year. With a little creativity, many school events were re-imagined and held virtually or at a distance, ceremonies took place over Zoom, we enjoyed coming together on Friday evenings to watch theatre productions from the past, and we cheered on the Bengals during a recording of the 2017 Dicks National Tournament game when GDS beat IMG Academy. We gave air hugs to 4th graders as they drove through the Lower School carpool line for a send-off, and we celebrated 8th graders as they prepared to enter high school. The Class of 2020 walked across the stage to receive their diplomas at a Drive-Up graduation ceremony, planned by a group of seniors, parents, and school administrators. With the implementation of our Distance Learning program, we recognized that it would be important to collect feedback from the three constituency groups most affected, students, parents, and teachers. What is included on these pages are comments from the community shared in that process. We are very grateful for the feedback that allowed us to make adjustments, when possible, in real-time. We found that the comments were genuine and indicated that parents are truly partners in this work. Generally, the answers, celebratory or concerning were focused on student well-being, the daily schedule and screen time, logistics, and student progress.4 | Summer 2020'