SPUSD Update | SPMS Students Return to Campus

Thank you to all the teachers, staff, students, and parents for such a smooth opening this week

PHOTO: Provided by SPUSD | SouthPasadenan.com News | SPMS students in science teacher Eva Muniz’s class participate in hybrid learning on the first day back to in-person instruction

SPUSD RELEASE

On Thursday, April 8, 2021, South Pasadena Middle School students returned to in-person instruction on campus for the first time in more than a year. With all safety protocols in place including screenings, temperature checks, social distancing, and mask wearing, the campus blossomed with smiles, laughter, and learning from students, staff, and faculty.

PHOTO: Esteban Lopez | SouthPasadenan.com News | South Pasadena Middle School reopening on April 8, 2021

In the classrooms, teachers greeted students and welcomed them to their desks spaced a safe distance from one another. With hybrid learning, teachers instruct students in-person at the same time that students who participate in distance learning watch and interact from home. Classrooms are equipped with new technology, including but not limited to: multiple computers, microphones, speakers, document cameras, projectors, iPads, and screens to help connect students to each other.

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PHOTO: Esteban Lopez | SouthPasadenan.com News | South Pasadena Middle School reopening on April 8, 2021

Teachers are able to walk around the classroom to assist students while also teaching lessons or demonstrating concepts using document cameras for all students to see. It may be difficult to visualize how a hybrid classroom works so SPUSD has developed a short video at: spms.spusd.net.

Thank you to all the teachers, staff, students, and parents for such a smooth opening this week. With elementary and middle schools students back in class, we are looking forward to our high schoolers’ return next week.

PHOTO: Esteban Lopez | SouthPasadenan.com News | South Pasadena Middle School reopening on April 8, 2021