Social Distancing Won’t Dampen Students’ Love of Music

Social Distancing Won’t Dampen Students’ Love of Music

Submitted by: Johnathan Hamiel
School: R.J. Reynolds High School
County: Forsyth

Johnathan Hamiel, NCMEA President Elect and Director of Instrumental Ensembles at Reynolds High, asked his band students how they’re using music to help keep motivated and inspired through COVID-19 and social distancing. The answers he received were collected in a Padlet.

A Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures, in a secure location. Contributors can moderate posts, remove posts and manage their board around the clock.

Says Hamiel, “I think this is a perfect tool to use to show what music means to everyone!”

See it here: R.J. Reynolds virtual bulletin board.

Impressed, the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school district wrote an article on the project and posted it to their website.