North Shore Christian School Teachers Visit Students

HAMILTON, MA — In this time of zoom classes and school from home, the teachers at North Shore Christian School have been getting creative by surprising their students with socially distanced visits.

Kathy Williams, the 1st and 2nd grade teacher at the Beverly campus, decorated her car, calling it her "Social Distancing Teacher Drive-By Mobile." She visited all 15 of her students with her daughter Ariana at the wheel. Corrine Previte, a teacher at the Lynn campus, made quite an impression with her 5th graders as she stood outside each house holding signs that read “I miss you” and ‘You’re a Champ," a phrase she uses often with her students.

Jenna Josephson, from the Lynn campus, wanted to wish her 4th grader, Isaiah Balaba, a memorable Happy 10th Birthday, so she organized a car parade with Isaiah’s classmates.

The Early Childhood teachers from North Shore Christian School’s Beverly and Hamilton campuses surprised their youngest students as well. Betsay Van Cleef, Kristy Camp, Sharon Kim and Lilly Heintz all made separate visits to their students at home.

Kim travelled from house to house with her own children and her guitar, encouraging her Pre-K students to sing along. Heintz visited her preschoolers with her dog Ishmael in the car because the letter of the week is “I.”

The teacher trips are no small feat — each of the teachers stopping in six or seven towns to make sure all of their students receive a personal visit. The school says these drive-bys are well worth the effort as they bring on big smiles, lots of laughter, singing voices, barking dogs, cheers and even tears.

"These visits brought true joy during this time of isolation," the school said.