"Ultimately, although our kids enjoy being online, they are social beings - the vast majority of them - and you can see that if you've taught for many years, you know how much they love being at school and the social aspect," Gerassi said.
The strategy therefore centred on bringing younger children back to school as soon as possible, "keeping in mind the research that indicates that students younger than 10 are least susceptible to Covid-19 and should be the first to go back to school", she added.
Each group attends school on different days while the others continued with online learning.
"In other words, it's a blended learning approach with two out of five days on campus and three online at home.
Wednesdays on campus [when the whole school is online] are dedicated to our grades 11 and 12 students who need to come onto campus for their required assessments and practicals," she added.
