Davison Elementary-Middle School "I miss my kids...I miss their families...I miss their stories and jokes." Meenakshi Mukherjee is seven-year teaching veteran. Though she began her education career teaching fourth grade, she's now an eighth grade teacher at Davison Elementary-Middle School in Detroit. Like many teachers across the country, the physical closing of schools caused by [...]

Detroit Edison Public School Academy "I really wish my parents and my students all knew that everything I do is from the heart." April Angle is a fifth grade teacher at Detroit Edison Public School Academy of the New Paradigm for Education district in Detroit. When COVID-19 closed her school building, she and her colleagues [...]

Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside Jeanie Wilson is a 6th and 8th grade science teacher at Ann Arbor STEAM at Northside. When the shelter-in-place orders forced the physical closing of her school, she first thing she did was connect with her students. According to Mrs. Wilson, "When you're serving a family, you're not just serving [...]

Ford Early Learning Center Ypsilanti, Michigan Abigail VanBuhler is a site coordinator for EMU Bright Futures’ 21st CCLC after school program at Ford Early Learning Center in Ypsilanti, MI. In her role at Ford, she serves a community of kindergarten and first-grade youth and their families. When COVID-19 forced the closing of her school, her [...]