Connection
This year, our team thoughtfully constructed a program that would recreate in the virtual world the community that makes being on the pier so special, while simultaneously making sure that the extraordinary circumstances and our kid’s acute feelings of isolation and anxiety were accommodated. Our strategy:
• Daily Check-ins with staff
• 2 social workers on staff and running programs
• Social-Emotional Learning lessons, or what students lovingly called “Feelings Classes,” for Swim Sail Science
• Community-building lessons for all students
• Lots of downtime for games, icebreakers, chatting, and general silliness
