School at Home
Mary Dena Hall, educator and principal of the Michael K Hall Community School in Carnbee Tobago for 25 years, offers some thoughts on home schooling the primary school age child in the era of Covid-19. Photos courtesy Mary Hall Hula hoop session at Michael K Hall Community School The Community School Concept We dreamed of a space that would be a primary school – for ages four and a half to 13 years – by day; and a community school for children and adults in the evening and the weekend. The community component would draw on parents, neighbors or friends; it could include aerobics, computer literacy, piano lessons, adult literacy; and could also use our computer-based programmes. Anybody would be welcome; we had few restrictions. Mary and Tony Hall moved to Tobago in 1987; the MK Hall Community School started in 1994. (All photos courtesy Mary Hall) We named the school for Tony’s Dad, Michael K. Hall, who was respe...