Brookside teachers greet families in Baldwin car parade

Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2020 1:33 pm

Brookside Elementary School students and families held up signs to greet their teachers on April 6.

Photos courtesy Baldwin School District

Students displayed homemade signs with affectionate messages.

Neighbors waved and cheered as the teachers drove by.

The parade meandered through the neighborhoods around Brookside Elementary School.

Car parades have grown popular during the age of social distancing and isolation.

Families stood on the sidewalk to watch the parade go by.

Some Brookside kids rode by on their bicycles.

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Car parades have become a popular way for students and teachers to connect during the age of social distancing and isolation.

On April 6, teachers from Brookside Elementary School drove through the streets of Baldwin to greet students and their families from a safe and healthy distance away.

Brookside teachers prepared positive and uplifting messages for their students and community members and decorated their cars for the occasion.

At 11 a.m., the parade began at Brookside Elementary School, at 940 Stanton Avenue, and meandered through nearby neighborhoods before it finished off back at the school.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Shari Camhi and Brookside Elementary School Principal Unal Karakas took part in the festive car parade. Teachers and administrators waved to students and families, who cheered from their front lawns.

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