Education

Shoreline schools welcome back students in person with hybrid learning model

March 8, 2021 at 5:30 pm Updated March 8, 2021 at 9:28 pm

Third grader Thorin Schempp gives his former third-grade teacher Kimberly Gillingham flowers after school at Echo Lake Elementary School on Monday. Shoreline School District this week began offering hybrid learning, where students have the option of an in-person schedule some of the time. Thorin, who is continuing classes remotely, wanted to send his teacher good wishes and let her know he’s doing well. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Samantha Belmore looks at her daughter Paetyn Belmore’s friendship poster after school at Echo Lake Elementary School on Monday. “It was very fun,” says Paetyn, 7, about the school’s first day of a hybrid learning model. “There was a lot of things to do.” (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Echo Lake Elementary School was decorated Monday with banners and balloons welcoming back students for the first day of the Shoreline School District’s hybrid system of remote and in-person classes. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Third grader Thorin Schempp waits to give his former third-grade teacher Kimberly Gillingham flowers after school at Echo Lake Elementary School on Monday, the school’s first day of some in-person classes. He will attend class remotely, but he wanted to say hi to Gillingham and and let her know he’s doing well. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

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