Music Teacher in National Guard Teaches Music Class From Humvee in Washington
A National Guardsman, who also happens to be a music teacher, is taking multitasking to a whole new level. Not only is he protecting the nation’s capital during an uncertain time, he’s also been teaching virtual music classes between shifts.
And he’s doing it from the back of a Humvee.
Canterbury Woods Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia, proclaimed their music teacher, Sgt. Jacob Kohut, “a hero” on Facebook. “[O]ur band teacher Dr. Jake Kohut has been working around the clock since Wednesday,” school staff captioned. While the students are in Virginia, Sgt. Kohut teaches from the Washington D.C. Armory.
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Thousands of National Guard troops were activated at the U.S. Capitol this month to protect the federal building and democracy. Sergeant Jacob Kohut was there, but he had to take a break for a few hours each morning to be a hero elsewhere. Kohut is also a teacher, so every day at the Capitol, he taught classes via Zoom in the back of a military vehicle. At school, I m Dr. Kohut, because I do have a doctorate in composition. In the army, I m Sergeant Kohut, because that s my enlisted rank, the music teacher told CBS News earlier this week.
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An elementary school teacher has continued to virtually teach his students while protecting the nation’s capital as a sergeant with the DC National Guard.
Ahead of president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday, Sgt Jacob Kohut, a music teacher at Canterbury Woods Elementary School and Frost Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, was deployed to the US Capitol along with more than 20,000 members of the National Guard.
But despite working 12-hour shifts, Kohut has managed to make time for Zoom classes with his students, with
The Washington Post reporting that the music teacher conducts his elementary school classes on the drill floor of the DC Armory before he begins work each morning.
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By Bill Galluccio
When Sgt.
Jacob Kohut learned that his National Guard unit was being deployed to Washington, D.C., to help secure the inauguration of President-elect
Kohut has been teaching band at Canterbury Woods Elementary School and Frost Middle School for the past five years and was worried about how another interruption in learning could impact the kids. The last thing these students need is a disruption in their teaching, Kohut told the
Washington Post. I would rather teach the class, even if that means I m very tired.
To ensure that his students don t fall behind, he decided to host band class virtually from Capitol. He starts his day early, teaching his elementary school class from the drill floor of the D.C. Armory before his shift. After he is done, he heads out for a 12-hour shift guarding the Capitol Building.