'We are making history:' Shadow Hills Elementary students document the pandemic Sixth-grade teacher Jillian Greer says she hopes the project provides students some closure on an "emotional rollercoaster" of a year. Author: Tami Tremblay Updated: 2:41 PM MDT May 27, 2021 BOISE, Idaho — Schools across Idaho are wrapping up a unique school year after COVID-19 upended plans for districts across the state. Jillian Greer, who teaches sixth grade at Shadow Hills Elementary in Boise, says she wanted to give her students an opportunity to document the pandemic's ups and downs. "It was kind of nagging me all year because it sounded like this would be the only year we could do something like this, so this last quarter I saw the kids start to get, I don't want to say bored, but they needed a spark," Greer said. "I needed to re-ignite that spark, and so I thought let's try something like this, and see if it re-engages them in the learning process, and they bought in. They were all in."