Superstar teachers put heroic time and effort into distance learning Dec. 14, 2020 at 6:00 am “I can’t wait to get back on Zoom!” — is a sentence few parents ever expected their child to say, but through hours of extra work, outside-of-the-box lesson planning, and personal sacrifice, teachers at SMMUSD have magically conjured this impossible utterance. From teaching about animal life cycles while living on a farm, to live cooking demos, and bedtime story read alouds, teachers across the District have gone above and beyond to engage students through distance learning. “I was brainstorming all summer, how am I going to make it so when they leave they’re going to go ‘I love second grade, I love my friends, this was the most fun, I can’t wait to wake up in the morning!’,” said Laura Meshel, a 2nd grade teacher at Grant Elementary School.