Video: Parents pick up student belongings at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Vancouver

Teachers were in great spirits on a rainy Saturday morning

It has now been a month since students across Washington have been in classrooms, and like many schools across the country, students will not be returning for the remainder of the academic school year.

On a rainy Saturday morning, staff at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Vancouver, Wash. did their usual weekly handout of printed materials and supplies in their drive up lane normally used to pick up and drop off students.

Families drive up to pick up their student's belongings from staff wearing face masks and gloves. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Families drive up to pick up their students’ belongings from staff wearing face masks and gloves. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Teachers at Cornerstone Christian Academy stay dry under pop-up canopies on Saturday morning. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Teachers at Cornerstone Christian Academy stay dry under pop-up canopies on Saturday morning. Photo by Andi Schwartz

This Saturday was bittersweet as teachers also delivered students’ classroom belongings in paper sacks.

Teachers at Cornerstone Christian Academy had students' belongings ready to be picked up on Saturday. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Teachers at Cornerstone Christian Academy had students’ belongings ready to be picked up on Saturday. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Principal Mike Hoff and forth-grade teacher Lindsey Peebles waiting for families in the drive-up lane. Photo by Andi Schwartz
Principal Mike Hoff and fourth grade teacher Lindsey Peebles waiting for families in the drive-up lane. Photo by Andi Schwartz

We had a chance to talk to principal Mike Hoff about how Cornerstone’s focus on technology in the classroom prepared them jump right in to distance learning.