In these unusual times, when the normal routines of school have been upended by the Covid-19 pandemic, Tyrek Dantzler tries to maintain some stability for the children he works with at the JCC South Hills and Squirrel Hill All Day at the J programs. “I like being there with the kids,” he says. “I like being able to make a difference during this time, when things are up in the air.”
This school year has been in flux for many children throughout the area, with schooling consisting of various mixes of online and in person instruction that might abruptly change as outbreaks of Covid-19 occur. Tyrek notes that children feel “the uncertainty of when they’re going back” to school.
Tyrek is mindful that the kids will need to adjust to the in-person school experience when that re-occurs, so at All Day at the J, “I try to make it like a school day,” he says. He wants to help kids get used to the structure of school, and to be ready to go back.
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