Lower School music teacher, Lisa Wichman helps students find joy and celebration during turbulent times.

In this episode, we are exploring art in turbulent times. Specifically, the ways in which art influences community and fosters resilience. Upper School Art Teacher Scott Beil is managing to carry on teaching during this time of social distancing without the wonderful tools and resources of his Peck art studio.

We are calling this special series Classroom | Reimagined and it's all about the new normal for educators as they take their classrooms online. Today we are checking in with Kindergarten teacher Maribel Mohr, who has some pretty unique joys and challenges with our youngest pupils, while striking a balance between work and home life.

In the first episode of our new serial podcast, Classroom | Reimagined, we check in with Coach David Carlo on how Peck's new distance learning program has changed the way we experience athletics at Peck. Carlo shares the joys and challenges of leading the Athletics program from home while balancing being a dad to two energetic toddlers.

For our first podcast episode, we explored the notion of teaching and learning Latin in a Middle School. We had so much fun getting to know Latin instructor David Marshall, exploring his passion for the language, and learning how Latin is like solving a puzzle, that we decided to dedicate our next two podcasts to the Spanish and French programs at Peck. In this third episode, we meet Upper School French Teacher, Tyler Moseley, and learn how French is the language of business, finance, government and more. A little knowledge of French can take you a long way - to all seven continents, it seems!

For our first podcast episode, we explored the notion of teaching and learning Latin in a Middle School. We had so much fun getting to know Latin instructor David Marshall, exploring his passion for the language, and learning how Latin is like solving a puzzle, that we decided to dedicate our next two podcasts to the Spanish and French programs at Peck. In this episode we meet Head of Peck’s Foreign Language Department, Molly Donnelly, and learn how Spanish ican connect you to the world outside your doorstep.

Why is there a resurgence in interest in teaching Latin in school? Find out from The Peck School's middle school Latin instructor, David Marshall.