Due to the pandemic, chapel has transformed from a biweekly, in-person event in the Ayer Memorial Chapel to a remote experience over Zoom. As Peddie reopened in a hybrid mode for fall term 2020, some chapels...
The summer of 2020 was different than anyone anticipated. For some, this meant binging a new Netflix series or taking online classes. For others, like Estefani Hernandez, a new member of the Peddie English Department, the catastrophic event presented a fresh start and a new opportunity.
With the pandemic striking headlines and attacking cities, Peddie students around the world altered their plans over the summer. 70% of all Falcons are back on campus, including a sprinkling of international students. Erika Egliskis ’23 is one of them.
Unpredictability defines the 2020-21 school year at Peddie. Students are attending the school in various ways: as boarders, day students and remote students. Even for day students, commuting to campus this year is far from usual as there are alternating online and in-person weeks.
This summer was certainly unprecedented, as the nation experienced an outbreak of Covid-19, forcing everyone to stay at home and take other necessary safety precautions. Seeing the situation was not improving in the fall, Peddie developed a reopening plan to allow students back on campus while maintaining social distancing and other measures to ensure the safety of the community. Students have a choice of studying remotely or in a hybrid mode, alternating between remote and on-campus weeks.
