Today (Monday) was a good day for those in Healthy Quarantine Life. The sun was shining in clear blue skies. Distance Learning has started for families, and the closure for school and non-essential businesses was extended to April 29, 2020 (CA announced its closure for the year, so is anyone really counting anymore?).

Parents faced Monday with a renewed sense of: “We can do this. I am going to try. I am going to get into the groove with that Google Classroom, and my kid is going to play less Fortnite today. I am going to tell my boss to have less Zoom meetings, because I have to balance this Distance Learning Life.”

This may have proved successful for some parents. Those whose kids go to South Avenue Elementary have Mr. Burke, the filmmaking librarian who produces his news show, The Morning News, every morning for the kids. Usually it is him with puppets and multiple versions of himself acting in different characters. Now that he is producing these from home, sometimes his dog is in the picture.

Mr. Burke did something big. He got all of the teachers to write signs to the kids, and put them in a montage set to music. Give it a watch. It’s OK if you tear up.

If you want more of Mr. Burke, you can watch the entire Morning News Episode for April 3, 2020, below. You can subscribe to his YouTube channel for more episodes here.