The Multicultural Club had a luncheon to celebrate different cultures in the West Essex High School library in late February, before the start of quarantine. The library was packed with students not wearing masks and sharing food openly, a once-normal activity that now seems foreign.

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When she returned to school to clean out her classroom in June 2020, History teacher Beth Vaknin found her board just the way she had left it after not being in the building for nearly four months due to the pandemic.

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Juniors Isabella DeRose and Emily Proscia used walking as an excuse to leave the house and get some sort of social interaction after months of isolation. Photo courtesy of Isabella DeRose

English teacher Alicia Perez on her first outing with her family, representing the new normal of wearing masks to each activity.

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Senior Avery Lieberman was able to safely travel to Florida with her family in December 2020 in order to see her grandparents, whom she hasn't seen since the start of the pandemic.

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