The first day of school in Ukraine, known as the Day of Knowledge, is usually a big deal, with celebrations and dancing. This fall, Russia's war is disrupting — but not stopping — the beloved tradition.
On the first floor, Anastacia Volkovynska stands at the front of her first-grade classroom with a computer open on a podium in front of her. She gives her online lesson in front of the chalkboard, which is decorated with letters that spell out"first time to the first grade." Her students may not see her sparkly red high heels on their computer screens, but they certainly catch her enthusiastic personality glittering across the screen.
"We're sad everything is this way," says Olha Morhon, the head of school,"but we won't be discouraged. Our main task is to show the children that we are here and we will persist."
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