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Photos: Wickham Elementary School teacher parade
Mar. 30, 2020 9:07 pm
Teachers made signs for their cars and drove through the neighborhood surrounding their school to wave to students and let them know they care
Emmett Swartz, 6, (left) holds onto his younger brother Oliver, 3, while waiting for the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade pass down their street in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. The boys are standing in front of a sign on their garage door that reads 'I love you Mrs. Holmes,' Emmett's first grade teacher. With school out, several schools have started doing teacher parades — in their cars and from a safe distance — to show students they're still here. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Guidance counselor Mallory Wattiez holds a sign and waves to students in their driveway during the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Third grade teacher Kyra Keith gets her car ready for the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Aparna Thomas waves at teachers along with her kids, Samir, 14, and Sophie Singh, 10, as the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade passes down their street in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Ellie, 7, (left) and Evie Jans (4) wave at cars of teachers as they pass down their street in the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
The front of the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade passes though a neighborhood waving at kids in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. The parade was made up of about 30 cars. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Kindergarten teacher Danielle Burnett finishes adding decorations to her vehicle before the Wickham Elementary School parade of teachers and staff members in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Wickham Elementary School student Joey Cariens, 9, holds a sign he made that reads ‘Wizard Quarantine 2020' in recognition of his school's mascot while waiting for the teacher parade to come down his street in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Sophie, 10, and Samir Singh, 14, stand on the sidewalk in their neighborhood while waiting for the teacher parade to begin in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. Sophie is a current student at Wickham Elementary School and Samir went to the school when he was younger. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Hugo Hughes, 9, (left) waves to teachers as the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade passes his home joined by his dad, Joe, and siblings Arlo, 6, and Kona, 6, (right) in their driveway in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Kindergarten teacher Jeni Leckliter holds a sign for students while participating in the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
A dog rides in the back seat of a car participating in the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Special education teacher Kristin Lucas attaches a banner to her car before participating in the Wickham Elementary School teacher parade in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Clare Allou, 12, (left) and Kayla Cariens, 12, run holding a tape measure enforcing social distancing in their neighborhood while waiting for the teacher parade to come down their street in Coralville on Monday, March 30, 2020. Allou attended Wickham Elementary School and Cariens is a current student. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
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