The last few years have been not only tough for students but extremely challenging for teachers.
In a bid to keep things as normal as possible, teachers globally have continued to go above and beyond, simply to make their class smile.
One teacher desperate to return to her duties as soon as possible decided to do just that - one day after she had brain surgery.
Dedicated Katherine Meucci logged in from her hospital bed to say hello to her class and read them a bedtime story - as she normally does.
The kindhearted teacher was keen to reassure her class that she will be back in person as soon as possible.
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Katherine, 39, previously received the worrying news that she had a developing brain tumour.
Although doctors thought it was "probably benign", they were keen to remove it as swiftly as possible, and she underwent brain surgery.
But Katherine, who has been teaching at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School for seven years, was determined not to let that halt her teaching duties.
So less than 24 hours after her operation, she took to Facebook Live to read a bedtime story to her fourth-grade (Year 5 in UK) students from her hospital bed.
She had created the Facebook group years ago, in order for students and teachers to read a bedtime story to their friends at school.
The teacher read the book, “Mr. Walker Steps Out” by Lisa Graff, and reassured her students that she will be back to school as soon as she can.
In the video, Katherine, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sweetly apologised: “I’m sorry if I look a little weird.
She added: "I got this black eye going on right here because they cut open my head right here to take out my brain tumour.
“You are my friends and you are an important part of our school community. You are an important part of our world and you are so loved.
"I look a little funky, but I wanted you to see and know that I’m OK.”
As she continues to recover, Katherine says doctors think they were able to remove the entire tumour on October 13.
Katherine's motto since she started teaching 17 years ago is "strong and brave," and she wanted to show her students she was sticking to it.
