Mark Loehrke
Times correspondent
Like many in-person happenings and events, the Mom & Tot story time at Cardinal Joseph Bernardin Catholic School in Orland Hills was put on sudden (and, as it turned out, indefinite) hold when the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March.
Rather than pull the plug on such a popular program, pre-K teacher Beth Rachanski has decided to try what so many other businesses and organizations have been doing throughout the crisis â taking their offerings online.
âWe were very excited to start this virtual program,â says Rachanski, who has been at the school since 2009. âWe love this program because itâs a great way to introduce new families to our CJB community and also because story times are a way to begin introducing newly registered families to the faculty.â