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Collected Item: “Heroes Work Here Sign”

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Heroes Work Here Sign

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Screenshot

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is a screenshot from a public high school's Twitter page. The photo is of a sign posted in the front of the school that says "Heroes Work Here". These signs were posted throughout the Deer Valley Unified School District at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year in order to celebrate the work of teacher's who were started the year virtually and would transition to in-person.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#heroes, #teachers, #highschool, #publicschool, #HST580, #ASU

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

@BGHS_DVUSD

Give this story a date.

2020-08-05
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