Rock star Jon Bon Jovi pops into class Zoom meeting of teacher Michael Bonick of Marsh Pointe Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Kudos to all our nation’s teachers who have come up with so many brilliant strategies for distance teaching during the current stay-at-home directives! Here’s one whose story that is just irresistible. It’s about Florida kindergarten teacher Michael Bonick, who works at Marsh Pointe Elementary School in Palm Beach Gardens.

Michael, a long-time fan of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, was able to persuade the music icon to pop in to his classroom Zoom meeting last Monday. The teacher was instructing a lesson about coping with the coronavirus quarantine, and Bon Jovi wanted to be part of the conversation. Last month, the Grammy-winning musician released an incomplete version of a new song he entitled “Do What You Can.” The song is a ballad about the nation’s efforts to prevent the spread of the virus. He asked his fans to compose and submit verses to complete the song. Michael submitted his students’ compositions, and this prompted the Bon Jovi front man to meet the young lyricists online.

“Mr. B got you guys writing, and I was very excited to hear that,” Bon Jovi told the students. “Because if you get to put your feelings down on paper, sometimes they’ll turn into songs. Sometimes they’ll turn into stories, and you never know where it might lead you.” Then, as the 20 kindergartners and their parents watched online, Bon Jovi played his acoustic guitar and sang the verses written by three of the young students.

“They were blown away,” the innovative teacher expressed. “They loved every minute of it.” Surely, this will be a highlight in the quarantine experience of everyone involved.

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