TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - By 9 a.m. the students were at their desks, clutching the posters they had carefully scribed with Greek letters in preparation for their international video call. Some sat quietly, blinking away their sleepiness.
But most were visibly excited, giggling as they pondered what they would say in front of the camera.
With the click of a laptop, the projector screen turned bright, connecting the students at Plato Academy, a charter school, with their peers on the Greek island of Kalymnos.
Kalimera, the students called out. Good morning.
Kalispera, they heard back. Good afternoon. In Greece, it was 4 p.m.
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