At Staten Island’s Frank D. Paulo Intermediate School, 22 teachers and paraprofessionals compete in the school’s very own quarantine-friendly version of The Masked Singer
Forky, one of the mystery singers of Staten Island’s Frank D. Paulo Intermediate School. Photo: Courtesy of the subject In mid-March, moments before President Trump’s first national address about the coronavirus, The Masked Singer presented a harbinger of the dark, bizarre times to come as Sarah Palin revealed herself in a furry, pink bear costume and rapped Sir-Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.”
The contest, now in its third week, is held on a Microsoft video-learning platform called Flipgrid. Teachers post their performances each Wednesday, and the bottom three upload unmasking videos on Sunday. While the videos are public, a Paulo email address is required to vote via Google form. Disguises range from Halloween masks to homespun creations like Mr.
Photo: Courtesy of Carolyn Vento Most importantly, the contest has been a hit with students. “It’s really funny to see the teachers dance and sing,” says eighth-grader Peter Gioia. “But it probably would have been even better if we were still at school, because I talk about it with my friends, but it’s really annoying because I don’t see them in real life.” Sixth-grader Patrick Malone already thinks it should be an annual competition.
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