For Best Documentary, The Oscar Goes To Rail Ranch Elementary

Murrieta CA

16 March, 2021

11:13 PM

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MURRIETA, CA — The staff at Rail Ranch Elementary wanted to make sure students felt comfortable when they returned to class Tuesday after missing a year of in-person instruction amid COVID-19. To help ease the kids into their newly modified classrooms (virus-prevention features like plexiglass dividers and hand sanitizer everywhere), the school staff put together a light and fun "Beauty and the Beast" musical parody. The video welcomes Rail Ranch students as they begin classroom instruction under a first-ever hybrid learning model. It's not Oscar-worthy, but this short video is a gem — and is a must for future generations who will learn about COVID-19 in history class. The video's theme song was performed by Vista Murrieta alum Kaelani Smith.