Day of the Eclipse By Sharon Kane

One day, in the middle of June, there was a much-heralded solar eclipse. When I walked into school that day, a few of my piano students asked to be rescheduled because of the eclipse. "You mean you want to miss your lesson today because of the eclipse?" I asked incredulously. "Yeah, we wanna watch it. Please, please, please?" "Well, alright, I can reschedule you later in the week. Sure. No problem."

I taught the early lessons and went on a coffee break. The kitchen was curiously quiet. I noticed a lot of activity on the porch and went to check it out. An unusually large number of students were congregating on the porch and around the four-square court. An easel was set up. Some kids were passing around framed Mylar films and were looking at the sun through them. I got hold of one and had a look. It was really exciting to see the moon moving on a path in front of the sun.