text: Large-scale world events can also cause students to miss school. With these large-scale events, it it usually large groups of students that are affected, with some events causing an entire school system to shut down. For example, in early 2020, there has been a viral pandemic of a certain Coronavirus, with Asia and Europe most affected by it. In Italy, school have been shut down across the country, including schools affiliated with the U.S. Military Overseas School Program. One high school that has been shut down has began to utilize online schooling with video chat features for lecturing. All students at the school utilize the online schooling program, so that their school year is not interrupted by the pandemic.