Last Day

 So the last day of school of the l o n g e s t and MoSt CHAllengING year teaching 25 students some online/ some in class.... then teaching 24 in class with quarantine for several students which means only one online while all the rest in person, teacher (me)  quarantined and reading from kitchen table masks, social distancing, temperature checks, hand sanitizer, hand washing, sanitizing desks, lunch in the classroom, special area except for PE in the classroom, different playgrounds each week, protective dividers for desks, attendance for each subject area. There were also lessons I learned and smiles and community building within our class, and technology to communicate, to learn, and to use for all sorts of projects, Classwork, and tests. There were laughs and eventually there was the no mask waiver and then CDC lifted masks. For Austin, his last learning day at school was May 21. The next week was testing, but I opted him out. He went back to school on May 28 and was able to have enrichment learning at home. Basically he completed four projects from home and submitted. He worked on these with complete fidelity and quality way above standard. Then he didn’t even have to sign in online the last four days. Dylan, on the other hand, went to school each day until the last day in June 17. I finished up on June 18 and thankfully was able to sign on June 21

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