Pace Yourselves
It is typical for schools to experience a "loosening" as the year comes to a close. However, departing from established routines, having extra recess or unstructured activities, can lead to undesirable behaviors. At times students' anticipation of "summer" or "vacation" is one of stress rather than joy. The best thing we can do as leaders is to insist upon maximizing learning time, keeping students engaged in cognitively demanding tasks that are also enjoyable. As of Monday, we still have 12% of the year left, not counting the two half days. Yes, have field day and moving on ceremonies, simple transition activities, but the year is not over. No excuses about wasting time when we have lamented "lost" learning time due to the pandemic.
You have reopened and almost completed an entire year of school during a pandemic - after over a year of remote learning. This is an amazing feat - to get our students and staff back in person, in spite of all the challenges of social distancing, testing, staffing challenges, and quarantine protocols. I am proud of the work you have done to stay the course. Thank you!
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