Principal's Message

Thank you for ALL that you are doing at home to support your child with their learning. It is a new role for you, and you are balancing many additional factors and stressors that make this an even more challenging time. Many different situations exist within the home communities- stay at home parents assuming the role of teaching their children; parents working at home while juggling the demands of their children learning from home; parents working outside the home and returning to a full day of school work. This is intense and fueled with additional concerns of health, financial uncertainty, and much more. I thank you so much for your heroic efforts as it is going to take so much from all of us to make this successful.

I commend our amazing teachers for their ability to reinvent the delivery of instruction in such a short period of time. It was less than a week ago that we received information that schools were being asked to change the model of instruction we have relied upon for so many years. We are now in our third day of at home learning! Last week, our teachers had one day to get resources into students’ hands and one weekend to create an entire electronic learning plan. I am so grateful to the teachers for meeting this urgent demand with ingenuity.

Everyone in the community is doing an amazing job of responding to the demands of these unprecedented circumstances. This will require grace from all as we continue to understand and adapt to the situation. We will evolve as we gain experience doing this together.

I have always been impressed with the strength of our Guardian Angels community. The purpose of a school is to learn and grow together . Even though it is important to stay physically isolated at this time, I hope you can still connect in the ways that keep our community strong. I am sure you all experienced challenges and successes as we began this process of home learning. Please share what has worked well for your family with one another- effective learning structures within your home, fun activities to do with your children, and so much more!

You are in my prayers for good health and overall well-being!

God Bless,

Corey Stoops