Sad to say, we’re getting good practice changing tracks. Happy to say, we’re getting better at managing it….and that’s a good thing…because we’ll need that skill as we will most likely be called upon to transition back and forth a few more times before this pandemic comes to an end.

Due to the current circumstances, students are transitioning back and forth between remote and in person learning. If learning remotely, please remind your child daily of the student expectations listed in the remote learning handbook found here. Fundamental to the success of remote learning is the student’s ability to adapt to the school structure from within the home. Some basic expectations are that the student has already had breakfast/lunch and is dressed in their uniform. They are sitting at a desk/table prepared with their school materials and with their video on, ready to go, when the first class of the day begins. The student needs to hear this message loudly, clearly, and consistently from both home and school.

Finally, during the week of November 16^th we will be running our annual food collection for the Gray House. When you drop off your child in the morning, our teachers will be there to collect your donation from your car. Remote learners are welcome to drop off their donations as well. With all the stress we are all under, it’s easy to forget that there are others who are in much worse shape than we are. Let’s remember to be grateful for what we have by sharing with those in much greater need.

Thank you!

Ms. Ann E. Dougal

This week, as we adjusted to remote learning, we still had time to have fun!

On Tuesday, we centered our day around the election. This assignment included a writing assignment based on what we would do if we were president. We combined that with the experiment, “Wet Presidents”. For “Wet Presidents” we put drops of water onto a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. Then, we estimated the number of drops that would fit on the top of the coin and tallied the total. The students concluded that the bigger coins would have more droplets, but that we would have to do the experiment multiple times to average out the total because not all of the droplets were the same size. This experiment helped the students to use math skills such as estimation, addition and averaging.

Overall, we have grabbed remote learning by the horns and are ready to conquer the challenge any time we need to!

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