Back to School and SWIMMING

Back to School and SWIMMING - YOU GOT THIS!!!

YES - along with educators across the country we have jumped in with full force and are using the saying, "Just Keep Swimming" to stay afloat. We have had SUCH technical difficulty, we have been unable to load Schoology, upload videos, work smoothly through a Zoom session, YOU. NAME. IT! BUT, we are keeping ourselves moving, shaking and trouble shooting daily and DOING OUR BEST - JUST LIKE YOU!!!! Things are TENSE, things are TOUGH, we have kids in school in grades K-8 because of a building project that is behind schedule, NOT because of COVID, and kids in grades 9-12 at home distance learning and NEEDING connections - and we are MAKING IT! JUST LIKE YOU!!!! SO we trudge on - full force with both feet in NOT knowing when we will feel the bottom. We want to see our kids that aren't here, we want to be able to be in person, which we hope we will be in a week, we want COVID to go away - BUT until that happens, we will keep on keeping on! We will keep leaning on one another for help, guidance and support and WE WILL MAKE IT - and SO WILL YOU!!!

"Just Keep Swimming" and know that you are being thought of- I will do a TRUE update when I actually have some time to "think and write" what's been really happening other than the complete chaos!

It's going to be fine,

Mrs. Inniger:)

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