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October is Here!!!

 WE MADE IT A MONTH:)!!!!  NOW, I know I am being a little "up beat," but we are through ONE MONTH of this tough, tough situation!  Things have been HARD!  Things have been FRUSTRATING!  Things have been STRESSFUL!  BUT - YOU HAVE MADE IT ONE MONTH!!!  Taking ONE day at at time, CONTROLLING what you can, and DOING YOUR BEST - that is all we can do:)!!!  I AM PROUD OF YOU!!!

With that said, here are things that are happening here, how out life looks right now in Barnesville, MN, and what we have in place for the year:

*Currently we are IN PERSON at both the elementary level!  The state of Minnesota has five plans in place according to cases per 10,000 population.  Technically, we should be distance because of the numbers in Clay County, but we are not Moorhead, which shares a border with Fargo, so they are allowing us to stay in person for now!  FINGERS CROSSED!  We have had a few cases, and students and staff quarantining  because of this, but it's manageable for now!

*Staff members are using Zoom, Screencastify, Google Education, Schoology, Notability app, Educreations app, and Apple TVs and Smarboards to deliver content.  Some are recording directly in Zoom as they are teaching, others are creating videos to upload using Educreations of Screencastify.  Whatever they are most comfortable with is what they use.  Some have been videoing everything and uploading for use later if students are sick, or for review, others aren't - again, personal preference.  

*Fridays are our check in days - so from 8:30-11:00am teachers meet with each hour of the day at the high school, and classrooms at the elementary, to have closure for the week, teach a shorter lesson, or just check in on students and see how they are doing - THIS IS IMPORTANT!!  Friday afternoons are spent troubleshooting items, creating videos, collaborating, and having meetings and discussions regarding distance learning and this crazy world we live in right now!

*Activities are currently taking place in Barnesville. The fall musical is having rehearsals, football and volleyball for grades 7-12 are currently practicing and playing games.  The state of MN allows football to have spectators for games - we are allowed 250 total - 150 or home and 100 for away is what we are doing - and volleyball is being live streamed since we can't have spectators for them.  That's going to be HARD for parents of volleyball players indeed, but they are able to play and be together, which again is helping them overall!  This can change at any moment of course, so we are taking advantage of it right now which our kids can have SOME sort of normalcy!

We are adjusting as needed, JUST like everyone else - we have a lot going on that we can't control - so we are trying to let that go and control what we CAN!

Have a great week everyone

Mrs. I:)


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