First Day of School 2020

First Day of school 2020: Looks A LOT different than usually for us and so many. Many of us are dealing with increased demands, anxiety, worry, & overwhelm to name a few. We are doing school differently and it is hard.  I am with you. I have moments of peace knowing we can roll with whatever this year brings and moments of breaking down and crying (usually involving links that I cannot for the life of me get to work, grief over the time I used to have to work, & multiple kids needing me at once).  I am a mess about all of it. And I am grateful for the amazing educators working endless hours to learn new ways of teaching and engaging with their students!

I drove through the “Meet your Teacher” line at our elementary school and then had to pull over and cry because I could not drive.  It is because I saw all these amazing educators that build into and love our kids so well and WE MISS THEM IRL! I count it such a blessing we love our schools so much and that is why remote learning feels like such a loss.  We are trying to rally. The teachers have been amazing and even through zoom are making the kids smile.  Yes, we can do this- and whatever THAT look like for your family: grace to you! We need to support and encourage one another- I am here for that! I am partnering again this year with CUSD 201 to help capture and share stories of the exciting things happening in our schools. Look for more to come.

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This year my daughter Evy suggested we take a fun back to school picture wearing things we could never wear if school was in person- I AM HERE FOR IT! We are trying to keep it weird over here because strange times call for humor & community. Love to you all friends!