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Upcoming items for May 11-15

Good morning room 5 and 6 families,

Thank you all for another productive week! Our Google Classrooms are starting to come to life, and we're seeing more faces in our Google Meet sessions, which is great.

Here are some items for next week.

Google Meet schedule
Room 5
Monday May 11 - 1:45-2:15
Wednesday May 13 - 11:45-12:15

Room 6
Monday May 11 - 11:45-12:15
Wednesday May 13 - 1:45-2:15

Teacher Caravan
Our teacher caravan will happen Wednesday May 13, starting at about 6:00pm. We will be sending out more information early next week. We hope to see you there!

Submitting Student Work
On Monday we will be providing students with a Google Doc that can be used to submit work through Google Classroom. We are asking students to submit their work once per week (ideally Friday, Saturday, or Sunday). This is to help teachers keep a handle on incoming student work and to cut down on the volume of emails we are receiving and trying to keep track of. We will send out further information on Monday, so please read this carefully prior to submitting any work.


Once again, we'd like to thank everyone for their patience, enthusiasm and support. This is a difficult time for everyone, and we are so grateful for our community and how gracious everyone has been during this time. Please continue to email us with any questions or concerns. Most importantly, take care of yourselves and your families. School is important, but it should never come before social and emotional wellbeing. Do what you can to support your children's school work, and find what works for your family during this time. It might not feel like it all the time right now, but you're all doing an amazing job. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

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