Going Virtual for Weather Days

 The last two days have reminded me of the hazards of going virtual...but first may I digress?

Snow days...don't you just miss the fun of a snow day?!  Our students certainly do as we have not had "a real good snow" since their elementary years.  They need one!  Last night we got ice and sleet...enough to cover streets and provide a fun outlet to make memories!  Memories they should be making...instead of Google Meeting with me!

But...may I digress again...my work is not so much they could not do both...have fun...and work...just a bit. 

But...should they have to do so?

Thus, hazard one.

Now, for hazard two...as I began checking my email...then, adding all contacts to a spreadsheet...I had such a powerful flashback to last year when we dismissed for what we thought would be a few days, weeks...which turned into the rest of the year.  A mini-PTSD moment.  No!  Not the same...but some commonalities.  I do not want to return there.

We have been hybrid all year, which has been both the hardest year of my 30 and, at the same time, the best, for we have quickly witnessed students rise to the occasion.  Kids are amazing.

Which leads me to hazard three:  I need to be ever bragging on these student heroes.  Not sure that I do that enough in the daily, weekly struggle to keep all things literacy going...so here goes!

Brag Board

• To Aidan, Kaleb, and Mitchell...you rock!  Working and guaranteeing their As.
• To Mersaides...catching up, working ahead.  Learning from the past and conquering the future.
• To Sarah...thinking how much can I put off until tomorrow...then deciding to finish today.
• To Bryson, Curtis, and Eli...pushing, encouraging, working on a snow day!  Powerful!

These hazards are minor.  For sure.  Just need to be ever working to turn them into Rewards One, Two, and Three.

Now, back to checking the emails and lending support on this very cold day in Arkansas!