Living in the Present & Learning Our A, B, C’s

The A, B, C’s of the 2020-2021 school year are associated with some new but also some familiar terms. By necessity, we have been compelled to use a number of these words and phrases, but by design, we retain and hold on tightly to others. This list is not exhaustive; while some of its number can be a bit exhausting, the most important items (italicized here) are palliatives for the members of our learning community. 
  
Assignments on Canvas, Arts, Advisories, Assemblies 
Box Lunches 
Circles, Community 
Dots and Disinfectant 
Equity 
Filters 
Goals, Grades 
Handwashing Stations, Hybrid Classrooms, Homework, Honesty 
Individual Desks, iPads 
Journalism (The Gator) 
Kindness 
Lunch on the Lawn, Literature, Languages, Labs, Laptops 
Masks, Microphones, Metrics, Maintenance, Morning Meetings 
Nurses 
Outdoors, One Way Hallways 
Playground, Pumpkin Bowling, Projects, Parents and Guardians 
Quizzes 
Reading, Remote Learners, Respect, Responsibility 
Social Distancing, Sanitizer, Signage, Six-Feet, Snacks, Social Studies, SEL, Students, Share 
Tents, Teachers, Together 
Uncertainty 
Virtual (Everything!), Virus, Vaccine? 
Wireless, Webinars, Writing, Workspaces, Wipes 
X’s and O’s 
You and me 
Zooming  
 
Education is a continuous, evolving process. At Brimmer and May, we seek to develop lifelong learners who are problem-solvers and creative and critical thinkers. Our current experience provides us with an opportunity to continue to learn at school and to continue to learn about what life brings us and how to best respond. Having our A, B, C’s down provides a foundation for our work in grappling with increasingly complex ideas and concepts. Maintaining and building our values in trying situations is vital to this growth as well.