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Day 118 of AY20-21: frustration, challenging conversations, and lessons learned

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April 7th was day 118 of our pandacademic year. On this day we would have four Learners, one prospective Learner, and two Facilitators present. For the morning meeting I was the game master, and I said that we respond to prompts by…

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Day 117 of AY20-21: I yelled at a Learner

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Tuesday was day 117 of the pandemic year and the first day of shadowing for a prospective Learner. We started out the day with a morning meeting where we led with announcements. My announcement was I did not want to wait until…

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Day 116 of AY20-21: games to play

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Monday, April 5th was day 116 of the pandacademic year. While most of the best news about Abrome comes on the weekdays, that weekend was really great news for the Abrome community—Facilitators Ariel and Lauren got their second Covid-19 vaccination shots! Facilitator…

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Day 115 of AY20-21: limping along

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Friday, April 2nd, was Day 115 of the pandacademic year. It would be a sparsely populated day with only three Learners showing up, with one of the Learners planning to be there for only half a day as she had a planned…

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Day 114 of AY20-21: I will answer that education survey

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<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CfMrvFSDjfU?wmode=opaque" height="480" width="854" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> “> Thursday, April 1st, was day 114 of the pandacademic year, and it was April Fools’ Day! All six Learners showed up for Flying Squad, and all of us were on edge for pranks. At…

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Day 113 of AY20-21: stumbling upon play

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On Wednesday, March 31st, I started my day off by dropping by the cell that I was not in to drop off some items with Facilitator Lauren. While I was there one of the parents of one of the Learners showed up,…

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Day 112 of AY20-21: listening to Learners

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Tuesday, March 30th would be day 7 of cycle 8 for the Flying Squad, and day 112 of the pandacademic year. It would also be the first day we had two more Learners return from quarantine, which promised to make our day…

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Day 111 of AY20-21: lots of social justice conversations

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I’m going to try to catch up on the daily blog posts between now and the end of cycle 9, which runs from April 19th to May 11th. I fell behind as things had gotten quite busy with the latest info session…

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Day 110 of AY20-21: stumbling into learning

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March 28th was Day 110 of the pandacademic year, and it was the final day of our first week of cycle 8. We had a good week up to that point, although Learners being out due to quarantines and the fixation on…

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Day 109 of AY20-21: a slower day

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My commitment to blog about each day of this pandacademic year has taken a real hit lately. Today I am finally getting around to writing about day 109, which was Thursday, March 25th. I hope to catch up soon. It’s just been…

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Day 108 of AY20-21: taking out the trash

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The forecast for Wednesday, March 24th, included thunderstorms as late as the evening of Tuesday, March 23rd. But the thunderstorms were scheduled for the afternoon, and it seemed that thunderstorms kept clearing out of the forecast the closer we got to it….

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Day 107 of AY20-21: a food focused day

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My Abrome day on Tuesday, day 107 of our pandacademic year, started out with a call with a parent on my drive to the drop off location that morning. The parent’s Learner is out this week for quarantine, so we talked about…

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Day 106 of AY20-21: returning from spring break for our first specialty cell day

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Monday, March 22nd was our 106th day of the pandacademic year, and the first day of cycle eight. And cycle eight is the first of four straight cycles with a specialty cell. All year long we have been meeting in-person in nature…

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Day 105 of AY20-21: final day of cycle seven

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Friday was our last day before our spring break, and the last day of cycle seven of our pandacademic year. And cycle seven will be our last cycle without a specialty cell. Speaking of which, Friday was the last day that Learners…

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Day 104 of AY20-21: low energy, high impact day

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Day 104 of the pandacademic year looked to be a very lightly attended one. One Learner would be out the rest of the week from one cell for a family commitment, three others would be out from the other cell for a…

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