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Day 87 of AY20-21: icy cold inclement weather day

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Another inclement weather day Thursday, February 11th was day 87 of the pandacademic year and our second inclement weather day of 2021. Not meeting in-person seemed like a given given the temperature, wind, and rain in the forecast the night before, and…

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Day 86 of AY20-21: our first inclement weather day of 2021

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Our first inclement weather day of the 2021 calendar year Wednesday was going to hopefully be our first in-person day of the calendar year, and of the last two cycles! Unfortunately, nature decided to crush our hopes of being back together again….

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Day 85 of AY20-21: gearing up to be in-person again

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Quickly moving toward risk stage level four On Tuesday, February 9th, I woke up and looked at the latest Covid-19 indicators for Austin and saw that we were perhaps only a couple of days away from breaking into risk stage level four…

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Day 84 of AY20-21: pandemic fatigue and movement

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Trending toward stage level four On Sunday morning I sent out the weekly update to families telling them that it was likely that Austin Public Health was going to drop the city back down to risk stage level four in February, and…

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Day 83 of AY20-21: yarrow salve and John Prine

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Friday morning was day 83 of the pandacademic year and the last day of the first week of cycle six. Still remote because of local Covid conditions. I started the morning meeting with a review of the calendar. Then I highlighted two…

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Day 82 of AY20-21: what are we giving?

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Thursday was day 82 of the pandacademic year and Facilitator Lauren opened the meeting with a review of practices and then opened it up for people to share announcements. Then each of us shared what we would like our first act to…

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Day 81 of AY20-21: connecting through one-to-one check-ins

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Wednesday was day 81 of the pandacademic year. When Facilitator Ariel started the meeting a Learner jumped in and demanded that he lead the meeting. When we are in small groups meeting in-person we typically ask who wants to lead the meeting,…

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Day 80 of AY20-21: goofy drawings and shared stuffies

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Tuesday was our 80th day of the pandacademic year, meaning we still have about 55% of our in-session days with Learners left. We have about the same number of days as conventional schools, but because we have more breaks during the year,…

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Day 79 of AY20-21: cycle six starts remote

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Morning meeting Monday would be the first day of cycle six but it would not be the first remote day to start off a cycle during this pandacademic year. Just like last cycle, Austin is in risk stage level five for Covid-19…

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How does a child spend 1,000 hours outside in a year?

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Not being in school is a start. I’ve seen multiple friends sharing a blog post over the past couple of days that states that children should be outside for 4-6 hours every day. The post was shared on the 1000 Hours Outside…

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Day 78 of AY20-21: remote cycle five comes to a close

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Day 78 of the pandacademic year would be the final day of the cycle for the Learners, while the Facilitators would be meeting for an all-day professional development on Wednesday. This fifth cycle was our most challenging one of the year as…

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Day 77 of AY20-21: family workshop day and comics

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Monday would have normally been the first of our two remote days at the end of the cycle that allows us to have a nine day break from meeting in-person between cycles, but since we are still in risk stage level five…

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Day 76 of AY20-21: Check-in and Change-up day

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Day 76 was the last day of our last full week of cycle five, and it would have been the last in-person day of the cycle had we not been in Covid-19 risk stage level five in Central Texas. The following Monday…

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Day 75 of AY20-21: being remote is starting to wear on folks

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Thursday was day 75 of our pandacademic year. We are only about 3/7ths of the way through the year as our year ends in mid-July. I was leading the morning meeting and I immediately started with announcements. Building off of yesterday’s announcement…

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Day 74 of AY20-21: palindrome day

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Wednesday morning we had low turnout for the morning meeting with only eight Learners showing up. Facilitator Lauren started the meeting by asking if anyone had any announcements. We decided to give the announcements at the beginning of the meeting a try…

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