Tuesday was day 69 of the pandacademic year and I wanted to get the day started off in a fun way by asking a different type of prompt for the morning meeting. I asked each Learner to share their gnarliest injury ever….
read moreMorning meeting On Monday morning we were eager to jump into the morning meeting to start off the week. In fact, the young Learner who showed up for the first time during this remote cycle on Friday was so eager to engage…
read moreAnd local schools are still open … Day 67 was our last day of our first week of 2021, and it was the first entirely remote week of our pandemic year. With the numbers continuing to rise in the Austin area, and…
read moreEarly Thursday morning I shared with Facilitators and guardians an Instagram post by our friend Abby from ALC-NYC on ways that we could support young people in the aftermath of Wednesday’s events. I also informed the Learners and guardians that we would…
read moreMorning meeting time We headed into Tuesday hoping to build on the positive first day of our pandemic-induced, fully remote experience for cycle five (assuming Central Texas doesn’t miraculously begin to take the pandemic seriously in the next couple of days). Facilitator…
read moreMonday was our first day of the week, our first day of the fifth cycle of the pandacademic year, and it was the first day of 2021. It was also our first day being entirely remote as the county moved to risk…
read moreThis week too many students, teachers, and staff will be returning to schools. They’ll be returning to schools even though we are in the middle of a pandemic, in the worst stage of the pandemic, only ten days removed from mass infection…
read moreThe headline of a just republished article that “kids are more likely to be infected by a family member than in a classroom” is media malpractice. It is clickbait. Of course kids are more likely to be infected by a family member…
read moreTuesday, December 22nd, was day 62 of the Abrome pandacademic year, the last day of cycle four, and our last day of 2020. It’s been quite a ride thus far, in spite of all of the disruption and struggle faced by members…
read moreDay 61 was the last Monday of the fourth cycle of the Abrome pandacademic year. It was also the first day of winter. In the morning meeting I asked the remote cell, how will you celebrate the 1st day of winter? They…
read moreDangerously close to risk stage level five December 18th, was day 60 of this pandacedemic year and it was our last Friday of this fourth of eleven cycles of the year. Although we are wrapping up the calendar year soon, we are…
read moreEveryone in the remote cell showed up for the morning meeting on Zoom. It was a pleasant way to start the day for us. We started the meeting with a fun prompt: who do you believe is most likely to hack into…
read moreDay 58, Wednesday, December 16th, meant that we only had five days left in the cycle. Because we require prospective Learners to shadow with us for five days, those who wished to enroll for January needed to begin shadowing no later than…
read moreOn Tuesday I started off the morning meeting with the question, what’s better, cold pizza, hot pizza, or an apple. Two people said an apple, three said hot pizza, and none said cold pizza. I asked them for their justification and it…
read moreLooking up information about birds in the area Day 56 was the beginning of the last full week of cycle four. It was the beginning of a very hopeful week, with perhaps two prospective Learners starting to shadow later in the week….
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