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Days 135 & 136 of AY20-21: what should we do when we see harm?

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Wednesday, May 5th was our 135th day of the pandacademic year. On this day, I facilitated the morning meeting for the cell I was a part of. I prepared three prompts for the meeting that I had hoped would spark an interesting…

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Day 120 of AY20-21: learning how to welcome people in

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Friday, April 9th was the last in-person day of cycle 8, meaning it was the last day of our social justice oriented Flying Squad, and it was day 120 of the pandacademic year. As the Learners came into the space before the…

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Day 119 of AY20-21: the challenge of centering the needs of others

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Thursday April 8th was the 14th day of cycle 8, and day 119 of the pandacademic year. It was also the first shadow day for a prospective Learner, and the third shadow day for another. At the morning meeting Facilitator Ariel volunteered…

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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 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 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 103 of AY20-21: Flying Squad practice run

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The Abrome Day began like so many before it, I woke up and I began to prepare for a day that would likely be completely different than the one before it. However, instead of heading to the drop-off spot that gave us…

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If we want students to think for themselves, let them.

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Last week, a group of Ivy League scholars published an open letter urging college bound students to “Think for Yourself.” Unfortunately for most students, thinking for oneself is really difficult because most students, especially the ones who manage to get into the…

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