June 30…summer is upon us! It seems hard to believe it is June when we missed March, April and May! The school definitely hasn’t been the same without the joyful voices of students and encouragement of staff. Nonetheless, here we are…summer! Hopefully the rain will stop soon so we can all enjoy some sunshine!!
The past three months have been challenging, to say the least. Who knew the school year would end like this? Despite the unfortunate situation of Covid-19, we were still able to come together in virtual and distance ways to support students and learning. Our teachers and staff worked diligently to learn a new way to teach, some also managing their own young families at the same time. Our students did their absolute best to follow the learning that their teachers presented and our families supported their students in the best way they knew how.
As June always does, it has been a busy and ever-changing month. Teachers continued to support learners online while also coming to the building periodically to start to put plans for next year into action. We said farewell to our Grade 5 students in ways that we never imagined we would have to when we started this year together in September. We even had to say goodbye to Ms. Louka, which we couldn’t have imagined at any point. Regardless, here we are and we did it…together.
As June brings to close another school year, it also means we have to say farewell to some staff who have chosen to move on to new adventures for the 2020-21 school year. Please join me in wishing Mr. Lauser all the best as he moves to Buchanan School to teacher Grade 5 & 6 in a Learning Leader role. He will support the English Language Learning component at Buchanan as well. All the best to you Mr. Lauser!! Just as we are sad to say goodbye to Mr. Lauser, we are excited to welcome Mrs. Mitchell to the Grade 2&3 team and Ms. Heaton back to the Grade 5 team. They are going to be wonderful additions to our staff.
We would like to say thank you to all of our families who continued to show support and kindness to us throughout this crazy COVID learning time. Your support means more than you will ever know. We look forward to the day that we can come back together in person on a regular basis…for now please accept our deepest thanks!!
As we get ready to start on our summer experience, whatever that may look like this year, we want to wish each of our students and families a safe and healthy summer. Be kind and be gentle. Spend time with family and enjoy being able to digitally disconnect. We can’t wait to see you all again in September!
Until then, stay well
Anica Robinson, Principal, & the whole Patrick Airlie staff
