I spent my March Break hanging out with my little one. It's amazing how much perspective crayons, Play Doh, playing with dolls, watching Disney in your pjs and having some girl time with my almost four year old (gasp!) can bring. I will definitely endeavour to remind myself of the sense of this temporary serenity when it's back to the grindstone on Monday. This profession can become all too consuming if we lose sight of what's important. It was nice to have enough time and enough energy to give all the attention that was needed, instead of fighting fatigue and worrying about what lay ahead at school the next day. My daughter is a priority and sometimes I'm not so sure she feels that way, even though she's as young as she is. The truth is that being a mom of a young child in this role emphasizes the fact (and I know I'll get crucified for this...) that us women simply cannot have it all. There is a tremendous cost, usually in the form of time - away from home due to work obligations and day to day hours. I try to get to work early so I can get home st a decent hour to get dinner going do we can all sit down to a proper family dinner where we spend quality time together before having to start the bedtime routine not too longer afterward. This past week of uninterrupted alone time with my munchkin, and the sheer joy of being around her energy and spirit, has certainly helped to recharged me to finish out this crazy month!
Never thought I'd EVER type a title like that. Pandemics were only events I had taught about during my History classes. The experience thus far can only be described as surreal. It's been a part of our reality for nearly 10 months now and the fear and uncertainty is still not lost on me with the reporting of daily infection and death rates. It has been my single greatest challenge as a leader to date to show up to work everyday imbuing optimism that we're going to be ok, that school is a safe place to be. I have to say that on 98% of those days, I have believed just that. We have be so very fortunate not to have experienced any positive diagnoses of COVID-19 so far. Implementing the new health and safety protocols, while tedious and laborious, has not been all that difficult. Sure, the work up front was a lot - signage, taping arrows and cues on the walls and floors, rearranging classroom furniture to establish social distancing in the classrooms ... as the Principal, th
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