The New Normal at Hawthorne

I literally hear the new normal bringing our staff together in new ways.  Never before have we been asked to create online assignments and plan for no contact in person learning. Out of necessity, we must quickly learn and help others apply new learning platforms. We are finding ways to social distance yet still have the students interacting with each other and learning materials.  We are learning to attend meetings sitting 6 feet apart, in masks, and be more productively focused than ever before.  

I know, I could go on and on and on with the "New Normal" around our elementary building.  It is stressful to say the least.  There are hundreds of questions that don't have a pat answer because they have never had to be asked before.  But, if the new normal brings us closer together as educators, coworkers, and friends, then at least some of this new normal will be worth it.