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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

Jun 12, 2021

Dear Friends, I started calling the time that is at its end the “2019-2021 School-Year.” It still wasn’t normal, but it consisted of closure, which was missing in June 2020. As such, I ask teachers and staff to close down their work laptops and email as of Monday, 6/14.
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So this is to let you know that they love you. They do. And they need and deserve a break - not from you, but from work. My hopes for them are that they experience whatever feeds their souls, challenges their inclinations, that they have adventures and downtime…
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And enjoy family and personal connections and time where in no way do they have to focus their thinking on work as they (as we all) have done for a solid two years now.

And by the way, you and your children deserve a wonderful break too. You deserve to play, experiment…
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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

May 26, 2021

@nytimes

“Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’” The @nytimes article has gotten me thinking about the parallels between scoring of achievement in gymnastics & scoring of academic achievement in students. In this current SOL season, it’s timely. 1/
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In the article, Simone Biles has pushed herself & achieved more than anyone expects, landing a move that nobody has accomplished in competition before. It’s a feat that inspires, excites, & challenges thinking about modern gymnastics. It goes far & above baseline expectations. 2/

Yet, the numerical score given to her does not reflect any of that. The points she received from the scoring system reflect baseline expectations and do not allow for a gymnast to “color outside the lines,” challenge themselves uniquely, and take risks. 3/

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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

Mar 12, 2021

I’m walking around and you know what I hear through the open windows? Children! Laughing, playing, chattering. And I look in classrooms and I don’t know how they’re doing it but teachers are all over their rooms interacting with in-person & virtual learners simultaneously
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It’s like this: have you ever gone to a concert - like a chorus, or Queen, or any kind of concert where the conductor or lead singer decides they want the audience to participate, and all of the sudden they’re conducting their own ensembles behind them

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while conducting the audience in front of them at the same time, so suddenly, everyone’s a part of the same song. Imagine that with masks. I’ve said before our children are superheroes, I have to add now our teachers are master artists.

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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

Mar 7, 2021

My late father-in-law was an officer for the South Vietnamese military. He trained with American soldiers and fought alongside them. He met my mother-in-law as he was standing guard at a refugee camp she moved into. She had watched her home burn to the ground.

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As the war ended, my FIL was given a choice, leave his home country, or stay and be “re-educated.” In case it’s not clear, “re-educated,” as he explained it, was to be sent into the jungle until your death.

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He, his wife, and their two young children -my husband and his sister- left everything and came to live in a refugee camp in the US before moving to Virginia. I remember well a story my FIL told me shortly before he passed away:

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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

Feb 24, 2021

Dear Virtual Friends, This is a special message for you. I want you to know how very important you are. Somebody once told me you are superheroes, and they’re right! You are! Superheroes have special powers, and so do you.

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Do you know you are the very first in the whole entire world to ever learn the way you’re learning?? And because you’re staying virtual, you get to keep blazing the trail of how to get smarter even without the school building! Know who else does that? Spider-Man!

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Spider-Man still goes to school, except for when he can’t because he’s saving the world. Just like you, he has to figure out how to get smarter without being in a school building. And just like you, he’s doing it!

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Katie Le, M.Ed.

@TheKatieLe

Oct 1, 2020

@CPES_AP

Dear families, this time is challenging, so very challenging. First, thank you for your feedback on how things are going for your children w/ #ConnectedLearning. I love when you copy me on happy emails to teachers! It lets @CPES_AP & me join in the celebration!

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Let me take a moment and thank YOU - after all, we’re partners in this. You, friends, are amazing! 100% of you have ensured we are connected with your children. You share constructive feedback w/ teachers so we can adjust this new way of teaching to meet your child’s needs.
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Whether your child is at your home all day, at a friend’s home, or at childcare, it doesn’t matter - you have made this work for your children! Thank you!!
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