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Katie Le

24 Feb, 11 tweets, 3 min read

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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Now there are friends who are also superheroes, and they’re superheroes in a different way. For all kinds of reasons, some of them are coming back inside the school to figure out how to learn at home some and at school some.

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They are also trying something new that nobody ever ever has done before. It might be weird to see those superheroes at school while you’re doing your important superhero work at home. Guess what, they can’t do it without you.

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We need you to keep on with your mission. Keep figuring out better and better ways to get smarter even when you’re not in school - you’re doing it! We need ALL of you, because kindergarten learning is different from 4th grade learning, which is different from 6th grade learning

And I have another mission for you because you’ve done so well with the first one. Kind of like a PBL, this mission starts with a question: How do we stay an inclusive Cardinal community when we’re learning in different places?

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Or, how do we show our Cardinal Pride by caring for each other when we’re not all in the same place?

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Superheroes, your mission is clear. We cannot do this without you. You are brave, you are risk takers, you noodle things through and figure out new and better ways to do things. Put your superpowers to the test and help make sure we are #OneSchool #OneCommunity.

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I am proud of you. I love you. Good luck on your mission. #CardinalsUnite

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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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“I was just thinking how grateful I am to FCPS, CPES, and the teachers as K and 2nd are going so well! ... Thanks to you and your staff for all of the hard work you put in - I see it paying off!”
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