Anyone that knows me know that I think that the phrase "the new normal" is not cool. I do, however, believe that many good lessons have come during the pandemic:
We had an activity on Friday at the school. A year ago this activity was already being thought of. The plan was to have all of the school arrive for the start of a school day, pass out t-shirts, and then all run a mile together with some music playing and then get an otter pop at the end. A good 30 - 40 minute bonding activity about perseverance. Well Covid 19 hit and we had to make a decision on how to run this activity, or to cancel. Right now we are trying really hard to not cancel, but rather adapt so we decided to hold this activity. With that being said the Student Council and myself started figuring out the logistics. The first thing we decided is that we needed to do 1 to 2 grades at a time so that we could be more spread out. So that takes the big visual impact of having 1,000 people down to 100 - 200. So now how to we make it visually impactful? We started coming up with other things that could be incorporated. We decided to create a "storm" out of PVC pipe so that at the end of each lap the student could run through the "storm." We did have signs that said "enter the storm." (FYI - our school theme this year is "Enter The Storm; Rise Resilient!" and it's on our t-shirts, banners in the hall, and we introduced the theme with stories about buffalos and cows in storms. We are strong like the buffalo and we will face the storm and work our way through it.) The Student Council also came up with challenges, or fun things that students could do along the route. With these new plans we held the activity. It did take the whole day because each group got 25 minutes to be out and complete their mile, but in the end it actually turned out BETTER than our original plan. The "storm" was the biggest hit! AND even my little Kindergarten students finished their mile! Many students ran far more than one mile, and many many felt great about what they accomplished! There is a commercial right now about not bouncing back, but leaping forward. I am a firm believer that this can be done!!
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