Message from the AEFAA president
Tammy Parry
W
hat a year and a half! I think
a new, more up-to-date, interactive website that will
these past 18 months have been
launch in September. We have a full fall conference
an experience beyond any of
set for Lake Louise in October with another spring
our expectations and has tested
conference already in the finalization stages for May of
many of us. In-person learning,
2022. And we are looking ahead to a fall workshop in
online learning, students in schools, no students in
October of 2022.
schools, disinfectant, PPE, AHS, quarantine, isolation
While my time as president has been a longer term
– I, for one, sure hope that COVID-19 is not a subject I
than usual, it certainly has sped by as if it was just a
ever need to study again.
year. We have all learned to juggle way more than we
It’s been almost two years since we were last able to get together. It seems fitting that our last meeting was in the Majestic Rocky Mountains and we will meet once again in those mountains in October. This executive
should at times. And for most of us, we have come out the other side stronger and more resilient. I would like to thank all executive members for their
has had to plan and cancel all of our workshops and
efforts this year, especially considering what we all
conferences since it was elected in May 2019. We are
had to deal with in our current school board positions.
excited and hopeful that the fall conference in Lake
To those members who lost loved ones, we send our
Louise in October 2021 will happen.
deepest condolences. The challenges we have all
The executive has been working hard to try to keep us all connected. We have held several Zoom meetings over the past several months and even had a SAIT PD day in the spring. We have been working hard on
been faced with are unique to each of us. Find a little comfort in knowing we are all here to provide a helping hand. Be kind to yourselves and be kind to each other. n
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