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The Argyle West Elementary Principal
The Argyle West
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL
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Wow! We have much to be thankful for this year during the holiday season. We are blessed to be able to provide instruction in-person and virtual to meet everyone’s needs.
We have stayed relatively healthy with things they are doing to try to build minimal COVID-19 cases, especially with those connections even in the midst the number of students and staff we have of a pandemic. in the building. This is a testament to the I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize diligent cleaning, social distancing, and our fabulous school nurse, Kat Fortino. other precautionary She has worked tirelessly measures to make sure We also want these past 13 weeks to we all stay safe. We also want to thank to thank all make sure students are well at school, keeping all of our parents for the of our parents up with COVID-19 support, encouragement, and patience as we’ve for the support, cases, contact tracing, and quarantining of had to change many encouragement, and students or staff. This is a of our procedures this patience as we’ve had daunting task and she has year. We know how difficult it is to drop your to change many of our persevered with grace and patience. child at school without procedures this year. I also want to recognize being able to see their the vast efforts of all our classroom, their teacher, or attend family teachers and staff. Teaching is a hard events that build those relationships job, but it is so much harder this year between school and home. However, with virtual and in-person instruction. I’ve heard more positive comments from It gets more complicated with all the parents about our staff and the wonderful safety protocols in place and having to be ready at a moment’s notice to go virtual if needed. These teachers and staff have dedicated their time to make lessons meaningful and engaging even online. They are my heroes and I am blessed to have them on my team.
Please know that you are always welcome to call or email if you have a question or concern. I want to wish everyone a safe, fun, and enjoyable holiday season. I hope all of us take a moment to reflect on our many blessings. I know that I have definitely been blessed to be a part of a wonderful school community. I look forward to wrapping up 2020 and starting the New Year together!
With many thanks,
