As I write this, we are now recognizing the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic. The world as we knew it before March 10 of 2020, will not return. The entire planet has been forced into a total adjustment of “how we used to do stuff”.
Our behaviors reflect the restrictions placed upon us to protect us from illness or possibly potential demise.
One of the restrictions has limited the amount of contact we can have with our family, friends and community. Being “locked down” has had a severe impact on our emotional, mental and physical well-being. We need to be reminded that we are a social group of beings, and that we thrive with generous helpings of personal interaction, communication and physical contact. Unwatered plants tend to droop, and so do we without smatterings of human stimulus.
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The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division (SRPSD) is reporting the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at École Debden Public School.
In a media release, the SRPSD said the SHA also confirms that this case is not due to school transmission.
Once the school division was informed of the positive COVID-19 test result, communication was shared with the classrooms/cohorts, the connected staff, as well as with the school community. Students directed to isolate by the SHA will continue with remote learning. Privacy concerns prevent sharing of further details of the case.
The SHA has also informed the division that arrangements have been made to have a mobile testing unit in the community of Debden. Testing will be available by referral from HealthLine 811 and all walk-ups on Tuesday March 2 at the Debden Community Centre from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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“The work [staff] do any school year is amazing,” he said. “But to be able to continue to close those learning gaps during a pandemic makes this an extra special year to celebrate staff.”
Teachers, administrative assistants, custodial staff, librarians and educational assistants are being honoured with gifts and special events at schools across the city.
Teachers have had to modify instruction during the pandemic. (Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division)
At Red Wing Public School, a drive-by parade is being organized by the Student Parent Council (SPC) Thursday evening to recognize teachers.
“Out of all of the different things that happened this year, the adaptability of teachers has been amazing,” Randelle Zwozdesky, chair of the Red Wing SPC, said.