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Collected Item: “First Day of Elementary School”

Give your story a title.

First Day of Elementary School

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

photograph, from a teach at the elementary school

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

After being home for so many months my granddaughter was excited about going back to school to see her friends and teachers. I was happy for her but also as her grandmother I was concerned/anxious about her being exposed to COVID0-19. While I was happy for her it made me sad because I feel like this is going to be the new norm for children who choose to attend in-person schooling versus online schooling. (This was an option we had in our school system.) But this picture also goes to show that even though we are facing a health crisis, we are still adapting and overcoming, and trying to make life as normal as possible for our children.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#backtoschool, #firstdayofschool, #maskson, #socialdistancelearning, #thenewnorm. #adaptandovercome

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

from a teacher at Rineyville Elementary School

Give this story a date.

2020-08-14
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