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Phoebe is putting together a great collaborative project!

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When we began distance learning, Ms. Raymer jumped in without hesitation! She immediately got her 3rd grade group into a Zoom meeting and got them engaged in conversation and learning.

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Shout out to Mrs. Reeves who has been helping us stay in constant contact with our ELL learners to ensure they have support both academically and emotionally. She is awesome!

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Morgan Strabo has been making an awesome research project for biography writing

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Shout out to Britany Barton for constantly going above and beyond to check in with our kids academically and emotionally. She’s an incredible human!!!

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Krystle Peinado has really adapted to e-learning and been open to trying new things in regards to Seesaw.

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Austin deserves a shout out for going above and beyond during this time. He has delivered food and technology to a few of a students without transportation and mailed sweet incentives to one of our overachievers!

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Special shout out to Quion for being able to fully support our team while being a new mommy to twins! She truly is superwoman and deserves a raise.

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Krohn and I are trying to plan a little middle school mural from students works, so we will see how that turns out! :)

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I want to shout out the admin/SPED teams for being so supportive, kind, compassionate, and loving!

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Shout out to Nicole Throckmorton for coming up with a game for one of our Zoom meetings.

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I want to give a shout out to the entire elementary staff for their innovative lesson design and constant efforts to connect with student families.

Shout out for All KCIA staff because of their hard work.

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Ms. Speicher is trying so so so hard to reach every kid and every family. She is persistent and dedicated!

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Liz Dyer has done a great job learning new technology to help with our library lessons.

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Megan Jefferson is incredible and does so much for each and everyone of her students. She has been an amazing role model and is helping me learn so much!

I want to shout out Megan Jefferson! She works so hard with Juliana and Ruchia each day and frequently loops me into their ZOOM meetings so I can connect with the girls as well. I appreciate it so much!

Shout out to Megan Jefferson! A few weeks ago she went up to our room to grab a book and she was kind enough to take home my plant to care for it... that means a lot :) I also think she works about 19 hours a day.

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My entire 4th grade team! Brittany, Jenny, Brigitte, Hailey and Quion. Never in my life have I been apart of a group that works this well together. We are able to collaborate without arguments, acknowledge each others strengths, and support one another in our professional and personal lives. I love being a part of such an amazing team.

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Bruce Rehmer for being awesome and getting all technology and hot spots to students!

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Culpepper/Strabo had an awesome Class Zoom Meeting last week with a scavenger hunt and writing activity.

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Megan and Marie have been so SUPPORTIVE and patient with helping me navigate Zoom and answering basic tech questions when they arise. Their help has been greatly appreciated!!

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Shout out to the first grade team for getting so many kids learning each week and using Seesaw!

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Jenny Foster had a great Class Zoom Meeting last week with a read aloud, greeting and share. The students were engaged and asked questions about the read aloud.

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Shout out to Paige for mailing the students their work incentives

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Thanks to Alexis for putting together the thank you video that will be shown to staff this week!

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Shout out to Kate and Liz for doing library read alouds!

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I am thankful for Alexis Filippo, Nikki Snyder, and Katie Childress for just sending kindness my way.

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Ms. Nohemi has been going ABOVE and BEYOND to help students in any way she can. She has made countless phone calls, brought food to students homes, made videos translating instructions to Spanish, and has made her self available at all times to both KCIA families and teachers. Ms. Nohemi has helped make the many wonderful relationships I have with families possible. She is constantly encouraging me as a teacher and making sure I feel appreciated, all while balancing 3 young boys and a husband at home. KCIA is beyond lucky to have Ms. Nohemi as a part of our family!

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Ms. Larcher has been taking extra food to some families in need. Wow!

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She went to a family's house to help them get their Internet up and working because they could not understand the directions.

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She has spent hours and hours on the phone with students last week helping them to get online and navigate through all of the websites. Many times its with using a Propio translator which adds an extra layer of to the frustration. She has been really awesome and persevered.

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Shout out to Distasio for being my right hand through all of this!

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Marde Mason has been on top of our distance learning plans from day one. She does a great job communicating with the TK team so we are all on the same page. She provides a variety of ways for TK families to communicate with her as well and puts a lot of effort into trying to keep her families updated. She has been an excellent asset throughout this whole distance learning experience.

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To Hannah and Courtney, thank you for your amazing leadership. It can't be easy managing staff from home and actually seeing what's going on in everyone's virtual classroom 100% of the time. Thank you for the trust, guidance, perseverance and flexibility over the past 4 weeks.

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I want to shout out Mrs. Broome who has not only taken on virtual teaching, she's finishing a action research project for grad school and finishing another course for grad school! Wow! I'm so proud of her, she's been through so much this year and I just want to see her happy and winning!

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Lauren has been sending rewards to our kids in the mail and it has increased the work they are submitting! This week we added a book reward and the kids were so excited.

I'd like to shout out Lauren Chadwick! I've loved reading the second-grade Padlets that are helping kids keep up with new Wit & Wisdom content, and she's remaking some of the Great Minds W&W videos to better scaffold them for our KCIA second grade students.

Chadwick has been creating awesome Wit & Wisdom videos for our kids. They are very kid friendly and easy to follow. Thank you Chadwick for going to the extra mile to do what is best for our students!

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Hannah Griffith - even when there are roadblocks with distance learning, she is extremely composed. She is always searching for new ways to solve the problem, and use those around her for help. Hannah is a team player, always brainstorming and putting the students first. Her positive attitude; ability to handle diversity; growth mindset; and work ethic is very inspiring. It's easy to see how much she cares about her class, her job, and her colleagues. I look up to her a lot.

Shout out to Hannah for creating our virtual class!

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Rachel Spotz has done a great job modifying Wit and Wisdom to fit into distance learning without being overwhelming.

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Shout out to Aryanna Ahmad for doing individual phone calls, zoom calls, etc with our students to help them better understand their lessons!!!

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Dockery has been such a great partner! She is always available and has done such a great job setting up Zoom meetings for our students. I really feel like we are a great team!
She has also been available to support me! I am truly blessed to have her!

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Nikki has been working so hard to reach parents and ensure our kids are safe. I’m so happy she is a part of our team.

I would like to give Nikki a shout out because, while I know we both work really hard to set healthy boundaries of walking away from school at the end of the day/week to protect ourselves from burn-out, we know there are times when that's not possible. After all, life doesn't stop when school is over. I had a student concern pop up this weekend that I wanted to put on her radar right away, and she did not hesitate to respond and make an effort to check on this student. I like to call her "bugs bunny" because she is everywhere--no matter where you look--Nikki is there. She deserves all of the self-care and down time because she does not hesitate to sacrifice it for our students and their well-being when something urgent comes up. It's amazing to have her as a teammate! Sending her lots of love!!

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Shout out to Kari Reeves, Lori Stark, and Hailey Crabtree! These ladies have made the transition into virtual learning a smoother sail. Our discussions on ideas, thoughts, and overall sharings have helped me navigate my own teaching and kept me more at ease.

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Shout out to 5th grade team! For working tirelessly to reach students!

Shout out to the 5th grade teachers for having fun and interactive zoom meetings! I love hopping on and seeing the fun things you are doing with your students.

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Ms Harris- for getting the Wit & Wisdom read aloud books for this unit and recording them all for our lesson plans!! You’re the best :)

I want to shout out Ms. Harris. She does a great job of teaching whether it is in the classroom or online.

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Shout out to Ms. Taylor. Loving all your read alouds!

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Shout out to our lunchroom workers!! They are still packing bags for our kids, and I greatly appreciate it!! By knowing that my students are getting food, I am able to do other "classroom" things!! Way to go!!

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Shout out to Courtney Minnich for all of the Facebook fun! I know putting all of that together is time consuming and it has been a great way to staff to connect with each other.

Courtney, I appreciate all that you have done to check on our well-being. When I had internet issues, you reached out to see if you could do anything. I also look forward to your Facebook posts to motivate the staff and students at KCIA. Thank you for all you do!

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Shout out to Julie Horn for spearheading a 3rd grade work-packet that we plan on dropping off to all students in the grade!!

Mrs. Horn for taking the time to go up to the school to create packets and fun stuff for the kids at home!

Julie Horn - She has been doing a FANTASTIC job putting together the math lesson plans for our team each week. We love and appreciate Mrs. Horn soo much!

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Peinado and Griffith, they have reached out to me when they couldn't get a hold of kids I work with

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She has been hopping into my zoom meetings and my students love seeing her face!

Leslie Danner has contacted me about multiple students and checked in on how they were doing. It's nice to know my students have many people in their corner at KCIA, not just one.

I also want to shout out Leslie Danner. She is working diligently to check in with students but is also taking time to check in on the well-being of the adults including staff and families. I appreciate that so much!

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Meghan has gone above and beyond with our newest family! Getting ahold of them and bringing them the technology that they need, our class is blessed to have her!