At the end of a typical school year, we honor and celebrate our sixth-year graduates and their families on campus with a graduation ceremony and after party—lovely speeches, delicious food, laughter, tears and lots and lots of Fitz’s root beer. This year the pandemic forced us to change our plans and get creative. Graduating families … Continue reading “VdM Class of 2020: Rachel”
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Resources for Talking with Our White Children About Racism
Community, by Hilary Lord, June 10, 2020,
Author’s note: It has been brought to our attention that this post exposes a bias, an assumption that anyone reading it would be white. I apologize for not explicitly stating that intention. I would like to clarify that I am a white person with children, and this post is meant to provide a list of … Continue reading “Resources for Talking with Our White Children About Racism”
VdM Class of 2020: Kemp
Community, by Hilary Lord, June 8, 2020,
At the end of a typical school year, we honor and celebrate our sixth-year graduates and their families on campus with a graduation ceremony and after party—lovely speeches, delicious food, laughter, tears and lots and lots of Fitz’s root beer. This year the pandemic forced us to change our plans and get creative. Graduating families … Continue reading “VdM Class of 2020: Kemp”
We Did It! Happy Last Day of School!
Community, by Hilary Lord, May 22, 2020,
Well, we did it! We closed out the 2019-2020 school year… from home! When the the pandemic hit our region, we closed our campus for Spring Break, hoping to be able to return in only a week or two. Then that week or two turned into a month… and then two months… and then the … Continue reading “We Did It! Happy Last Day of School!”