Monday, August 9, 2021

Covid19 April 2020

 April 1, 2020:

Advantage of working from home, I can work at any time of the day! Disadvantage of working from home, I can work at any time of the day. Just heading to bed and thought I’d post my daily isolation journal.  

8:58 pm SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #12– to all staff:

Picking up of essential belongings CANCELLED. As of this week staff members have been asked to check-in weekly with students. Teachers are not expected to grade work.

 SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #12– to all parents:

Reminder that teachers have families to look after, too. Thank you to the parent community for their support, patience and collaboration. 

 


How we stand compared to the world










April 2, 2020:

Today marks 3 weeks of self-isolation in Quebec. The world hit a milestone today, over 1 000 000 cases of Covid-19 have been reported. Canada over 10 000 cases.


It was nice to be able to hang clothes out on the line (and get it in before the rain). Darcy did her two art videoconferences today. I finished cleaning the laundry room and finished up my church work for the week.

I watched a couple episodes of 100 Humans with Darcy and I really like it. Very interesting! Kevin has gotten into Tiger King; I think he finished it!



There will be heightened police presence. All gatherings are prohibited. All non-essential businesses are closed. Fines for not respecting these rules range from $1000 to $6000.




 Friday April 3, 2020, day 22.

 7:31 pm SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #13– to all parents & staff:

Pedagogical toolkit for students: "open school", SWLSB learning back pack, teacher’s own work, FAQ.




April 5, 2020: SWLSB staff email UPDATE #18 – French version of HR letter.

 

MAY 4!?!?!?! Jeeezus....





Quebec is on pause until May 4th. Only essential services will operate and they, too, will be closed on Sundays in April. Working from home is permitted for all businesses.




How one local business is handling the pause.

April 6, 2020

 


April 7, 2020: Wow today (Tuesday) was such a long day. I feel like this morning was yesterday. (I know it’s after midnight, but just go along with me.)

Shopping and delivering plus disinfecting and putting away my own groceries. Made myself lunch at ~2:15.




April 8, 2020 

5:57 PM: SWLSB Email Update #20: Letter from QC Government:

Online resources available, Tele-Quebec partnership. All efforts to collect personal belongings have been suspended. Partnership with Breakfast Club of Canada.

 8:04 PM: SWLSB Adopt-a-family volunteer project. (Email)

 





April 9, 2020: Food. Today was mostly about food. I also gave the dog a bath, did my church work and a little homeschooling.

 



April 10, 2020: Today, Friday was more about cleaning and less about food. Some math, poetry and phys ed, too! Almost forgot it’s Good Friday, some Easter decorations were needed.

 




April 11, 2020: Another round of shopping and delivering today.

Kevin joined us for a walk. Darcy and I stopped in front of the school to see all the rainbows in the windows.








April 12, 2020: I miss school so much... so does Darcy  We’ll see you soon LES. We’ll keep walking by and looking for new rainbows until we can go back to our home away from home.

April 13, 2020 




April 14, 2020

 8:15 PM: SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #15– to all staff:

Schools remain closed to students and staff until further notice; however, staff may collect essential items (such as prescription glasses, medication…). At this time the decree is being deployed on a voluntary basis.

 SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #14– to all parents:

Schools remain closed to students and staff until further notice; however, students may collect essential items (such as prescription glasses, medication…). Weekly pedagogical toolkit. Zoom, Class Dojo, Mozaik parent portal, Google classroom, email, etc. Yesterday Tele-Quebec began airing pedagogical shows.

Many of the schools have donated over 6000 gloves, 700 masks, and 70 medical gowns to front-line health care professionals.

 

April 15, 2020 3:54 PM SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #16– to all staff:

Ministry of Education has requested the number of employees in high schools, adult ed and vocational training in these positions: vocational teachers in any health program, Spec Ed Techs, High School and adult ed attendants. These employees could eventually be deployed to help a CISSS (hospital) on our territory. 






April 19, 2020:

I am busier then ever with homeschooling, work, Zoom meetings, shopping and delivering groceries, house cleaning, yard work and more.

On one hand the restrictions are getting to me. I have to prepare in advance for my outings. I bring disinfectant, my lists, a pencil and I make sure my phone is charged, so I can contact ppl while I am shopping and take pics of the bills in case there are checkpoints. By the time I get to the cash I have walked around the store 5 times (following the arrows) and I am in a cold sweat.

On the other hand I feel I have been given the gift of time with my family. Especially after a tumultuous fall that took me away from home so much, this is such a treasure. I feel fortunate and privileged to be well and able to help others, to play a role in keeping them safe.

I saw Darcy begin to regress recently. She would not call her friends, despite a lot of cajoling. I kept reminding her texting and talking are different. Then her teacher hosted a live chat on Zoom and there she was, my old Darcy 
 She reconnected with classmates and exchanged emails with some. She has been on the phone actually speaking to people!!!

Kevin went back to work which is both a relief and a worry.

The summer kitchen got a makeover and we celebrated Easter without much todo.

 





April 21, 2020: Confinement day 30-something...
Weird Weather!  The playroom/office and Cam’s room got deep cleaned and re-organized today.
Yesterday I finished raking the gardens, but can’t pick up the leaves as the bins are full (they were emptied Friday. Kids got some Fence Time.

 


April 22, 2020:

Today (well, yesterday, Wednesday, but my day is ending at 3:22 am Thursday) was a hard one for me.  A few different things converged making my day more difficult than I expected. 😬

I apologize to the people I shopped for if I mixed up items in your orders! Just because today was challenging in no way means I am unhappy helping people. Helping makes me feel good and feel like I have a little bit of control of the situation. 🙂

~3.5 hours shopping in 2 stores for 5 families. After delivery, I got home ~5:30 and I still had my own groceries to clean and put away. I had not eaten all day and finally I had supper ready at ~7:30. 

At 9:00 pm I started work (church work, work from home). This work is always done Wed/Thurs. I stopped at 10:15 pm to say goodnight to Darcy and we talked for a few minutes. I stopped for half an hour when Kevin went to bed to talk to him a bit. Now FB is a little relaxation before I hit the hay for about 4 hours. 🛌


Next week I need to re-think how I do this. Then there’s the possibility of school re-opening... if I am back at work can I still shop for my friends and family? I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.





April 23, 2020
6 years since Kevin’s dad passed way. We miss him and talk about him often. 


Today was a good day. Darcy had two art videoconferences, I did the last-minute changes to my work and sent it all off. We walked to Cafe Infusion for Bubble Tea, a smoothie and waffles for tomorrow’s breakfast. Darcy and I practiced cartwheels in the backyard. The kids and I all got some Fence Time, too!

12:46 PM: Email from LTU

9:15 PM SWLSB Covid-19 (Coronavirus) update #17– to all staff:

Schools and have been closed for 6 weeks! Tips for communication with students and parents. Telephone resources available (Info-Social, Kids help phone…), Resources for employees. 



April 24-26, 2020:

We had a good weekend. Continued with the cleaning and sorting of our house. I did a little “bar hopping”. Kevin cleaned out his truck. Darcy got some fence time. We prepared a surprise for Cam for his birthday on Tuesday!




 April 26, 2020 2:36 PM Email from QPAT with 7 page document of recommendations on the eventual reopening of schools.

Monday April 27, 2020: 6 weeks of confinement have passed. My house is clean and organized, multiple room makeovers, enough garbage to fill a truck, veranda full of stuff to give away, gardens raked and ready for Cam’s birthday.

 2:46 PM Email from LES principal to all staff: Some words of reassurance regarding the announcement that elementary schools will reopen on May 11th in our area (Montreal and Laval om May 18th).

 4:51 PM SWLSB staff Email Update #27: Press release from Mr. Roberge Minister of Education. Gradual, attendance is voluntary.

4:57 PM SWLSB email to parents:

Good afternoon parents/guardians,

Many of you have probably heard the government’s announcement on the reopening of schools today. We understand that this raises many questions. At this time, the information we have is the same as you have.

 As we have been doing for the past few weeks, we will provide you with more information as soon as we can.”





 April 28, 2020:

Happy 16th birthday to Cameron! Probably the worst birthday ever for him, but we did our best to make it nice for him. I decorated the fence where he always talks to Megan. I made a yummy brunch for us (while in a videoconference). We arranged to have our neighbors meet us outside and sing happy birthday. His best friend dropped in to wish him happy birthday from at least 6’ away. We saw some friends walk by and said hi. We got to eat the cheesecake finally! Kevin and I cleaned up the Maxi trash in the trees at the back, too.

Hope it was nice Cam, I am sure you won’t forget it!

 6:20 PM: SWLSB Email Update #28: Letter from Qc Government












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