It has been a while but things are in a Brighter space

Hello, family members of 8.2 students. I have not posted on the class Blog for a long time. Most of the posting I have been doing has been on the Brightspace platform. This is the learning platform we will be using, exclusively, if we should move to online learning.

The link to access Brightspace can be found on this link: Most of the online resources for our class have been posted there. Please ask the learner in your home to take a look at their Brightspace page. I do know, for you as caregivers (Parent/Parents/Guardians) that to get access to Brightspace, you have to have a TDSB email registered at Amesbury and then you will be able to get in and see the postings that are there. Should you have any questions, please email me at the TDSB email address that I sent out my introductory email and note home with. If you are not sure about that, ask your learner to have me write it in the agenda. From my perspective, I am enjoying the class and 8.2 very much. Are there challenges? Of course and that is part of the journey of being a Teacher and being a student. This is the final year before Grade 9 and there are still 8.5 months of intense, challenging and fun learning in front of us. I believe we can do this and there will always be help available, whenever the works becomes challenging. The Students have been away from a consistent period of school for quite a while now and I am hoping this year will be about addressing some of those gaps while still keeping the bar high, in terms of academic success. On a Social-Emotional level, we continue to build and develop our class community to be a happy, safe, and engaged space.