The next message from Lucia Reece, Algoma District Faculty Board (ADSB) director of training, has been posted on the board’s website;
Expensive ADSB Graduates and Households,
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered our lives in some ways. With the closure of all publicly funded faculties in Ontario till the top of June 2020, now we have needed to consider the circumstances and make some selections on operational objects, together with elementary and secondary commencement actions. Whereas we had hoped it could be potential for proms, commencement ceremonies and different associated occasions to go ahead indirectly in June, the prolonged college closure and the truth that bodily distancing and crowd limits will proceed into the foreseeable future, it’s vital that we advise that no face-to-face occasions are potential and that alternate recognitions and celebrations are vital.
We now have mentioned, with our college directors, concepts about how digital or another sort of recognition can happen. Concepts will likely be shared with college students and households so {that a} plan will be developed to acknowledge and have a good time graduates, as we proceed to seek the advice of with our three District Public Well being Items to make sure we keep the required well being and security measures. Please notice that each one obtainable awards and/or scholarships will nonetheless be awarded to college students.
Graduates, I need to acknowledge your exceptional character, laborious work and resilience throughout this unprecedented time. The transfer to distant studying has been an adjustment for all concerned, but you could have persevered by way of this difficult time, demonstrating what true “assured learners and caring residents” you might be! Your efforts and your loved ones’s help can’t be understated – it’s a testomony to the great college students and households now we have throughout the Algoma district. Please understand how proud our employees and our administration are of your energy of character and your accomplishments — and please proceed to persevere.
Whereas this might not be the information and finish of yr celebration you had hoped to have, I belief you perceive we should make sure the well being and security of our college students, households and employees. Graduates, don’t deal with what isn’t occurring, however fairly deal with what lies forward. I go away you with the phrases of Bob Riley who stated, “Laborious instances don’t create heroes. It’s throughout laborious instances when the ‘hero’ inside us is revealed.” You, graduates, usually are not solely the graduating class of 2020, you’re the 2020 Pandemic Graduate Heroes!
Please keep wholesome and secure,
Lucia Reece
Director of Schooling