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Spring Break Back to School Memo

A BIG THANK YOU to families and staff for your bright smiles and extraordinary patience during our online start-up week! It’s been heartwarming to receive so many wishes of support as well as tips and feedback on how to improve on our online experience!

It was certainly quite adventurous – especially on Friday morning when ZOOM suddenly implemented new security protocols while we were just starting classes! We have been working quite hard as there have been yet more changes in our particular zooming world. We have upgraded our hardware and network capacity, with one additional network capacity increase scheduled for 8 am Monday at North Creek.

We miss seeing everyone in person but being online also has its advantages! We hope that being able to connect while in self-isolation has helped to provide you and your child(ren) with a sense of our very real community. One family was even able to return back to school while currently residing in Turkey – and our Lower Elementary students have already “visited” Istanbul! We are planning some exciting events with outside guest presentations as soon as we have “field-tested” these latest changes…

Please check your emails daily for your Zoom entrance links! We look forward to seeing all the smiling faces once again to begin the next step in our online education adventure!

Thank you for your ongoing support!

COVID 19 Update I Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The Ministry of Education has suspended in-class instruction indefinitely for all students in kindergarten and up. (See attached letter.) Please be assured that Lions Gate Montessori remains committed to providing education for all our students through online lessons using ZOOM video conferencing. More details will follow next week.

Kindergarten students will be able to continue attending their half-day class sessions at North Creek unless notified to do otherwise by the Health Authorities.

The situation continues to evolve rapidly and we will keep you posted as news break. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any further questions or concerns. In the meantime, be well and stay safe!