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With the CoronaVirus pandemic going around the US, many kids have to still go to school and get an education. This whole situation has been crazy and chaotic, but we have pushed through it. Now that school has started again, things have been different though. Excelsior Springs has decided that the middle and high school kids will have a hybrid schedule. We got to school in person two days a week, Monday and Thursday for kids whose last names start with A-K, and Tuesday and Friday for the kids whose last names start with L-Z. The other 3 days we use our IPads to do virtual school at home. The start of the school year has been very new, and a little crazy. So many new rules have been applied such as wearing a mask the whole day, social distancing,reapplying hand sanitizer, and more. But together we can persevere and get through this year together. Virtual school is very new, and we spent our first day learning about how to learn from home. It is hard to sit at home and try to do class work with no teacher there to help you, and no real way to get help at that moment. Teachers are very busy, and this is all new and hard for them too. They don’t have time to respond to our emails immediately, which makes it hard for students to finish their work. Personally, working at home makes it hard to focus, and allows me to procrastinate. I would love to be back in the classrooms every day, and that is why we have to wear masks everywhere to slow the spread and help students get back in the classrooms. In person school is very different too. We have to wear masks all day, which isn’t the fun thing to do. Masks also make voices muffled, so it is harder to hear teachers. Hand sanitizer also has to be reapplied before most classes, which honestly should be done anyway. We also have to follow the social distancing rules by sitting at desks 6 feet apart, and trying to stay apart in the halls. At lunch, there are only 3 people at a table. With all the new rules it makes it hard to talk to friends, which is many students favorite part of school. But these rules are necessary to the process of getting back into the classroom 5 day a week. The school is doing their very best to keep us safe and healthy, so we can’t really complain. If a student catches the virus that class, or grade, or the whole school might need to shut down. Our high school football team has already had to quarantine once, and many others will probably eventually have to as well. School is going to be a little difficult this year, but the school is doing its best to keep everybody safe, and trying to keep us in the classrooms. I love coming to school so that is why I am begging you to wear your masks, sanitize, and social distance while going to stores and sports events too. This is hard and not fun for everybody, and everybody is struggling during this time. That is why we need to follow the rules, and get through this together. We have to look at the positive side though, at least we can still go back 2 days, and school sports. I’m excited to be back for half of the week, and excited to make the best of this year. by WIlla