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The most common assignment given during the early days of distance learning was a lot of reading. Evya and Allyndreth are illustrating what a hardship it was to do school at home.
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Allyndreth's Drama class on Zoom.
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More reading for 5th grade homework.
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Allyndreth's Drama class on Zoom again.
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More reading homework for 5th grade.
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Evya is "at school" in the background while Christina works online with Acalanes students on their History and English essays.
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The Happy Valley teachers did a COVID-compliant parade of all the Happy Valley neighborhoods to say "hi," since when the school closed in March, no one knew that they would not return to the classroom.
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How often does a cat get to learn to read? Distance learning worked out great for Grace!
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More 5th grade reading homework.
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Grace also picked up keyboarding skills by dilgently attending high school classes.
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Who would have guessed 14 years ago, when the Smyth kids entered Happy Valley, that Christina would travel alone to the campus during the last week of school to pick up Evya's belongings and school work, and return textbooks?
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Farewell, Happy Valley! This is the E-Smyth Family, over and out.
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Since the 5th grade didn't get to do any of their end-of-elementary school traditions, the room parents put together a goodie bag to help us celebrate the milestone at home.
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Peace out, Happy Valley.
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Our 5th grade graduate.
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Some 5th grade traditions just looked a little different, like the 5th Grade Tea Party, when students read excerpts from a book they have been writing all year.
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Cookies and beverages were encouraged for the tea party.
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Evya's class wrote memoirs and each student read a chapter to the class.
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Evya read a chapter about Tyrian.
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After a successful presentation, it was time to enjoy the other masterpieces.
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The final day of 5th grade began with one last, large Zoom meeting of all 90 5th graders.
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A final picture "with" Happy Valley principal, Shayna Peeff, as she read "Last Day Blues" to the whole school.
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We had our own 5th-grade-graduation pool party!
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Evya is moving on to middle school!
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By summer, Grace was reading along with Evya.
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Allyndreth took a screenwriting course at UCLA over the summer, and Grace thought she was ready to audit a college course.
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Don't worry, no distance learning was interrupted for the taking of these photos. Allyndreth and Grace were waiting for the class to start.
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