Our state recently gave local school districts more control over whether students can attend school in person. Our school district has decided to begin in-person school 2 days a week for all students beginning in February. The middle school decided to host a series of in-person school days this month, with each student having at least one opportunity to go to school. Gibson got to go on Tuesday this week. His pod class stayed in one classroom and his teachers rotated in to teach. They played a game for US History and learned how to use geometric perspective to draw realistically for math. Gib thinks in-person school is much better than online school.
At Craterworks this week, the boys got a thank you card from the class they built the desks for. Also, their tinkercad design was finished 3-D printing and they could test it out.
The boys designed three interlocking puzzle pieces. Each of them will keep one of the pieces. Next up: the boys are going to build speakers, combining their woodworking skills with learning electronics and programming.
Three cheers for our new president and vice president and the preservation of democracy! Becky waited until the inauguration to celebrate and enjoyed every bit, from the swearing in ceremony in the morning to the celebration of America in the evening.
We ate a festive dinner while we watched the show.
And had patriotic sundaes with red and blue sprinkles for dessert.
Our county organized its first mass vaccination event for health care workers and educators. Employees of both hospitals and the county were joined by the National Guard and dozens of volunteers for the three day event. With extraordinary coordination and organization, the event exceeded expectations and swiftly vaccinated thousands of people. Brandan volunteered at the event on Friday morning and took these photos. Drivers entered the event by queuing outside the county expo. People had the opportunity to complete paperwork online before they came or outside while they waited in their cars to check in.
Four lanes of tables were set up inside as vaccination stations. Eight cars could line up in each lane. Once a lane filled up, National Guard members would vaccinate each person while they sat in their car. When all the people in a lane had been vaccinated, that group of cars would exit the building and a new group would take their place. Outside the building, the cars would wait for 15-20 minutes, observed by paramedics, in case of a severe reaction. No one had a severe reaction.
Brandan worked behind the scenes with a group of volunteers preparing the vaccines for the National Guard.
Brandan's job was to add distilled water to vials of the Pfizer vaccine to properly dilute it. He then passed the vials to his partner who filled syringes so they were ready to use. Other volunteers carried the syringes out to the vaccination stations. Everyone worked smoothly so there was never a delay for the vaccinators.
This is a view of the process in action and gives a sense of the scale of the event. It was an amazing collaboration between community members and gives us a bit of hope that it will be possible to vaccinate enough people to end the pandemic.
Our ward youth went sledding Saturday morning, making the very most of a little bit of snow.
From the left are Helen, Brandan, Elise, Ava, Luci, Jessica, Nikki and Annie.
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