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Hello Home School Families, In a previous email I mentioned we’d be posting on-site group testing opportunities once we determined interest and facility availability. They’re going up today, Monday, April 12. Here they are: Gathering rules relative to Covid may vary from location to location as the governor relaxes or tightens meeting standards in each…
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If you live in a rural area of the Northwest, you can count on losing power a few times each winter. I like the way Terry Hersey, writer of the Sabbath Moment Blog describes what this looks like after a storm blew through: This much is very true: without power, life slows way down. No computer or TV or…
