Food for thought: Elementary school moves recess before lunch

After more than a year of remote and hybrid learning, La Conner schools resumed in-person instruction last week by helping students – though still masked and socially distanced due to COVID-19 – get back into a normal campus routine.

To do so, school staff did plenty of summer homework prior to welcoming pupils for last Wednesday’s initial half-day of classes. (Thursday was the first full day of instruction for Grades 1-12, with kindergartners having started yesterday).

At the elementary school, a good portion of that homework involved nutrition and exercise.

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