Days In The Life: What FHC Is Doing During COVID-19

Rainbows! That’s what the kids in my subdivision are drawing and hanging in their windows so that when people go for walks around the neighborhood, they can go on a rainbow hunt. Another neighborhood by us is doing the same, but with bears! On the afternoon of March 12, I gathered everything I would need in preparation for the possible closure of the school, including, most importantly, my tw...

Hello, I am Monica Wojciehowski. Today, Tuesday, March 24, was the most fulfilling day I have had since the COVID-19 experience began. I woke at about 7:30 to catch the Channel 2 News. Next in line is checking my e-mail and hoping I am able to join the SPED info meeting on Google Meets (my technology skills are a bit in question). I did it and gained knowledge and anxiety. How can I do all of this...

Anyone who knows me knows that I keep busy. From the time I was old enough to work, I’ve held multiple jobs at the same time. In addition to teaching at FHC, I teach night school twice per week at Goodwill Excel Center located in downtown STL. I rely on work and routine to keep me emotionally healthy. I have really been struggling with all of the downtime we’ve had this past week. It’s been dif...

As many who have walked into my classroom or my home can observe, I’m a bit of a neat freak. I like everything to have a place, and I love my world to not just be organized, but clean. This is how I was raised, and this goes back generations in my family; my great-grandmother cleaned the dorm rooms at Lindenwood University, my grandma ironed her six children’s cloth diapers so they looked nice on ...

Background notes:  I dropped my daughter off with her grandmother this past Sunday and she is staying there all week. That makes my life a lot easier right now as I don’t have to worry about finding her entertainment and don’t have to homeschool her — yet. I would have been so much more stressed if my daughter was with me this week, any parent knows that our lives revolve around our k...