First day?

Okay. Soooo. Officially, today's the first day of school for my high schoolers. The school is in online learning mode right now, so we're schooling from home and they're a little grumpy as they're sorting out logins and expectations and such. But, in my attempts to establish normalcy, I made them take first day of school pictures anyhow. They were delighted. ;) 

Those were the best of a LOT of attempts. Trust me. 

I gave them the option of having the pictures in their pajamas...and we thought about taking them in front of each boy's computer set up...but tradition won out and this is what we ended up with. :) 

So, Asher and Micah are at CEC. They're doing online learning until at least mid-October. Lab classes are supposed to be in-person, but we don't have the details yet on how that will happen. We're set to drive through the parking lot to pick up books later this week.

Micah is a sophomore this year. He has four college classes at CEC this semester. He should have one lab actually on campus in-person for chemistry. At the moment, he still has demo team practices at karate and climbing team practices to end out the summer. We're working on setting up somewhat regular times for getting together with friends outdoors in small groups. And he has some personal plans for exercise and learning web design skills on his own. 

Asher is a senior this year. He has two college classes at CEC this semester and one college class at the Front Range Community College Larimer campus. The Front Range class will meet online this fall, with the lab occurring in person. Front Range classes don't begin until August 24, though. He still has demo practices at karate and will spend a portion of the coming months working on college and scholarship applications. He's scheduled to take the ACT and SAT next month, hopefully. We're working on figuring out more exercise opportunities. 

Noah is a junior at CSU this year. He has four classes this year and they'll begin August 24. They're all upper-level mechanical engineering courses and will be a mix of online, hybrid and in-person (two of the classes have labs). Next week, he'll be moving into a two bedroom apartment with his roommate from last year and will be able to bike to campus when needed. He'll also have his LA (learning assistant) position part time for fall.

So, our first day looks a little different...no backpacks or school supplies or heading out the door. But our computers are set up, we've figured out webcams and microphones and all, and logins are being tested. Over the coming weeks, we'll establish more of a routine and figure things out. For now, this is how our 2020-21 school year looks. :)