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What is Jenny Reid?
This PALS hero steered the PALS ship during the pandemic, juggling lots of information and hard decisions and keeping us moving forward through a very challenging time!
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What is, what do you do when you're trying to teach on Zoom and your neighbor is being too loud?
Hold your Zoom class in your car
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What is, what can students now get away with eating in front of teachers? (or some variation of that)
A lollipop!
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What is Jillian Smoller?
This PALS hero never complained once while processing order after order after order, also keeping dozens of very obscure facts and details in her head and pulling them out at just the right moment!
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What is, things teachers now have to say to their students' parents?
"MRS SMITH, PLEASE PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!"
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What is, the fabulous new Spitzner/Reid daily habit formed since the pandemic started?
5:00 Yoga!
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What is Ann Forno?
This PALS hero conducted lots of trainings this fall, including giving the PALS-PREK ADMINISTRATION training so many times that her partner can now answer Tier 1 questions about PALS-PreK!
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What is, a lawn mower? someone doing yard work? (or some variation of that)
The sound mostly frequently interrupting our meetings in the summer
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What is, the daily black-out hour?
The thing that has enabled us to fit in more workouts, laundry, cleaning, and errands than ever!
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What is Craig Girard?
This PALS hero created an entirely new PALS Online feature in record time, while keeping up with maintenance, bugs, new reports, and things we've never even heard of and can't pronounce or recall if we tried!
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What is, from where would Kourt Tolbert like to attend school?
From bed
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What is, what are our daily commutes now?
From the bedroom to the office, dining room table, or desk
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What is Theresa Tolbert?
This PALS hero gracefully and professionally handles each and every client ticket and call, juggles and prioritizes a never-ending list of needs, and patiently explains to clients how to log in, even when she knows it's most likely customer error that's causing the problem!
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What is, the hardest thing Theresa had to do for Adonnis this year?!
Letting him start college during a pandemic
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What is, what is the new official OFFICE CASUAL attire?
Pajama bottoms or sweatpants and a decent shirt
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