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good evening Mustangs Stockdale here to welcome you to back to school night obviously I wish we were all on the campus and as soon as we can we'll all get on the campus and we'll have a real back to school night and I have a different meaning then it'll be back at the school night maybe we'll put together some fun activities and make it a canoe and we want to do that as soon as we can do it safely I'm just want to take a few minutes to talk with you I don't have any notes I'm just I'm talking to you from here and wishing you the best year possible and that's a good thing to say in a year where it's so many so much change in just so much uncertainty and some beer around the pandemic but we still have a job to do gnats from me to office staff teachers to coaches two students and two parents we've all got a job to do and we have to educate our kids so we all have our roles and my role is to support all of you so we were working 8 10 12 hour days to get that done there's a lot of work it's sing to me how things are different it's not more work for say it's just different work and I mean for my part I I got into the business of being an educator to be around kids so the. girls that I have to fight are not being able to walk down the hallway full of kids or go to a choir event and support students or an athletic robotics event or I mean you name it we have so much that goes on in so much to ask to be put on hold in a time like this so keep taking it day-by-day and we have some exciting so then I guess the first thing I want to stay is about back to school night the teachers are preparing videos for you to introduce you to them and their classes in the curriculum and and their framework for teaching and how they'll teach their subjects and they'll post those on Google Classroom on the Stream So if you go to your student supplies and you click on stream it'll be there video will be there for you to see that we've asked teachers to have those videos there by 6 which is our back to school night time if you go in the video isn't there go to the next class and watch that video doing it this way you can watch him at your leisure anyway but i'm what I'm saying is if you go in a teacher's video isn't there you know don't you don't need to email anybody have some patience and check back and they'll get it there some of our teachers meme I'm more comfortable with the technology than others and so when I'm done making this video trust me there's an army of people to help me get this somewhere where you can see it but everybody is somewhere on that Continuum of being able to confidently record a video and post it so have a little patience with this as as we learn the technology as well but it'll be on Google Classroom you need to login through your students musd apps account to Google Classroom you won't be able to do it yourself so get your students login and log in and watch him with your student and have a conversation I think that would be appropriate thing to do two students of MiraCosta I wanted to share with you some of my philosophy about being a student and recognizing that you're here to get energy gatien and Indian to take that seriously and do your very best don't stress about the things you can't control don't stress about the technology or not being able to find this assignment of that is signed McDonald all work itself out cut yourself Drake and be patient and persevere and just keep giving it a go everyday wake up to yourself dressed and ready to go and approach this like a job check your clocking in and clock how to read a clock in at 8 clock in at its 3 and I know some of you already think it will I work well beyond that of my schooling and that that's okay and you know we don't want we also recognized it should be we don't want it to be too much but we wanted to be just enough where they you have to work hard to get it and we want to give you all the support you need you know we've installed all kinds of things on Wednesdays and office hours and virtual front office and all kinds of supports the resources but I want you to really work hard and come to work every day as a stew I need to work the next thing I would want you to do is try to find ways to be human this is right now distant virtual I mean those are the words reusing there's no you know they're there were with it if we have to fight to keep the humanity in all this so find ways to be human in this virtual environment it whether it's being a good friend having good friends doing the Small Things the kindness things the little things that'll lift your spirits or the contact people if you've had if you've had a disagreement with a friend colloquialisms are but if you have a few had a falling out as we would say when I was a kid if you had a falling out with a friend or disagree with a friend maybe something you do today is make amends reach out to someone who you've had a disagreement and smooth that over and if you don't know what to do, I'm up and start with an apology even if you don't think you're wrong start by apologizing and you'll see that that goes a long way the other thing I would advise you to do is is you know just understand that this will get better and as frustrating as it might seem at times as much anxiety as you might have it I want you to keep my voice in your head dad it'll get better and find ways to make it better everyday we're doing that as well on on the adult side so you know just keep. positive attitude and keep that hope right here I think I should the last name but I'm going to say one more thing it's important for you as students to be responsible citizens the more we try to get you back on, on campus the more important it is for you to act responsibly so follow County guidelines follow local guidelines wear masks when your wind is required social distance is required follow the guidelines don't think that nobody is watching everybody's watching and whenever we as your school leaders try to open the campus in some way the criticism or the hesitancy or what holds his back is always the same it's what we see from you in the community I can do a lot giving testimonials about how you act when we're around like when we had graduation Cooper field everyone did exactly what they were told when we did textbook turn in and cap and gown distribution and when we just did text book distribution last week I didn't see a single kid who is distant or irresponsible the four days we spent giving out textbooks taking in ID photos and all the other things we did those four days last week not a single kid was resistant not a single student is irresponsible you all did exactly what you were told you were very conscientious I had to tell some of you twice to come closer so that we could I can hear you to give you your book so far away with your mask on and I'm good I can't hear as well and I I told everybody who would listen to How Great all of you were and I want to say it again I know that you was stood when you're on campus or you're around teachers are coaches I know that you do exactly what you're told to follow every rule when you're around us it's not what I'm talking about what I'm talking about when you're not around wander down to the beach from time to time and I sometimes wish I hadn't because I see all kinds of things going on with students that are not following County guidelines and it hurts my heart because beyond the fact that I want you to not endanger yourself health-wise there is always this struggle we have to do things on the school side when we're having to argue against hesitancy criticism that you're not being responsible citizens and I can't deny that because I've seen it to out in the community but all I can do is tell people how do you act when you're around me and on the campus which is always great so let's take that to the next level and why don't all of you start being an example in the community of how to be responsible citizens and follow County guidelines I don't care if you agree with they're the county guidelines and so follow and it'll get better so while it's important to keep hope alive it's also true that we can do a lot to move hope along that's my soapbox I just want to encourage you to do that look in the next couple of weeks here for us to start getting some movement back on campus we're in the fight stages of getting a flenix going so that'll be huge and again that'll be another preaching moment for me to follow the rules and ask if we're going to ask a lot of you both on and off field in order to prove that it's a worthwhile Endeavor to put you back on the field with coaches in and and and let you train we're in the final stages of finishing the gym so that'll be an exciting time we're looking to work with Performing Arts to get them up and going again in a safe in person weigh a science department is clamoring to get back in their labs that'll be happening now but this isn't all going to happen tomorrow that it's blast 50 words I said will take us into October or November and so but it'll be a gradual process get back on the campus and I bring it up because I'm excited but also I bring it up because it's going to be a team effort both on the leader side and on the follower side and use students as followers you can do you can go a long way to lead by being goofy I had a mentor once you told me that did part of being a good leader is being a good follower and so when we asked you to do things don't think that you would merely being sheep it's actually opportunity for you to lead step up and say okay here's what I'm being asked to do I'll do it and I'll do it the right way so we're excited about that and there's a lot of things that are going on right now with our virtual learning that work cited about I want to direct you to the distance Learning Hub you need to check-in go to the website click on students in the very top tab under students is deal of distance Learning Hub go there this great information it's a portal to get you into the things you need to get into on campus with weather is Google classroom or access to Coastal connected my newsletter for the virtual front office and it is all kinds of and beyond that I would just say if you need help tell a trusted adult that's one of the reasons why we put the social emotional learning. go there and how the trust is doing say hey I need help from I can't get this login work to I really need to talk to somebody I don't know that your teachers will feel comfortable handling the second part but that's a place for you to say hey I really need to talk to somebody can you help me find that right person to talk to it might be them but it's as much it says much likely is okay stay right there I'm going to go on my cell phone and we're going to get somebody in the room here in that we can talk and and you can have some confidentiality with that person if you need to talk to somebody so keep being great keep being my friend keep being a responsible citizen we'll get through this together and we will take it to the next steps along the way incremental and safe go Mustangs

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