Reconnecting With Your World

People have had to make a lot of changes over the past few years. This is all the more true for children; their lives have been turned completely upside down. Cut off from their environments, their friends, and their normal routines, they’ve had to roll up their sleeves, learn under new conditions, and get used to seeing their friends and teachers through a computer screen.

That ability to reconnect is crucial for their happiness and willingness to continue despite the obstacles

Moving Forward Despite Adversity

As schools gradually reopened, students had to deal with a different set of challenges like being in bubbles and therefore apart from some friends, staying two metres apart, and wearing masks everywhere from the classroom to the school bus. In short, they had to adjust to a whole new reality. We had to ask a lot of them, but their resilience brought out the best in them and showed just how adaptable children really are. Now that life has somewhat returned to normal, the students of the École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds have been able to reconnect with their world: their social life, their classes, their teachers, their friends. And that ability to reconnect is crucial for their happiness and willingness to continue despite the obstacles. It’s also a chance to get their bearings and rediscover their passions and ambitions.

The Strength of a Team

The École oraliste is a small community full of people with big hearts, passion, commitment, and dedication. Our unity has revealed itself in big ways. During the health crisis, everyone pulled together. We supported each other in finding solutions and “turning on a dime,” as the saying goes. We school staff also had the chance to reconnect through smiles hidden by masks but shining through our eyes, through little pats on the back, and through our unwavering team spirit. Reconnecting with your world also means seeing parents enjoy being able to walk around the school again and see their children blossom more and more each day. It means welcoming visitors and partners who believe in our mission, who have supported and encouraged us for years. To reconnect with your world is to find your balance, your sense of normality. It’s what makes us strong, and always will!

Audrey Paggi

Preschool Teacher École oraliste de Québec pour enfants malentendants ou sourds