LENS 1: WORLD

Hello Marymount Learners:

Welcome to a new and different school year! As I mentioned in our first Life assembly today, after my intervention in these I will post a question related to the topic or reflection we engaged during our session.  Today we started our "How to view school in the future"  lenses series: the first of 5 reflections we will be doing together.  The first lens relates to understanding how the current situation can bring us together as the world and foster authentic engagement with global issues.  So if truly "we are all in this together"...


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WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES THIS HAVE FOR YOUR ROLE AS A MARYMOUNT STUDENT?

WHAT IMPLICATIONS DOES THIS HAVE FOR ALL OF US THE MARYMOUNT COMMUNITY? 

I look forward to reading your thoughts. Have a great week!  I miss you 💙💙


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