Dear Andrea Berner and family,,,,
Namaste..
warmest greetings with love and thoughts....
Hope you are doing well and in good health. Our prayers and thoughts for your well
being and healthy days.
We are all fine and doing good with our online classes regularly. All of our students
are still with their parents in their mountain villages and joining online classes regularly.
We have send all the school text books to them during the month of August and around
95% of our kids are coming online. It's matter of satisfaction that we could at least run
the classes through virtual online. This is the only option we have to continue our learning
process during this very difficult time. Many kids have managed WiFi in groups, some
of them are using data facilities which the Nepal Telecom has provided in good
package for students. And also we do recharge from school office to provide them
the data to come online. Our teachers are regularly coming to school as usual to
conduct online classes and do their best to regulate the best for our beloved kids.
We are through out the online classes since last three and half months and now it's
time for First Terminal Exam from 15th October till 23 October, 2020. This year we
don't have 35 days of Dashain and Tihar festival holidays, the 12 days of winter
break and some of the other occasional holidays that we used to enjoy. We have
decided to run the online classes during the holidays as well to cover all the lessons
for this school session 2020/2021. We can run the online classes even during the
lockdown as well. So,, we are very certain that we can accomplish our school
session 2020/2021 throughout this difficult time through virtual online classes.
We had second lockdown in September for three weeks and now it's partially
open for transportation, shops, domestic flights, offices etc. Big gatherings,
Colleges, schools and cinemas are still not allowed. The situation here in Nepal
is getting worse. Till today the positive cases has now reached 107,755 and the
death toll 636 up to today's figure. In Kathmandu valley itself the positive cases
has now reached 33,746 and death toll 133. We may face third lockdown if the
situation doesn't improve in the times to come. We hope that the situation gets
better around November, so that we could start our school physically by the time.
Our heartiest gratitude, love, thoughts and prayers are always with you and to
your family. We send you our love and big hugs....
Please, stay safe and healthy....
With all our love, prayers and thoughts ....
Sonam
Marshyangdi school
Kathmandu Nepal