La Conner teachers had working summer vacations

Teachers always stress the importance of lifelong learning, and this summer La Conner faculty members modeled that key tenet as they began preparing for the transition from traditional in-person instruction to presenting lessons on-line due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of those teachers took on a heavy load of technology homework over the summer, La Conner Elementary School Principal Heather Fakkema told the Weekly News last week.

“They spent a great deal of their own time this summer,” Fakkema said, “learning about best practices for remote learning and becoming familiar with Seesaw, our le...