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DIRECTOR'S LETTER

Don Francis

Dear IAA Community,

The 2020-2021 academic year was a historic one. The Covid-19

Pandemic changed our world overnight. In March we celebrated

being a virtual campus for

one yeat by re-opening our school with special permission from the Mayor’s office

and the COE. We were the first school in Guayaquil to be approved for in person

classes. Our students returned nostalgic for time with friends and the beauty of our

campus. Some students remained at home to connect into our hybrid classes:

students in the classroom and students live at home connected via Schoology and

Zoom.

Certainly the work and patience demonstrated by the IAA community brought back

some hope that this challenge can one day be beat. We have lost loved ones, have

been quarantined to our homes, have missed important family events, and we were

forced to disconnect in person for a year.