34 MAY 2020 By Angela Copeland Working from home may sound like a dream. You may have wished you could try it for a few days a week. Well, here we all are working from home, playing from home, schooling from home and everything else-ing from home. I guess this is what is meant by the saying, “be careful what you wish for.” Working from home isn’t as great when it’s not a choice. But at least there’s no commute. Let’s try to make the best of it – we may be here for a while. What can you do to work at home effectively? For starters, find a space that you can designate for work. If you’re lucky, you may have an office or an extra bedroom. Or, you may want to assign a space like your dining room table. If you have a house with a garage, you may even want to temporarily turn your garage into an office. At a minimum, you’ll likely need a table, a desk and your computer. If you have a printer and an external monitor, those can also be very helpful. Keep your office supplies nearby, including paper, pens, headphones and anything else you may need. Take the time to set up your new home office in a way that is enjoyable to you. Create a schedule for yourself. One of the most essential components to successfully working from home is routine. Try to start working at the same time every day. Set aside time to eat lunch and time for breaks. Finish at a reasonable time. Try not to spend every waking hour sitting and working, as this could lead to burnout. Look for ways to stay connected to colleagues. One hurdle when working from home is how to remain relevant at work without sending too many emails or making too many phone calls. Try to stay in touch with coworkers and management without wasting time while still creating a human connection. Don’t forget to ask how people are doing. When you open up, you’ll learn that your coworkers are just as stressed and afraid as you are. They’re also trying to figure out how to keep their spouse, kids or pets out of their workspace. Working from home is an adjustment, even under normal circumstances, and according to many virtual companies, it can take months for working from home to become regular and routine. — Angela Copeland, a career expert and founder of Copeland Coaching, can be reached at copelandcoaching.com. Tips on working from home CAREER ADVICE Phoenician golf course property, about an agreement which would divert the Cholla Trail access point. Phoenix Parks and Recreation Supervisor Scott Covey said that a few minor points still need to be worked out. Nevertheless, an opportunity exists to relocate access of the trailhead from Cholla Lane to a By Pam R. Selthun On March 14, 2020, Phoenix firefighters rescued a man trapped under a 300-pound boulder that fell while he was hiking on Camelback Mountain’s Cholla Trail. After he was airlifted to a hospital and treated for extreme injuries to the lower half of his body, the trail was deemed unsafe and temporarily closed. The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department staff examined the trail for other loose boulders and did remediation work as needed. Several days of heavy rain earlier this year may have loosened rocks and boulders along the path, making it hazardous for hikers. Once it was determined to be safe for public use, the trail was scheduled to reopen, but in late March 2020, restrictions were put in place to try to reduce the number of hikers climbing Camelback. The Cholla Trail remains closed. The Echo Canyon Trail is still open, with parking reduced by 50 percent to encourage more physical distancing and limiting how many hikers are on the trail at any given time. Similar measures have been taken at the Phoenix Mountains Preserve Piestewa Peak trailhead, with park rangers monitoring how many cars go in and out of the park. Gov. Doug Ducey issued a state-wide “stay-at-home” order at the end of March, calling for residents to remain in their homes except for essential needs. However, the order permitted outdoor activities such as hiking, walking, running, or golfing, as long as proper physical distancing was practiced. The Parks Department and the City Council have already been in conversation with Host Properties, owner of The new trail corridor alignment south of the residential subdivisions of Phoenician Estates and Casa Cholla. Covey said they are hoping to use a 100- foot wide “cattle chute” that runs next to Host Properties’ proposed single-family home development and redesign it, so it’s not only functional but quiet. “We need to be able to address the noise from hikers,” he said, “by using natural swells, trees and other vegetation, rather than solid walls.” Phoenix landscape architect Dig Studio explored and presented construction options for the trail corridor, which included a drainage swale, a 10-foot natural surface trail, an earthen berm and natural landscaping to screen the adjacent residents. “Parking won’t change,” Covey said, so cars will still park along Invergordon Road. However, a restroom that was built for the golf course many years ago will be completely renovated, with an added water fountain. Since hiking drops off in the summer months, the Parks and Recreation Department hopes to begin construction of a new trail access point from Invergordon and 64th Street away from the current Cholla Lane. Construction will start this summer, and possibly as early as May 2020, so it will be ready for the peak fall hiking season in October or November. For more: Phoenix.gov/Parks/Trails. Cholla Trail closed for renovation and reconstruction Cholla Trail was one of the routes that 465,000 people used to hike Camelback in 2019, according to Phoenix Parks. PHOTO: ANDY BLACKLEDGE Religious Instruction • Strong Academics • Cutting Edge Technology • Service Learning Leadership Programs • PE and Interscholastic Sports • Instrumental and Vocal Music “Arts Attack” Program • School Nurse • Bus Transportation Available At Home or at School, CLS Students Love to Learn! 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35 MAY 2020 By Amanda Savage Over one million Arizona children are now learning from home. All of Arizona’s 230 school districts are closed for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. This has forced Arcadia parents to take on the additional role of teacher. “I encourage all parents to find the appropriate level of involvement for their child’s age and needs, to communicate with their child’s teacher as concerns arise and to balance their child’s social-emotional needs (and their own) with online learning requirements,” Arcadia High Principal Todd Stevens said. There’s no shortage of online educational resources, but not all of them are accredited or secure, and vetting each one takes time and focus. Parents are also concerned with exposing their kids to too much screen time and not enough sunshine and social interactions during the pandemic. Arcadians have been creative with ways to integrate real-world learning into daily life. Aida Hatem is an enrichment teacher at Pop Up Science and Art. If you pass by her home on 51st Place (north of Osborn), you’ll see “Watch This Space” display boards in her garden. They were designed to provide interactive, real-world applications for students in the neighborhood. “I see a lot of adults and kids walking by nowadays. They often point at things in my garden so I thought it was a great educational opportunity,” Hatem said. Here is a list of some at-home learning resources for parents and students that are loved by educators in the community and beyond. COMPLETE CURRICULUMS AND COURSES ArizonaPBS and PBS: Curated videos and lesson plans in all subjects for toddlers through high school. az.pbslearningmedia.org. BBC Bitesize: United Kingdom based educational resources for students’ ages three and up. bbc.co.uk/bitesize. BrainPop: Learning resource with lesson plans, videos and more for all grade levels on dozens of core topics. brainpop.com. CREATIVE ARTS Artsology: Over 15 years’ worth of art games, resources and “The Arts Adventurer” series of non-traditional art installations across the world. artsology.com. Fender Play: Three months of free guitar lessons. try.fender.com. Kitchen Classroom: Culinary activities, recipes and quizzes broken down into weekly lessons by America’s Test Kitchen Kids. americastestkitchen.com. SFSKIDS: Online games that allow anyone to hear and learn about music, provided by the San Francisco Symphony. sfskids.org. SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES Big History Project: Customizable history curriculums that focus on earth science and civilizations from the beginning of time into the future. school.bighistoryproject.com. National Geographic: Offers K-12 at-home learning resources and citizen science opportunities. National Geographic Kids provides a more entertainment-centric approach with videos, games, quizzes and more. nationalgeographic.org. U.S. History and American Government: A complete lesson plan developed by The Ashbrook Center at Ashland University and National Endowment for the Humanities. teachingamericanhistory.org. LANGUAGE ARTS Grammar Bytes: Exercises, quizzes, handouts, presentations and more. chompchomp.com. ReadWriteThink: K-12 reading and language arts instruction. readwritethink.org. Quill: Writing and grammar activities for students of all ages. quill.org. MATH Cabin Fever Math: Non-screen math activities and lesson plans. bedtimemath.org/fun-math-at-home. Math Games: Worksheets and a variety of online math games for all grade levels. mathgames.com. Zearn Math: Math curriculums for children of all grade levels. about.zearn.org . MOVEMENT AND MINDFULNESS Cosmic Kids Yoga: Interactive storytelling using yoga and relaxation techniques for young children. youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga. Debbie Allen Dance Academy: Live online dance classes that cover everything from ballet to flamenco taught by world-renowned dance instructors via Zoom. Enrollment for each class is $3. debbieallendanceacademy.com. GoNoodle: Content and games made by child development experts that are centered around movement. gonoodle.com. YMCA 360: Kids activities, youth sport performance and youth soccer online classes. ymca360.org. TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING FUTURE U: Virtual field trips, guides, lesson plans in aerospace and engineering for students and educators in grades 6-12. Created in partnership with Boeing and Discovery Education. boeingfutureu.com. Take a Code Break: Teach an hour of coding every day. Children have access to free labs, courses and other computer science resources when a parent creates an account for them. code.org/athome. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Amazingeducationalresources. com: A thorough list of even more free online resources. amazingeducationalresources.com. Arizona STEM Network: Community resource for educators and parents. sfaz.org. Cambridge Textbooks: Access to hundreds of textbooks through the Cambridge University Press. cambridge.org/core. Canva: Free and paid subscription service that offers design templates for everything from presentations to lesson plans. canva.com. Circletime: On-demand and live educational online classes for children 6 years-old and younger. circletimefun.com. Civic Online Reasoning: Course for students on how to evaluate and consume online content. cor.stanford.edu. Education.com: Study packets, lessons, worksheets and more for at-home learning. education.com. ETS At-Home Solution: Testing for the TOEFL iBT test and GRE General Test. news.ets.org. MIT OpenCourseware: Open classes from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ocw.mit.edu. Open Library: Open and editable library catalog with over 20 million records. openlibrary.org. Open Yale Courses: Open classes from Yale University. oyc.yale.edu/courses. Quizlet: Flashcards, games and study tools to help students master a variety of subjects. quizlet.com. Real Play Coalition: No-screen educational games and activities for kids of all ages. realplaycoalition.com. Special Education: Special education support, resources and guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. azed.gov/specialeducation. Standard E-Books: Revised versions of books from Project Gutenberg formatted to be readable on multiple devices. standardebooks.org. Storytime from Space: Astronauts on the Space Station reading children’s books. storytimefromspace.com. Teach from Home: A resource hub for at-home learning created by Google. teachfromhome.google. Time for Kids Digital Library: Access to Time’s digital library through the 2019- 2020 school year. time.com/tfk-free. TinkerGarten: Technology-free developmental activities for children. tinkergarten.com. Visual Dictionary Online: Written and visual definitions for students. visualdictionaryonline.com. Vooks: A subscription-based streaming service of read-aloud animated storybooks with lesson plans. First month is free. vooks.com. YouTube Learning: Educational resources for families of all age ranges. learnathome.withyoutube.com. Free educational resources for students and parents Enrichment teacher Aida Hatem of Pop Up Science and Art uses a “Watch This Space” board to teach people about plants in the neighborhood. PHOTO: AIDA HATEM We are grateful to our customers and community for your continued support. It’s our privilege to serve you. We are open Sun-Thu 11am-8pm & Fri-Sat 11am-9pm. • Pickup Orders • Delivery Orders – within a 5-mile radius • Mother’s Day specials To place your order, call 602-956-0178. Our best to you and your families. 4144 E. Indian School Road | teepeemexicanfood.com Thank you!