Sunrise Ballet

It's so INAPPROPRIATE. It's been completely STRIPPED. "Barre-Barre" is INAPPROPRIATE! Acutally it's the name: It's not a proper definition of what we do in tho...se classes. It makes it sound too much like a ballet class. If you've taken one, you know that the ballet stuff has been STRIPPED from them. I need your help: Please take a couple of classes (Tuesdays & Thursdays at 8:00PM) and let me know if you come up with a more accurate descriptive name. See more

Members of the Sunrise corps de ballets trying on snowflake costumes for presentation of Nutcrakcer 2020. Performances to be held the 2nd weekend of December.

I figured it's that time of year, and everybody else is doing it, so...

Two Orange County coronavirus metrics improve; case rate holds steady. Orange County showed progress Tuesday, Oct. 20, with two key pandemic tracking measuremen...ts and at least held steady with the third metric that determine which level of the state’s four-tier system a community will fall important because the tiers dictate how much can reopen in a county. In this week’s tier system update, the county’s case rate didn’t budge at 4.6 cases per day per 100,000 residents. The percentage of tests coming back positive or testing positivity improved modestly to 3.2% from 3.5% last week. But the county’s health equity metric testing positivity among neighborhoods hit hardest by the pandemic posted a strong gain to 5.6% from 6.5% last week. The strong progress in health equity has put the county on a more solid track toward advancing to the less-restrictive orange tier for moderate coronavirus risk, which would allow bowling alleys and outdoor bars to reopen, with modifications, and let other businesses revert to fuller capacities. For Orange County to move to the next tier, its case rate has to drop below 4 cases per 100,000 residents, testing positivity below 5% and health equity below 5.3%. During a news conference Thursday, Oct. 15, county leaders were hopeful the promising trends will hold. We’re very close on health equity. I think that’s part of the reason why we have been encouraged, said Dr. Clayton Chau, Orange County Health Care Agency director and county health officer. We have a way to go, but we’re doing it together, the numbers show it. Chau again stressed the importance of keeping up pandemic habits: social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing. He cautioned against being tempted to let such prevention measures slip as Halloween and other holidays approach. Health officials on Friday unveiled a new strike team to provide free COVID-19 testing and other resources in Orange County’s pandemic-impacted Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The coalition of county officials and various nonprofits, called the OC API Taskforce, has goals similar to the county’s Latino Health Equity Initiative, which has focused on hotspot Latino neighborhoods where coronavirus spread rapidly. By helping residents of areas that need it most, leaders hope to keep lowering the county’s health equity, a relatively new metric. Counties must remain in a tier purple, red, orange or yellow for at least three weeks and qualify in all three metrics for the next tier for two weeks to advance. Tiers can’t be skipped and counties that backtrack in any metric could be bumped back to a stricter status. While Orange County’s case rate, testing positivity and newly-added health equity have slowly improved since the four-tier system was implemented in late August, the county has not yet broken out of the second-worst red tier, which it reached Sept. 8. Neighboring Riverside County on Tuesday regressed to the purple tier for widespread risk, rejoining Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties in the most restrictive tier. In a regular update Tuesday, the Orange County Health Care Agency reported two new coronavirus-related deaths and 302 new cases out of 10,271 tests received. Total coronavirus cases in the county climbed to 57,373 and total deaths rose to 1,412. Health officials estimate that 51,255 people have recovered from COVID-19 as of Tuesday. The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals around the county was unchanged since Monday at 168. The state health department announces tier movements and metric updates each Tuesday.

Our kids are getting the brunt of this. Not only are they going through the same situation, they are far less able to do much about it. As such, they are that m...ore in need of an escape to something they enjoy, something pleasurable and healthy, something to ease their stress and anxiety (clarifying the issue). Yes, they're going to school, likely online. If you're not comfortable bringing them in to the school, have them take online. The classes are fully interactive... no "follow the leader" shenanigans. I sit and watch and correct and answer questions, and let them know how great they're doing (my constructive suggestion). Too much online for them, you say? Poppycock. They're up a dancing and moving and jumping and stretching and learning the whole time, just like in-studio. Is money the issue? Contact me and we'll figure something out- your kids should take precedence (blowing holes in your excuses). Of course, they're your kids. The final decision on their long-term emotional and physical well-being is yours (guilt trip).

"A little nonesense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

(OC Register) The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 213 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, Oct. 14, increasing the cumulative total to 56,283 ca...ses. The county has had an estimated 5,309 cases in the last 30 days. There were 19 news deaths reported from the coronavirus as of Wednesday. The county has had 1,360 deaths related to the virus reported to date. Of the deaths in Orange County, 496 were skilled nursing facility residents, 106 were in assisted living facilities and four was listed as homeless. The county’s breakdown of deaths by age is as follows: 85 and older: 31% (431) 75-84: 22% (293) 65-74: 20% (271) 55-64: 13% (192) 45-54: 9% (111) 35-44: 3% (37) 25-34: 1.3% (20) 18-24: <1% (4) 17 and younger: 0% (1) The data on deaths in the county is compiled from death certificates or gathered through the course of case investigations and can take weeks to process, officials say. The most recent deaths were on Oct. 10. It is estimated about 90% of the cumulative reported cases, or 50,313 people as of Wednesday, have recovered. The count of people who have recovered is based on the prior 28-day cumulative case count. The county also reported 165 patients in hospitals with the coronavirus on Wednesday. The peak for hospitalizations in Orange County was 722 on July 14. There were 60 patients listed in ICUs in Wednesday’s report. The county update also reported 963,589 tests have been given for the coronavirus since testing began locally, and at least 5,750 tests were reported in the last 24 hours. Note from Mr. H: Yes, we're still in the thick of things. Persons getting sick (or worse) are very low for 17 years and under. It's the old farts (like me) that need to be cautious (and I am). I will keep interactive online classes plus all mandated & common-sense protocols to keep everyone safe in-school. If you've been waiting to bring your child back, these facts are something to consider. We all need to have an escape, to do something we enjoy, and to do something to reduce our stress and anxiety- at any age.

Detailed curriculum assessment. Identifying and strengthening weak areas. Maximizing technical & artistic progression. Pointe preparation. Custom choreogra...phy. Physical rehabilitation. Whatever you need, private lessons are available. HirschlBallet.com

HSDA & SANA dancer Emma at the apple orchard. I like the shirt, Emma!

A Study of the Positive Effects of Arts and Dance as they Pertain to Academic Education To all who read these articles: This is only a small selection of art...icles I’ve found. There are many more. I firmly believe that now, more than ever, this information is required reading for students and parents primarily to dispel the fiction that the dance arts hinder an academic education. This includes correctly taught Interactive Online as well as In-School classes. At the HSDA I use every opportunity to assure that an education in the dance arts are notably beneficial and have a positive & symbiotic effect with academics. I have no idea that this philosophy is a part of other studios (as I cannot vouch for them) but it is one of the cornerstones of how I run my studio. I invite you to also look for yourself, and please send me a copy if you find something worthy. Gratitude, Richard Hirschl Article #1: Study: Arts Education has Academic Effect By Tamara Henry, USA TODAY School children exposed to drama, music and dance may do a better job at mastering reading, writing and math than those who focus solely on academics, says a report by the Arts Education Partnership. "Notions that the arts are frivolous add-ons to a serious curriculum couldn't be further from the truth," says James Catterall, education professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, who coordinated the research. The report is based on an analysis of 62 studies of various categories of art ranging from dance, drama, music and visual arts by nearly 100 researchers. It's the first to combine all the arts and make comparisons with academic achievement, performance on standardized tests, improvements in social skills and student motivation. Studies suggest that arts education may be especially helpful to poor students and those in need of remedial instruction. "While education in the arts is no magic bullet for what ails many schools, the arts warrant a place in the curriculum because of their intimate ties to most everything we want for our children and schools," Catterall says. The report took two years to produce, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education. Gerald Sroufe of the American Educational Research Association describes the report as "a benchmark" and "a starting place for future research in the arts because it represents a fairly comprehensive picture of what research-based knowledge exists." However, he says, the report is "necessarily a thin volume, including some rather thin studies." The National Endowment for the Arts says that President Bush has requested $11 million to support arts education projects. "We are eager for more research," Mason says. "We want to learn more about how we can best convey to our children the knowledge and skills required to create, perform and respond to the arts. At the same time, we need to know more about how the arts help to develop other capacities of our children, such as language, reading and spatial reasoning." School officials often complain that arts programs tend to be the first cut in schools facing budget deficits. G. Thomas Houlihan, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, acknowledges that many school superintendents, principals and teachers are unaware of the value of arts education. He says copies of the report will be distributed to school leaders throughout the nation. "Arts motivate and reach certain students." The Arts Education Partnership is a coalition of more than 100 national education, arts, philanthropic and government organizations. CCSSO and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies administer the partnership under a cooperative agreement with the Education Department and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arts Education Partnership, arguing for the importance of arts in schools, says various art forms benefit students in different ways: Drama. Helps with understanding social relationships, complex issues and emotions; improves concentrated thought and story comprehension. Music. Improves math achievement and proficiency, reading and cognitive development; boosts SAT verbal scores and skills for second-language learners. Dance. Helps with creative thinking, originality, elaboration and flexibility; improves expressive skills, social tolerance, self-confidence and persistence. Visual arts. Improve content and organization of writing; promote sophisticated reading skills and interpretation of text, reasoning about scientific images and reading readiness. Multi-arts (combination of art forms). Helps with reading, verbal and math skills; improves the ability to collaborate and higher-order thinking skills. Article #2: Highlights from Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development The nation's schools are being challenged to make sure "no child is left behind" as they strive to help all students reach the level of achievement essential for success in school, work, and life in the 21st century. This new compendium of arts education research studies explores critical links between learning in the arts and the nation's ability to successfully meet this goal. Critical Links, for the first time, brings together a group of studies focused on understanding the cognitive capacities (thinking skills) developed in learning and practicing the arts and the relationship of those capacities to students' academic performance and social development. Compendium studies also examine achievement motivations, attitudes, and dispositions toward learning and fostered through learning and practicing the arts and the link between these motivations and academic performance and social development. The studies suggest that for certain populationsincluding young children, students from economically disadvantaged circumstances, and students needing remedial instructionlearning in the arts may be uniquely able to advance learning and success in other areas. The Critical Links Studies reviewed in the volume and the interpretive essays point to critical links between learning in the arts and academic and social skills and motivations in the following six major areas: Reading and Language Development Basic Reading Skills Certain forms of arts instruction enhance and complement basic reading instruction aimed at helping children "break the phonetic code" that unlocks written language by associating letters, words and phrases with sounds, sentences and meanings. Since we do not "read reading" but rather texts of various kinds in search of meaning, it is important that forms of arts instruction promote reading skills and the achievement motivation that engages young learners in the reading experience. Literacy Children who engage in dramatic enactments of stories and text improve their reading comprehension, story understanding and ability to read new materials they have not seen before. The effects are even more significant for children from economically disadvantaged circumstances and those with difficulties in the early and middle grades. Writing Spatial reasoning skills inherent in learning music are needed for planning and producing writing. Dramatic enactments by young children also are shown to produce more effective writing. Other arts learning experiencesin dance and drama, for instancedevelop expressive and reflective skills that enhance writing proficiency. Mathematics Certain music instruction, including comprehensive instruction that includes training in keyboard skills, develops spatial reasoning and spatial-temporal reasoning skills, which are fundamental to understanding and using mathematical ideas and concepts. Fundamental Cognitive Skills and Capacities Learning in individual arts forms as well as in multi-arts experiences engages and strengthens such fundamental cognitive capacities as spatial reasoning (the capacity for organizing and sequencing ideas); conditional reasoning (theorizing about outcomes and consequences); problem-solving; and the components of creative thinking (originality, elaboration, flexibility). Motivations to Learn Motivation and the attitudes and dispositions to pursue and sustain learning are essential to achievement. Learning in the arts nurtures these capacities, including active engagement, disciplined and sustained attention, persistence, and risk-taking, and increases attendance and educational aspirations. Effective Social Behavior Studies of student learning experiences in drama, music, dance and multiarts activities show student growth in self-confidence, self-control, self-identity, conflict resolution, collaboration, empathy, and social tolerance. School Environment It is critical that a school provide a positive context for learning. Studies in the compendium show that the arts help to create the kind of learning environment that is conducive to teacher and student success by fostering teacher innovation, a positive professional culture, community engagement, increased student attendance and retention, effective instructional practice, and school identity. Article #3: Reviews and Essays Each review of a study in "Critical Links" Summarizes what the study found about the effects of arts learning on aspects of academic and/or social development. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the study and its implications for research, practice and/or policy. Comments on the contribution of the study to the field of arts education, which could be: Explicating links between arts learning and academic or social outcomes; Proposing anew and interesting approach to a research question; Generating hypotheses for future study; or Suggesting new approaches to curriculum and instruction. Researchers contribute to the review of each of the studies in the compendium, creating a dialogue from different perspectives about its implications, strengths and weaknesses. Individual essays explore the implications of the group of studies in dance, drama, music, visual arts and multiple arts experiences. A concluding essay discusses the transfer of learning from the arts to other school subjects and social behavior. "Critical Links" is published by the Arts Education Partnership (AEP), a coalition of more than 100 national education, arts, philanthropic, and government organizations. Funding to produce Critical Links was provided by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additionally, those two agencies support the regular work of the AEP through an ongoing cooperative agreement with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies who administer the Partnership. Article #4: Quick facts on Academic Education & the Arts Did You Know? Young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are: 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement 3 times more likely to be elected to class office within their schools 4 times more likely to participate in a math and science fair 3 times more likely to win an award for school attendance 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem Young artists, as compared with their peers, are likely to: Attend music, art, and dance classes nearly three times as frequently Participate in youth groups nearly four times as frequently Read for pleasure nearly twice as often Perform community service more than four times as often("Living the Arts through Language + Learning: A Report on Community-based Youth Organizations," Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University and Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching, Americans for the Arts Monograph, November 1998) The facts are that arts education... makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has been proven to help level the "learning field" across socio-economic boundaries (Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School, James S. Catterall, The UCLA Imagination Project, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA, Americans for the Arts Monograph, January 1998) has a measurable impact on at-risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in afterschool and summer arts programs targeted toward delinquency prevention (Youth ARTS Development Project, 1996, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, and Americans for the Arts) Businesses understand that arts education... builds a school climate of high expectation, discipline, and academic rigor that attracts businesses relocating to your community strengthens student problem-solving and critical thinking skills, adding to overall academic achievement and school success helps students develop a sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance, and goal-settingskills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond can help troubled youth, providing an alternative to destructive behavior and another way for students to approach learning provides another opportunity for parental, community, and business involvement with schools, including arts and humanities organizations helps all students develop more appreciation and understanding of the world around them helps students develop a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done (Business Circle for Arts Education in Oklahoma, "Arts at the Core of Learning 1999 Initiative") Taken from: Washington DC Office, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th Floor Washington DC 20005 T 202.371.2830 F 202.371.0424 New York City Office, One East 53rd Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10022 T 212.223.2787 F 212.980.4857 Article #5: Does Art Education Help the Brain and Learning? Today's biology suggests that art education helps to lay the groundwork for future academic and career success. In recent times, neuroscience has steadily made new discoveries and because of these discoveries art education has had an increased interest. Past beliefs of the brain and thinking have been that the left brain held the "higher order" thinking skills such as rational thinking, exploration, and accuracy and the right brain focused on perception of beauty and ugliness, feeling, and imagination. However, according to an article written by Kearney (1996), that belief is not completely true, current research shows that learning is "both brained." The brain is remarkably adaptable and although one of the obvious outcomes of teaching art is for the students to hopefully acquire drawing skills; art also teaches thinking skills and builds expressive and memory skills. Art education aids the brain in actually rewiring itself to make stronger neural connections and more neural connections. Art allows the recipient a path for him/herself to experience the world. There is substantial data on achievement scores and the art education correlation, data shows that most art centered schools have higher achievement scores in academic areas than non-art centered schools. There is much artistic merit and aesthetic enjoyment that comes from art, but it is very important to remember that art enrichment comes from challenge and feedback. Two apparent ideas of thought come from the brain research field and art enrichment. The first is to eliminate any possibility of threat and the second is to enrich, enrich, enrich! The evidence is undeniable that artistically enriched environments do grow more neural connections in the brain, thus making for a better brain. So what if we don't enrich? According to Diamond and Hopson (1998) in "teenage" rats, a boring environment had a more powerful thinning effect on the cortex than did a positive, enriched environment on thickening the cortex. However, the study showed the shrinkage can be reversed in as little as four days. Thus, it would seem the hours spent in school and at home should be spent nurturing a better brain by enriching like crazy! If learning is what we value, then we ought to value the method of learning as much as the result of learning. Humans have survived and thrived for thousands of years, and not by always getting the "correct" tried-and-true answer but instead by trying out and experiencing new things. Good quality education encourages the exploration of alternative thinking, multiple answers and creative insights. Sources: Kearney, P.(August 3, 1996). "Brain Research Shows Importance of Arts in Education." The Star Tribune, p.19A. Diamond, M., and J. Hopson. (1998) Magic Trees of the Mind. New York: Dutton Books, Penguin-Putnam Group. Article #6: A Case For Saving The Economy Through Arts Education Art is humanity’s most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be measured through its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art and literature. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization’s most profound works. ---Dr. Ernest L. Boyer, former president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1988. Worldwide, every post industrialized nation is considering major reforms in education, and with these changes are opening real opportunities for the arts to make distinctive contributions to learning and development. Most nations have recognized the change within the world economy and see that the industrial economy which required a workforce that was 80% manual and 20% professional will not meet the current economic needs required to build the new global economy. With the current dissolution of familiar corporate structures, down-sizing, lay-offs, outsourcing, and just plain close-outs, our world is facing a challenge that is unprecedented. The labor force which is now faced with creating their own futures know that they cannot depend on a corporation or job to survive. It is therefore imperative that individuals find creative ways in which to survive while restructuring and re-designing there once secure job based existence. Corporations and businesses looking for ways to survive in a tough climate of global competition and free-market must find intra-preneurs; People that work within their organizations that are creative problem solvers. Arts Education provides these because it is a kinesthetic method of learning. Arts education not only develops cultural sensitivity, it provides a critical skill set needed for the 21st Century business, societal and cultural challenges facing us in a global community. In support of my personal view point as presented in the above statements, I offer the below listed synopsis from A Solid Arts Education: * Strengthens problem solving and critical thinking skills adding to overall academic achievement. * Develops a sense of craftsmanship, quality task performance and goal setting--skills needed to succeed in the classroom and beyond. * May help troubled youth, providing an alternative outlet to destructive behavior and another way for students to approach learning. * Provides another opportunity for parental, community, and business involvement with schools, including arts and humanities organizations. * Helps all students develop a positive work ethic and pride in a job well done * Makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has proven to help level the learning field across socio-economic boundaries * Helps children develop the mind and body by encouraging reflection and higher level thinking as well as active learning. * Helps stimulate and develop the imagination and refine cognitive and creative skills as well as critical thinking. * Teaches children the skills necessary to succeed in life, including developing to informed perception; articulating a vision; learning to solve problems and make decisions; building self-confidence and self discipline; developing the ability to imagine what might be; and accepting responsibility to complete tasks from start to finish. (Source: Americans for the Arts) In view of the current state of global affairs and the above points, I submit that sustained economic survival both individually and collectively can only be achieved through an Art-Centered Education. During these economic times, we must be able to think outside-of-the- box, exploring solutions to our problems in creative ways. The clock is ticking, and we cannot afford to be linear in our thinking and expect to survive. Funding & Supporting of the arts is an effort our communities need and our children demand it! After a long business career, I have become increasingly concerned that the basic problem gripping the American workplace is not interest rates or inflation. Those come and go with the business cycle. More deeply rooted is.the crisis of creativity. Ideasare what built American business. And it is the arts that build ideas and nurture a place in the mind for them to grow.Arts education programs can help repair weakness in American education and better prepare workers for the twenty-first century. --------Richard Gurin, President and CEO of Binney & Smith Inc. Thanks for reading- I hope it's been beneficial- Mr. H

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Orange County will remain in the red tier of the state’s pandemic tracking system this week after a reversal in one of two coronavirus metrics that had been dec...lining consistently kept the county from landing in the less-restrictive orange tier. The guilty figure is the county’s rate of new COVID-19 cases, a critical indicator that shows public health officials how quickly the virus is spreading when studied over time. Because of near-constant drops in Orange County’s case rate and testing positivity the share of tests coming back positive since July, public health officials had been hopeful the county was on track to spend just the minimum three weeks in the more-restrictive red tier. Counties are required to meet the next tier’s criteria for two weeks to move on. Orange County’s case rate fell in the orange tier range last week. This week, it went over. The county’s rate of new COVID-19 cases rose to 4.4 cases per day per 100,000 residents this week from 3.6 last week, according to the state Department of Public Health. The orange tier’s case rate target is 1 to 4 daily cases per 100,000 residents. The share of tests returning positive was unchanged since last week at 3.1%, meeting the orange tier goal. Orange County likely missed its marks this week because new coronavirus infections over Labor Day weekend are finally showing up in testing data, said Dr. Clayton Chau, Orange County Health Care Agency director and county health officer. From Sept. 13 through 19, we did have a few days of uptick in the numbers; small, but significant (enough) to affect our tier, Chau said. A drop to the orange tier, for moderate coronavirus risk, would have meant that previously closed bars and breweries the ones not serving food could have open outdoors as early as Tuesday. Bowling alleys, wineries, card rooms and indoor climbing walls could have opened at one-quarter capacity. On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom warned of signs that a second wave could be building, citing recent growth in Southern California and the Bay Area of the average number of people who are infected by each COVID-19 carrier. The metric is not included in the state’s pandemic tracking system. The state health department calculates counties’ new case rates and testing positivity each Tuesday, which determines which of four tiers counties fall into and which businesses and public sectors can reopen. Counties must remain in a tier purple, red, orange or yellow for at least three weeks and qualify for the next tier for two weeks to advance. Tiers can’t be skipped and counties that backtrack in either of the two key metrics could return to stricter status. Orange County’s metrics appear to be bottoming out and perhaps increasing slightly following two months of sustained drops in case rates and testing positivity. A surge in mid-July, when un-adjusted case rates neared 27 cases per day per 100,000 residents, gave way to improving trends in August and September. COVID-19 hospitalizations also have fallen significantly over the past two months. When state health officials phased out the old pandemic watch list to spotlight coronavirus-troubled counties in late August, they also adjusted the case rate to take county testing volumes into account. Counties that test more per capita than the state average get a case rate bonus, while counties that test below average are penalized. For the week ending Sept. 19, Orange County averaged 209 tests per day per 100,000 residents, just below the state average of 216 tests per 100,000 and an improvement over previous weeks in September. However, Orange County’s case rate in Tuesday’s update was not adjusted for falling below the testing average because of a state health department exception: If a county’s testing positivity falls below 3.5%, as Orange County’s did this week, the case rate won’t be adjusted for testing volume. Chau has recently warned that testing fatigue in Orange County could lead to public and private testing sites swabbing fewer people per day than they have the capacity for. The best thing Californians can do to preserve the state’s gains against the coronavirus, Newsom said, is to keep up now-ingrained pandemic habits: wear a mask, wash hands frequently and stay 6 feet apart from others in public. There is also a silver lining this week for kids ready to hit the swings. The state Department of Public Health announced Monday that local governments could reopen all public, outdoor playgrounds regardless of a county’s tier status to kids and their parents or guardians, as long visitors age 2 and up wear masks, social distance and wash their hands, among other guidelines. See more

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