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I am a little late on this one. Have to get into a routine. “Make a gift for someone who is homeless or is feeling lonely”

My daughter forwarded a link to the “Do Good December” calendar from Action For Happiness. I hope to bring you each day’s “task” to help get us all through the unfamiliar feelings of the 2020 holiday season. For December 4th, “Give kind comments to as many people as possible today.”

In the words of one of my favorite baseball players, Yogi Berra, “this is deja vu all over again.” I really hoped that with the start of school, we would not see a rise in cases of COVID-19. The numbers support the fact that schools are not the source of the increased cases, but they

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We certainly have much to be thankful for despite how much our lives have changed. The numbers of positive COVID tests in Monroe County are increasing, but hopefully, the percent positives will drop as we test more students. We know that schools have a very low rate of COVID-19 and if

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, there have been 853,000 cases of COVID-19 in children and adolescents as of October 29th. There were 200,000 cases reported in October alone and the week ending October 29th saw the largest number of cases in a single week in kids – 61,000. Those numbers are staggering and

We are excited to announce the availability of  COVID-19 testing in the office. It is a combined influenza A & B and COVID 19 PCR test. This is the test that is currently the most accurate test available and required by the health department to return to school. The test takes ~20-30 minutes so we

Mrs Lewis and I voted today. The first time we have done it prior to the actual election day. Growing up in the 60s and 70s, I have experienced some pretty tumultuous times in my life, but the current state of our country may surpass those decades. Just look at the news, COVID-19 (it is

In the words of my favorite baseball catcher, Yogi Berra, “it’s deja vu all over again.” Well, maybe not quite but if you track COVID statistics, we are seeing a mild uptick in the number of cases in Monroe County. We still hold the distinction of being a county with the second lowest incidence of

We are a month into the school year and we seem to be doing “okay.” We are seeing a rise in new cases in NY, but most are downstate.  Monroe County and the surrounding areas continue to have less than a 1% incidence of positive cases.  However, we are seeing a large number of children

For many, it is the first week of school. Your child may have attended 1 or more days, they may have experienced their first “virtual” day or may be attending 100% virtually. Some have opted to pursue a formal home school program. Whatever the environment, it has been about 6 months since our schools have