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<div>Hello colleagues, friends, and family,</div>
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<div>This has been an unbelievable year for disasters, and we know that you and your schools are impacted. When you can, let us know how you are and what we and your friends in the Network can do to support you. If you are a SIM Professional Developer and have
lost your materials, email us at simp@ku.edu or pgraner@ku.edu. You and your communities are and continue to be in our thoughts.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Patty, Mona, Peony and the SIM Network</div>
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<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Patricia Sampson Graner, PhD<br>
<i>University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning<br>
Director of Professional Development<br>
SIMŽ Professional Developer<br>
1122 West Campus Rd :: JRP, 708<br>
Lawrence, KS 66045<br>
</i><a href="pgraner@ku.edu">pgraner@ku.edu</a><br>
O: 785.864.0622 :: F: 785.864.5728<br>
</span></font></font><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Century Schoolbook"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i>"Teachers make every other profession</i></span></font></font><font face="Century Schoolbook"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><i>”</i></span></font>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Start here to find </span><a href="http://sim.kucrl.org"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The SIM Page</span></a><font face="Century Schoolbook"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><i><br>
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<div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kucrl.sim">SIMŽ is on Facebook</a> </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Century Schoolbook">KUCRL's Mission: </font>Our work centers on solving the problems that limit individuals’
quality of life and their ability to learn and perform in school, work, home, or the community.</span></div>
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<div>http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/21/558754511/california-wildfires-have-disrupted-school-for-a-quarter-of-a-million-students</div>
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