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Face coverings are required even at recess at Assumption School in Bellingham, where students returned to the classroom in September. Playground times are staggered so that only a single class is using the play equipment at any time. Photo: Courtesy Assumption School

Face coverings, health protocols as students return to Catholic schools

BELLINGHAM – At Assumption School on a recent weekday, first-graders practiced their penmanship just as they would any school year. But this year they did it wearing face coverings and from behind makeshift cardboard-and-plastic dividers embellished with pictures of Dr. Seuss characters.