This is certainly not how we wanted to end her student exchange experience. As she arrived in mid-September, she never really got to experience anything except the cold and dark side of Alaska. She still says she had a great experience, but I do wish that we could have done more.
Interestingly, she hopes that our school will keep her enrolled even after she leaves. She wants to keep working on her classes. While part of that is because she wants to keep learning and stay in contact with her classmates, I think that she also wants something to do while she is in lockdown in France.
Considering the unpredictability of these times, it's probably best that she returns to be with her family before she finds herself locked down in Alaska for even longer. Hopefully, she and her family will get a chance to come here some summer once things return to some form of normalcy. Our home will certainly feel less vibrant with her gone.