Here is a sample video of our students performing in our Christmas program using the ARI Grant materials. Listen closely for the sleighbells and watch closely as the students control the lighting as well. Thanks KVEC!

“I Can Perform My Way” Update

January update on “I Can Perform My Way”. Our autism unit performed was able to perform on the devices purchased through the ARI grant. The students were amazing as they controlled lighting as well as played sleighbells to the song “Sleighbells”. At this time we are in the process of building three perform…Read More

Project Title: I Can Perform My Way

Area of Focus and/or Research Question
Are all students capable of performing? Are all students provided the opportunity to perform? These two questions have weighed on me for the past 20 years of my teaching career. Yes, all students are capable. However, not all students are provided the opportunity.

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My 5th grade students have been busy researching types of ancient forms of government as well as types of government systems that many Native American tribes had. Next, we will look at what principles the U.S. government was founded on and why colonists wanted the government to be this way. After that, we will be looking at present government…Read More

This is just a few of the pictures I have taken to document the work we are doing with Community Based Instruction. Students in the first picture went to our local grocery store to buy ingredients needed to make a milkshake. The second picture is a student helping to make a Fall wreath. Students went to Wal-Mart and bought material needed to…Read More