Westminster Eagle: 4th
Annual National Inclusive Schools Week
Students at Robert
Moton Elementary participated by having several guest readers, including
Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff and Superintendent Charles Ecker
Education Notes 12/08/04 Heidi Schroeder
Carroll County Public Schools is
celebrating its fourth annual National Inclusive Schools Week through Dec. 10,
promoting the capacity of schools to provide education to an increasingly
diverse student population - and in particular to those who have disabilities.
Among the schools participating
in events during the week are Robert Moton Elementary School and Westminster
High School.
This is the first year that
Westminster High is celebrating the event.
Special education teacher Donna
Dougherty said students have designed a brochure highlighting ways that
Westminster High is an inclusive school. The brochure will be distributed in
advisory sessions on Dec. 18, and will also be included in the parent
newsletter.
In addition, students and
teachers have designed an interactive bulletin board with information about
Braille, American Sign Language and employment opportunities.
Dougherty said that although this
is Westminster High's first year celebrating Inclusive Schools Week, the school
has hosted Special Olympics events each spring for many years, and the school
encourages students to volunteer for those events.
David Riley is the director of
networking for the National Institute for Urban School Improvement, the sponsor
of National Inclusive Schools Week. He said the institute has received positive
feedback from communities that have been involved with the program.
"Our message is that this
week should not be the only time where schools and communities consider this,
but take a pause and celebrate what has been achieved, and do some deliberate
thinking about what next steps need to be taken," he said.
>Students and teachers from
Westminster High were among those who presented a session at the 84th Annual
National Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference in Baltimore on Nov.
20. The session was entitled "Effective Strategies to Engage All Learners
in Social Studies."
Participants learned how every
student's voice can be heard in a classroom that provides for diverse needs.
Christina Dougherty, teacher at Westminster High School, and her students
presented a strategy called "Visual Discovery."
The following Westminster High
School 11th grade students presented with Mrs. Dougherty: James Mangle, Samuel
Porter, Becky Middleton, Ryan Coons, Megan Lynch, Erin Morgan, Kim Flanagan,
and Celia Kelly.
>Manchester Elementary School
has received national recognition for the efforts of students, parents, and
staff to raise funds for the treatment and cure of diabetes.
The school was one of more than
1,145 schools nationwide to participate in the School Walk for Diabetes, and
raised more than $33,000 for the American Diabetes Association. The fund-raiser
was held April 6 with the theme, "Run with B.B. Wolf to Huff and Puff and
Blow Away Diabetes!"
The school was awarded the
National Championship banner and trophy, and Manchester was featured at the
American Diabetes Association National Volunteer Leadership Conference, Nov.
19-21, in Chicago.
>East Middle School recently
collected 1,250 cans of food for the month of November as part of the Character
Education initiatives for kindness. The food items will be delivered to Carroll
County Food Sunday and will benefit needy families in Westminster.
East Middle's SHOUT Committee
started an initiative to collect spare change at lunch for grocery vouchers.
Some students emptied the lunch change from their pockets and some brought in
change from home. Students collected $360 and provided vouchers for three
families for the holidays.
>The Maryland Department of
Education has honored the following local schools with certificates for top
performance on the 2004 Maryland School Assessments: North Carroll High,
Sandymount Elementary, Spring Garden Elementary, Westminster High, West Middle
and Winters Mill High.
Title I schools will receive
financial awards, in addition to their certificates, as provided under the No
Child Left Behind Act. Locally, these schools are Robert Moton Elementary and
Runnymede Elementary.
>Students from Robert Moton
Elementary School participated in Scholastic Read for 2005, the sixth annual
children's read-a-thon, on Dec. 3. On this day in countries around the world,
classrooms took time to read a book together for 2,005 seconds (approximately
33 1/3 minutes).
Students at Robert Moton
Elementary participated by having several guest readers, including Westminster
Mayor Kevin Dayhoff and Superintendent Charles Ecker, in addition to characters
Clifford and Miss Spider. For information on Scholastic Read for 2005, visit www.scholastic.com/readfor2005.
>The Board of Education of
Carroll County will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight, Dec. 8, at 5 p.m.
in Room 007 of the Board of Education offices, 125 N. Court St., Westminster.
The public is invited. The agenda is posted on the Web site, www.carrollk12.org.
>The North Carroll High School
National Honor Society will sponsor a silent auction tonight, Dec. 8, 5 to 9
p.m. in the cafeteria.
The auction will feature baked
goods, crafts and sports memorabilia. All are invited.
What's happening at your school?
Send items to Heidi Schroeder, education correspondent at The Westminster
Eagle, at 121 East Main Street, Westminster, MD 21157. Items may also be faxed
to 410-549-4274, or e-mailed to hschroeder@patuxent.com.
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