(Summer 2006)
"These kids deserve a lot of credit," noted the
Summer Special Education Director Carole Kirchhoff, "and
they don't always get it. They work hard all year long during
the regular school year and throughout the summer to improve
their skills, and rarely get recognized for their effort."
"My
daughter is in the program," explained a waiting parent.
"She's really been enjoying the summer program. She
always wants to go."
Her
daughter had just learned how to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
The students carefully copied the recipe to take home, watched
the teacher as he assembled and grilled the sandwiches,
and, finally, tested the finished product with relish.
Third
graders, who had been studying animals under the sea and
made a bulletin board, were visiting the school store to
pick out a reward for a week of work well done. Others were
watching a video on zoo animals. On Tuesday, Cornell Cooperative
Extension was bringing a touch tank of sea animals to the
school.
The
kindergartners paused from play time to pose in front of
their farm scene, proudly pointing out the farm animals
they had made.
One
youngster made the "sign" for pig as he shared
what he had learned about his favorite farm animal.
Beautiful
masks of exotic animals lined the hall outside the older
students' classroom along with a mural and small dioramas
of African animals in tiny habitats.
