Movie Screening & Discussion NORMAL ISN’T REAL is a series of 4 mini documentary-style videos featuring successful young adults sharing their stories of coming to terms with their LD and ADHD issues. These candid portraits take the viewer into the subjects’ daily lives; showcasing their talents, venting their frustrations, and employing the strategies they use … Continue reading “Normal Isn’t Real: Succeeding with Learning Disabilities & ADHD”
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Technically Speaking: Improving Student Communication and Outcomes Through Assistive Technology
with Sama Bellomo, Rehabilitation Technologist Technology exists to help humans perform functions. We use technology to learn new facts online and become informed, to relax with our families and be entertained, to communicate, and to do work. Assistive Technology (AT) is an expansion on that idea, where we use technology to adapt some functional difference … Continue reading “Technically Speaking: Improving Student Communication and Outcomes Through Assistive Technology”
SECAC-PG 2016-2017 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients
Our Extraordinary Service Awards Ceremony honoring our 2017 winners was held on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30 pm. Alexis Donoghue, Science Teacher Eleanor Roosevelt High School Ms. Alexis Donoghue is a science teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt High School. She cares deeply about the success of the students enrolled in her Research Practicum class – a class … Continue reading “SECAC-PG 2016-2017 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients”
Special Event with Kathy Snow: Disability is Natural and Other Revolutionary Common Sense!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 One Day, Two Times, No Charge! Kathie Snow will challenge how you think about people with disabilities. “Let’s get beyond all the doom-and-gloom that is often the norm regarding disability. My son, Benjamin, and others with disabilities are Real People who can and should live Real Lives, included in every aspect … Continue reading “Special Event with Kathy Snow: Disability is Natural and Other Revolutionary Common Sense!”
SECAC-PG 2014-2015 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients
11th Annual 2015 Award Winners with the SECAC Board Extraordinary Service Awards – Educators Sheryl Browner, Resource Teacher – Bond Mill Elementary Ms. Sheryl Browner is a Resource Teacher at Bond Mill Elementary School. Her career has spanned three decades, with the last nine years dedicated to her current position. She is an extraordinary teacher … Continue reading “SECAC-PG 2014-2015 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients”
SECAC-PG 2013-2014 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients
Extraordinary Service Awards – Educators Gertrude Ledwell, CRI Vocational Specialist – Northwestern High School Known as “Randy” by her students, Ms. Gertrude Ledwell has helped her students participate in the Ready By 21 program since its inception with great success. Her students are always prepared for the assignments required for active participation in the program. … Continue reading “SECAC-PG 2013-2014 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients”
SECAC-PG 2012-2013 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients
Extraordinary Service Award Winners: Karen Swezy (High Bridge – Art teacher) Sandra Powell (Catherine T. Reed – Nurse) Olga Pabón (Seat Pleasant – Principal) Susan Bailey (High Bridge – Special Education teacher) Liz Burley (PGCPS – Transition Specialist) Extraordinary Service Honorable Mentions: Elvira Brundage (Glenarden Woods – Science Teacher) Michele Forney (High Bridge – Librarian) … Continue reading “SECAC-PG 2012-2013 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients”
SECAC-PG 2007-2008 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients
Extraordinary Service Cheryl Hooks – Paraprofessional – Buck Lodge Middle School “Cheryl Hooks has demonstrated that she is responsible for duties that go far beyond her official job to encompass roles such as a mentor, a confidant and sometimes a parental substitute…She does things to help students with disabilities become successful. She helps all the … Continue reading “SECAC-PG 2007-2008 Extraordinary Service Award Recipients”