McCSEC

At Canton-Galva Elementary some highlights of our Special Education program include participation in the school-wide MTSS process, introduction to vowel valley, and new assistive technology. As a school our teachers are working on analyzing data and grouping students building-wide to service kids based on needs identified by the data. Our students are making great gains! For example, our kindergarten students have made weekly growth as follows: 45%, 14%, 69%, and 32%. Our students in our general and special education classrooms are learning new strategies to connect the sounds of spoken language to the written language using vowel valley and consonant chart. This collaboration among general education, special education, and speech and language is supporting our students in their entire development of language, reading, and writing. Finally, we have a student using a new vision device (pictured) with great success. We have tried out a vision device that supports a student to zoom in to classroom displays as well as his or her written work on the desk. What a great new support!

Students are having a great fall semester at Soderstrom Elementary! The Viking Mentors program is in full swing and the high school students enjoy coming to hang out with their buddies at Soderstrom. There is a new sensory room in the building and students are also really enjoying that too. Students have engaged in many STEM projects and have gotten to build bubble wands and catapult's as a part of their learning this fall.

Recently, students at McPherson High School enrolled in an Environmental Science class participated in an Owl Pellet Lab. Students were shocked to learn all about how owl pellets are made!

This past July McCSEC was able to host the 2nd Annual Para Academy for paraeducators. The range of staff in attendance was 43-69 over the 4 days which included paraeducators, behavior and autism interventionists, behavior consultants, and special education teachers. The presenters covered specific behavior strategies, autism supports, structured teaching, self-care, instructional strategies, working as a team, ADHD, supporting communication skills, and promoting independence. There was a ton of good information packed into these four days! McCSEC extends a big thank you to all of the presenters for making this an incredible experience staff!

Moundridge Elementary students participated in the district wide Wildcat Day. The students teamed up across grade levels to participate in school pride activities and to raise money for a defibrillator that was needed in the community daycare.

What do the Special Olympics mascot, Amtrykes, hula hoops, soccer balls, and freshly baked cookies have in common? They were all at the Community Building on Tuesday, April 25 when the McPherson County Special Education Cooperative hosted its first Agency Fair.

In this episode of 418 Focus on Ad Astra Radio, Dr. Vincent talks with Mrs. Melissa Strathman about the role that the McPherson County Special Education Cooperative plays in helping students #findtheirgreatness.

Spring has sprung and signs of growth and learning are seen in Pre-K Land as our 3’s,4’s, and 5’s enjoy the many activities that Moundridge Elementary teachers have planned for them!

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