1045 Dearbaugh Ave Suite 2 Wapakoneta 45895 419-738-3422 Providing expert educaonal mentorship, innovave support services and dynamic customer relaonships. ISSUE 60 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 Traveling Around the World By Katie Dietrich, MD Teacher, New Bremen Elementary Our classroom spent the month of December exploring various holidays from around the world. Each student made a suit case that held a passport that they stamped each time they entered a new county to learn about a different holiday. The students spent time studying Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, St. Lucia Day, Las Posadas, and Christmas in a few different countries. While traveling around the world, students marked a map with pictures of each holiday and created a timeline. Students made ornaments for each holiday and put them on a tree outside of their classroom. Traditions in their families around this time of the year were compared to some of the traditions they learned about in the other countries. Students realized that most holiday traditions have a lot in common: family, fun, and food. The class made and tried Latkas, sweet potatoes, and gingerbread. Giving Back . . . With Fun! By Linda Tebbe, Director, Opportunities for Youth The Opportunity for Youth students teamed up with the Transition students on December 17 for a Christmas party celebration. The OFY students spent the previous afternoon decorating Christmas cookies and filling candy bags as a way of saying thanks to the Transition students for bringing our lunches each day from Wapakoneta Middle School. After everyone enjoyed a pizza party, the Transition students then led the students in some games and activities including having groups of three transpose one of its members into a snowman using toilet paper and construction paper. The process was quite entertaining, and the results were impressive. Then they participated in a “musical present” game similar to musical chairs (but without all the running!) where multiple gifts were unwrapped round by round. Finally, teams of students Continued on page 2
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Traveling Around the World
By Katie Dietrich, MD Teacher, New Bremen Elementary
Our classroom spent the month of December
exploring various holidays from around the
world. Each student made a suit case that held a passport that they
stamped each time they entered a new county to learn about a
different holiday. The students spent time
studying Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, St. Lucia
Day, Las Posadas, and Christmas in a few
different countries. While traveling around
the world, students marked a map with
pictures of each holiday and created a
timeline. Students made ornaments for
each holiday and put them on a tree
outside of their classroom. Traditions in
their families around this time of the year
were compared to some of the traditions
they learned about in the other countries. Students realized that
most holiday traditions have a lot in common: family, fun, and
food. The class made and tried Latkas, sweet potatoes, and
gingerbread.
Giving Back . . . With Fun!
By Linda Tebbe, Director, Opportunities for Youth
The Opportunity for Youth students teamed up with the Transition students on December 17 for a Christmas party celebration. The OFY students spent the previous afternoon decorating Christmas cookies and filling candy bags as a way of saying thanks to the Transition students for bringing our lunches each day from Wapakoneta Middle School. After everyone enjoyed a pizza party, the Transition students then led the
students in some games and activities including having groups of three
transpose one of its members into a snowman using toilet paper and
construction paper. The process was quite entertaining, and the results were
impressive. Then they participated in a “musical present” game similar to
musical chairs (but without all the running!) where multiple gifts were
unwrapped round by round. Finally, teams of students Continued on page 2
“Education Built Around You”
By Jen Korte, Director
ACE (Auglaize County Educational) Academy provides a rigorous education for students in
grades K-12, who access their curriculum from home using the internet and a computer. ACE
provides an option for students who are not able to attend the typical classroom (i.e. medical
intervention specialists) teach students through both online tools and face-to-face tutoring.
Enrollment in ACE—
Requirements: Must have access to internet service
Cost: Free
Accepting students in all grade levels
Call our office at 419-738-4572 for more information and to set up orientation.
ACE Services
Personalized, Individualized, Simplified
A variety of educational programs to expand opportunities for students (includes Course
Conflict, Acceleration, Summer School, and Additional Course Offerings)
School-Within-A-School Model: This approach establishes within the home school a smaller
educational unit to provide services based on student need. This is created, built, supported,
and modified on district needs: Credit Recovery, Course Options, Course Conflicts, & Home-
based Instruction.
Assist districts with software programs such as Compass and GoogleDocs (recently assisted
Hardin Northern).
For more information contact: Jen Korte, Director at 419.738.4572 or [email protected]
Giving Back continued from Page 1
raced each other to
pick up candy canes
and place them in a
cup using a candy cane
and no hands. If they
could keep from laughing, they did
pretty well.
All the students and staff appreciated the afternoon. Many thanks go out to all the ESC staff members who donated candy and decorating supplies and to all the students who helped plan the many activities.
SST6 Professional Development Opportunities:
Feb 2—Ohio’s State Test Accessibility Training for District Test Coordinators Feb 3—Ohio’s State Test Accessibility Training for Special Ed. Supervisors Feb 5—Regional Itinerant Network Feb 9—OIP Implementation Support Meeting Feb 10—Regional Transition Council Feb 11—Special Education Network—Functional Behavioral Assessment Feb 25—FBA & PBIS Follow-up For more information, check out their website at www.sst6.org, and view the Professional Development Calendar or call 419-738-9224.
West Central Ohio Autism Community Support Group Meetings
The West Central Ohio Autism Community would like to invite you to our Autism Support Group! Meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of every month (except July, Aug. & Dec.) from 5:45pm-7:15pm at the Lima Public Library, meeting room #2. Anyone who has been touched by Autism is welcome! The group is committed to giving support, sharing resources, providing education and advocacy for individuals with autism, their families, friends and professionals who touch their lives. We hope you can join us! For more information, please call WCOAC at 419-998-4701, email at [email protected], or check out our Facebook page at West Central Ohio Autism Community.
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