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gram, three Early Childhood Learning Programs, one Our fourth grade students designed and carried out an Pre-school Learning Program, and Integrated Pre-school, ambitious mural project that adorns the art, music and gym wing. A group of students engaged in the Future and two Behavioral Programs. All programs function roblem Solving activities and represented the school in with the support of two full-time Speech Therapists, a P a superior way at the regional bowl. This endeavor School Adjustment Counselor, a School Psychologist and a part-time Adaptive Physical Education Professional cultivates problem solving skills through a systematic ap- Additional ancillary services through the Cape Cod Col- proach to a variety of important current issues. Once laborative include Occupational and Physical Therapy again we observed existing and worthwhile Career Day services. and Earth Day exercises and enlarged the selection of our fter-school activity programs. a The Cape Cod Collaborative for Special Needs con- Links with town and regional agencies were initiated tinues to serve the Mashpee Public Schools with a cur- or strengthened with visits from the Animal Control Of- rent caseload of three Mashpee students. In addition, ficer, MSPCA, Fire Department, ComElectric, Cape Cod Mashpee continues to collaborate with surrounding public school districts, human service agencies and with Cape Canal officials and Thornton Burgess Society. Cod Child Development, Inc., in providing appropriate Mashphee's Senior Citizens were at the Coombs School for a series of computer classes, a moving seniors/grade programming for Mashpee students. The Director of Special Education also works in cooperation with four personal interview session, Grandparent's Day and an ACES(American Children Exercising Simultaneous- Falmouth High School and Cape Cod Tech personnel in providing programming for high school-aged youngsters ly) morning that bridged health and nutrition education with Special Education Needs. between the Coombs School,Senior Citizens Center and Leisure Services Department. One hundred and sixty-nine kindergarten children were d this year resulting in fourteen referrals for fur- This year marked the second year of a three-year pro- screene e our classrooms into a grade level team ther evaluation.A total of 202 student's educational plans gram to organiz were reviewed and updated in this school year including concept. This organization allows the teachers and full evaluations. A total of 28 students moved into the students to interact in a small group within the school district with educational plans which were implemented. and provides our students and teachers the flexibility to Frequently, these students required further evaluations schedule educationally sound and meaningful learning ac- and meetings. Additionally, 17 preschoolers were tivities without disrupting the entire school. I am im- pressed with our faculty performance and the positive evaluated after screening and 100 students were referred by teachers and parents through the Educational Service reaction of our students and parents to the teaming con- Team (EST). cept. The Middle School athletic teams were very suc- cessful this year. Our field hockey team was undefeated Inservice has been provided staff and parents on the and our soccer team compiled a record of 8-1-1. Our students participated in the Southeast Music Festival at issues of integration, special education processes and pro- cedures, and screening. The Mashpee Public Schools was Milton High School, the All Cape Chorus Workshop at stable Middle School and hosted the All Cape Mid- the recipient of additional state funds for staff develop Barn e to integrating special needs children into the dle School Band Workshop. Our marching band,involv- ment relativ mainstream. Project EDUCATE will provide for on-site ing mostly 7th and 9th graders,performed in four parades during the year. The Music Honor Award winner for the inservice as well as on-going program development and y ea evaluation. ea was David Cushing. Mikki DePalma was the cham- pion of the Annual 5/6 Grade Spelling Bee and we had co-winners in our Oratorical Contest--Ruby Ferrer and The Mashpee Special Education Parent Advisory Sara Majka. Erin Troy and Jeremiah John were named Council(SEPAQ provided training for parents in leader- ship. A newsletter was developed and published. The as the recipients of the Frederick H. Pocknett Sportsman- Mashpee Public Schools Special Education Parent Hand- ship Award for Athletics and our Citizenship Award win book was updated and printed. It is available for all ner was Erin Troy. Our Memorial Award winners for the year were Edward Dolan for the Joseph E. Malone parents. Award, Eilis McKay for the Leigh-Anne Horne Award Federal Special Education grants awarded the Mashpee and Jason LaFleur for the Lee Greer Award. All our Public Schools totalled $47,018. Additionally, funds students should be commended for their enthusiastic par- totalling $8,750 were received to supplement early ticipation in the many school-related activities. childhood special needs programs. In the area of Special Education, a total of 203 students Reading and writing skills are taught in tandem as the from ages three through twenty-one are currently being serviced within our system. This represents 16.9%of the reading and writing connection is an integral component of any quality reading program.The process and methods school population. Special Education programs range from monitoring of a student's progress to more substan- of reading instruction are a continuing focus of a very active curriculum review team consisting of professionals tially separate programs for the more substantially disabl- ed child. across the grades. A curriculum revision and text adOP- tions are scheduled for the 1991-1992 school year. In preparation for this, a good deal of time was spent in Special needs programs within the Mashpee Public Schools include: one grade K-4 Resource Room, two pursuing the preliminary preparation for this large scale grade 5-8 Resource Rooms, one Intensive Learning Pro- 88