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School was an active participant in the Mashpee 125th to Jacqueline Walsh and T. J. O'Brien. The Memorial celebration, hosting many town events and running a Awards were presented to the following students: The two-month reading incentive program based on Mash- Joseph E. Malone Award to Jamaal Branch;the Leigh- pee's historical sites. Additionally, our art teacher pro- Ann Horne Award went to Mary Beth Orme; the Lee duced a beautiful Mashpee quilt with several classes, Greer Award was presented to Kelley Willette; and and both first and second graders worked on literary Steven Holmes received the Daniel Casey Memorial and artistic components to our town's celebration. Award. The teacher assistance team at the Coombs School The administration and staff are eagerly awaiting served as a model at a statewide conference on the spe- the opening of Mashpee High School and the organi- cial needs pre-referral practices. zation of the Middle School into two K-6 facilities. In the spring,the Coombs School was a major force In the area of Special Education, a total of 214 stu- in the Cape's "Increase the Peace" week with an array dents from ages three through twenty-one are current- of worthwhile programs aimed at reducing violence in ly being serviced within our system. Special Educa- our society. Mrs. Harrington's class, in conjunction tion programs range from monitoring of a student's with Janice Walford of The Mashpee Enterprise, progress to more substantially separate programs. pulled off a major journalistic coup with the publica- Mashpee continues to support programs for inclusion tion of the Harrington Herald. of students with special needs. A year-long effort to equitably reorganize our The Cape Cod Collaborative for Special Needs con- school system into two K-6 units was concluded. This tinues to serve the Mashpee Public Schools with a cur- project was accomplished with the invaluable assis- rent caseload of three Mashpee students. In addition, tance of parents and teachers who guided and assessed Mashpee continues to collaborate with surrounding the process as it evolved. The Coombs School opened public school districts, human service agencies and in September, 1995 as a K-6 building and the Middle with Cape Cod Child Developments,Inc.,in providing School opened as a K-8 school. appropriate programming for Mashpee students. The Director of Special Education also works in coopera- The Middle School population eagerly joined in the tion with year-long "Mashpee 125th" celebration. The Middle School students took part in poster contests, parades, Falmouth High School and Cape Cod Tech person- the Memorial Day activities, the aerial photo spelling nel in providing programming for high school aged out"MASHPEE 125"and several other related events. youngsters with special educational needs. Several new activities in the Middle School were One hundred eighty-nine kindergarten children initiated during the school year, among them were the were screened this year resulting in twenty-four refer- highly successful Read-Aloud Program, a Health Fair rats for further evaluation. A total of 231 student's and assigned parental conferences. A special thanks is educational plans were reviewed and updated includ- in order to Maureen Colescott and the many volun- ing full evaluations. A total of 39 students moved into teers that work with Mrs. Colescott to insure the suc- the district with educational plans which were imple- cess of these and many other programs. mented. Frequently, these students required further evaluations and The Middle School Music Department remained age children were screened Additionally, e and25 prechoolers we29 re very popular and busy. Our marching band performed evaluated after screening. A total of 89 students were in the Mashpee parade, the Falmouth parade and the referred by teachers and parents through the Educa- Memorial parade held in Dorchester, Massachusetts. tional Service Team (EST). Our 5th and 6th grade band took part in an exchange concert in Sandwich. the All Cape Band workshop Inservice is continuous and has been provided to was held at Nauset this year. staff and parents on the issues of inclusion, individual asseOur Chamber Singers performed at Ballymeade planssment and writing the new individual education Country Club for the Falmouth Newcomers Club and in Mashpee for the Mashpee Garden Club.The Cham- The Mashpee Public Schools was the recipient of ber Singers were joined by our Stage Band in a per- additional state funds for staff development and train- formance at Berkley College of Music. ing. Project TEAM ($9,000), training and develop- ment for the Teacher Assessment Team(TAT). Project One hundred and ten 8th graders graduated on June Excellence ($22,870)provided for training opportuni- 13, 1995. At graduation, the Frederick H. Pocknett ties for early childhood staff in the public and private Award for Sportsmanship in Athletics was presented schools in the community of Mashpee. Through this 101