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Of special note was the acceptance of the athletic and fourteen preschoolers were evaluated after screen- program into the Patriot League for participation in ing. Teachers and parents through the Teacher varsity sports.In the Fall,football,field hockey,cross- Assistance Team(TAT)referred a total of one hundred country and soccer teams competed. During the and one students. Winter,the boys and girls moved into the gym for bas- ketball, while other students participated in indoor Inservice training is continuous and has been pro. track. Baseball, softball, tennis, track and golf teams vided to staff and parents in the areas of the new reg represented our school in the Spring. The girls' soft- ulations, technology, child behavior, assessment, ball team became the first team from the school to inclusion and the frameworks. qualify for State Championship playoff competition. The Mashpee Special Education Advisory Council Once again,the Regional Music Festivals were held (SEPAL) has been active in pursuing after-school pro. in which Mashpee High School students participated. grams for special needs students. This summer, the In March 1999, the Junior High School level partici- "How to Succeed" program was offered to grades 5 : pants were Lindsey Sattin, Grade 7 and Craig Miller, and 6 students. The sessions focused on organization . Grade 9; and in January at the High School level, al and project development skills. High marks were Michael McLaughlin, Grade 10 represented Mashpee received from those who participated. Additional pro- High School. grams are in the process of development for students this year. The Mashpee Public School system has provided services to over 334 students age three through twen- The Director of Special Education continues to be ty-two. The intensity of the Special Education pro- actively� p y involved in the development of programs for :. grams range from monitoring of a student's program young children. Project C.R.E.A.T.E. was expanded to more substantially separate programs depending on through Community Partnerships for Children(CPC) the individual student needs. Mashpee continues to to provide for training, child care vouchers, and pro- support programs to include students with special motion of activities for young children and their par- needs in the regular setting whenever possible. ents. Currently, the Department of Education in the ' amount of$111,929 funds the program. The Cape Cod Collaborative continues to serve the Mashpee Public Schools by providing programs, sup- Federal Special Education grants awarded the port services (including therapies, technology assess- Mashpee Public Schools totaled $138,880. Additional ments,and consultation)as well as special needs trans- funds were received to total $18,210 to support early portation and a Cape-wide bidding process for sup- childhood special education programs. Funds for plies and materials. Additionally, Mashpee collabo- training was received from the State Department of rates with the surrounding public school districts, Education for training in the amount of$7,896. human service agencies private Chapter 766 schools and with Cape Cod Child Development in providing appropriate programming for Mashpee students. The Mashpee Public Schools continues to success The meet the needs of children identified as having A new elementary level special needs. Through a comprehensive range of pro- y program, the Early gram offerings, children are served within the least Childhood Intensive Learning Program, was started restrictive suing whenever possible in a manner con this year servicing children in grades kindergarten sistent with their individual educational plans, through two and located at the K. C. Coombs School. The inclusion program was expanded with the addi- tion of teachers at the Quashnet and High Schools.The the citizens of Mashpee for their continued support. Project ABLE program at the high school was expand- ed to provide a separate program for student's in Respectfully submitted, grades 7 and 8 with IEPs. Theresa Cook, Chair 1 One hundred eighty seven kindergarten children Kathleen Lynch were screened this year resulting in eleven referrals for Maryanne Macdonald further evaluation. A total of two hundred sixty nine Janice Mills (, student's educational plans were reviewed and updat- Stephen Paxton ed including re-evaluations. A total of sixty-three stu- Mashpee School Committee dents moved into the district with educational plans, which were implemented. Frequently these students require further evaluations and meetings.Additionally, thirty-seven pre-school-age children were screened 106