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Society and Junior National Honor Society. With the Inclusion, special education law, 504 law, goal writ- hard work and effective planning of the Mashpee ing, frameworks, MCAS preparation, High Scope Education Foundation, the senior students received Program for early childhood, Wilson Reading academic scholarships at the first annual Honors Program, Woodcock Johnson Testing, the new IEP, Night. Students made final choices regarding college crisis management,LIPs program, augmentative com- attendance.Paul Trask was named Valedictorian and J. munication, language and literacy and inclusion, tech- Patrick Riley III was named Salutatorian. The prom nology and Plato, job coaching, alternate assessment was held followed by the first-ever after-prom party. and neuropsychology. This is a partial list of training The baseball and softball teams qualified for the state offered through the department.Training will continue playoffs. As we entered June, everyone anticipated especially in the area of changes in the special educa- graduation. True final exams were held for all stu- tion laws and in development of the new IEP process dents. The seniors participated in senior week. The and format. highlight of the senior week festivities was the dedica- tion and distribution of the first edition of The Legacy, The Mashpee Special Education Advisory Mashpee High School's Yearbook. Finally, on June Council (SEPAL) has been active this year and con- 10,2000, one of the most important events in the his- tinues to pursue after-school programs for special tory of Mashpee occurred. Under Falcon Blue skies, needs students. Several grant proposals have been eighty-three seniors graduated fulfilling a promise that funded and support programs for students that focus commenced many years ago. on organizational skills and learning strategies. The program has been successful. The Mashpee Public School system has provided services to over 403 students ages three through twen- The Director of Special Education continues to ty-two. The intensity of the Special Education pro- be actively involved in the development of programs grams range from monitoring of a student's progress for young children. The Community Partnerships for to more substantially separate programs depending on Children program with support and guidance from the y the individual student needs. The Cape Cod Council has provided support for families, young chil- Collaborative continues to serve the Mashpee Public dren, day care providers and educators. Currently, the Schools by providing programs, support services as Department of Education funds this program in the well as special needs transportation and a Cape-wide amount of$136,829. process for supplies and materials. Additionally, Mashpee collaborates with the surrounding public Federal Special Education grants awarded the school districts, human service agencies, and private Mashpee Public totaled $209,440. Additional funds Chapter 766 schools and with Cape Cod Child were awarded totaling $18,852 to support early child- Development in providing appropriate programming hood special education programs. Funds for training for Mashpee students. Mashpee continues to support received from the State Department of Education in programs to include students with special needs in the response to our application for training totaled ;I regular setting whenever possible. $18,193. One hundred forty-one kindergarten children The Mashpee Public Schools continue to suc- were screened this year resulting in nineteen referrals cessfully meet the needs of children identified as hav- for further evaluation. A total of two hundred thirty- ing special needs. Through a comprehensive range of five student reviews and ninety-two re-evaluations program offerings, children are served within the least were accomplished. A total of one hundred forty-nine restrictive setting whenever possible in a manner con- ` students referred through the Teacher Assistance Team sistent with their individual educational plans. (TAT)as initial referrals. This is a 50% increase in the number of referrals from last year. All evaluations On behalf of all students and employees,we thank were completed with seventy-six students placed on the citizens of Mashpee for their continued support. service plans. Forty-two students moved into the dis- trict on Individual Educational Programs, which were Respectfully submitted, implemented. Additionally forty-four preschool age ery Sherwood W. Flu children were screened and twenty-six preschoolers Superintendent u Schools were evaluated after screening. Mashpee continues to see a significant increase in the number of preschool aged children needing special services. �i Inservice training in the area of special education is continuous.Both regular and special education staff have participated in training in the following areas: 125