Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Special Educationg A Chance for Students It took a talented teacher to handle Special Education classes. They needed to know when to be serious with schoolwork and when to be crazy and have fun. Playful harassment and truthful compliments helped the students overcome their troubled areas of study. Palo Verde had the largest Special Education program in the state. Students in the program made up three to five percent of the school's total enrollment. The students met with cer- tain teachers anywhere from one to five times a day. Because classes met so often, close teacher-student relation- ships were developed. Students were taught on a close one-to-one basis which helped their progress. Students were also enrolled in other classes in the school curriculum in areas where they didnit need special attention. Students had many different types of problems that required different teaching approaches, commented Charles Brugler, a Special Education teacher. He found it was helpful to both he and his students to get to know each other outside of the school en- vironment. They played softball games on Saturdays and held award cere- monies and pizza parties at the end of the semester. These activities com- mended outstanding progress, en- couraged hard work, and were also en- joyable. Observing class activities pointed out that these students were not different from other students, they just had trouble in certain areas. With a little extra help, many of them were able to get back into the complicated rush and confusion of the large and busy classroom situation. KU Charles Brugler enthusiarically motivates his fourlh hour Special Education class to bring in canned food for the Food Bank. IPh0Io by R. Hines! 74 Faculty Section 4 c SUC s fp Qi Elaine Agte Joyce Anderson J X . Bonnie Edris Susan Fetter K X t .. i 'L S .G , W ,si -f . ,.,, if is X ..,. ., L 1. nf ai. if Lee Gemetta Jerry Holmes 4 ,ii John Stevens Elsie Vogler Eugene Benecke 1, - silk , J ,I . Barbara Fuller c . R . t wt- If Ellen Schartz Barbara Wayne t n Charles Brugler Q1 t. ri .L Q- .: A i ,grfiw sr . ' 1 .,' - r - rl ,Q , 5 , ' - 'u 1 5 5. fu Yr I., 5, ' ' , , ,, J , . ' Karen Gaffer i j Jean Seely If at first you don't ceed, try, tr again!