Hanks High School - Shield Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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,ada if fi , f ,A Above: Pat Vargas, special education chairperson, keeps a close-knit class. Belowx The department wants to keep classes as small as possible this year. 34 Special Education , 42, ., at Q' ' U-UH! H jkuur we -wwmk is

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N Above: The wrestling team practices their techniques in the cafeteria. Below: A gymnastics class goofs off. L tasks XM lx ex K ,QQ N s Q f rrlasa , Q M Q X we S. W Y N P.E. 33

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if 3 2 1 tl - is et, ., ,,, -, , Z im, Beth Steele has taught Special Education for seven years. S if 0 'Q Une-to-one atmosphere offers un: ty 1 J,, ,z-,, 2 , , The main purpose of spe- l l cial education was to help students in courses such as E English and math. V The classes were broken l down so that the students ' received the attention they needed. If the teacher was l 2 caught up with one student E v if 1, there was an aid who could if, lppl help other students who l ,W .amy U needed help. Qgxfagif - Vargas felt that smaller F r s' W A- classes in special education 2 helped the students better because of one-to-one basis he l ' e atmosphere. ln the average class, approximately 36 stu- dents, there is no time for individual attention. Mike Kelly, Larry Paxton, and Chad Elliot take a break in class. ,.,, ij15,fg,.3., ,,:, , , Z ,V,bE: i Special Education