Milwaukie High School - Maroon Yearbook (Milwaukie, OR)

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These kids are just great to work with. Everyday there is something new for them to experience. They are curious, friendly, trusting, and very honest indiv- iduals. Ms. Diane Lewis TMR Students develop skills to help prepare for independent living Two lower health rooms have housed special educa- tion classes for the Trainable Mentally Retarded lTMR'sl for the past two years. Since 1976 when a state law was passed ruling that every district must have the least restrictive environment for educating retarded persons, the classes have been held at different high schools which have the facilities. There were two separate classrooms with a total of twenty-four students. The students were legally per- mitted to attend the class from age 14 up to age 21 if necessary, receiving a special certificate in place of a diploma. Subjects stressed survival in later life, rather than academic emphasis. A wide range of skills were taught, including learning coins and money, bus and shopping procedures, and basic words such as those on traffic slgns. Occasionally, a few students were mainstreamed into regular home economics and P.E. courses. Many of the TMR instructors, pointed out that teaching retarded people was very complicated because each student was on a different level, each had his own needs. Basically, they aren't much different from 'normal' kids. They simply have slower or damaged brain functions which impedes the learning process, ex- plained Ms. Diane Lewis. Several field trips interrupted the classroom routine. Students visited the Portland Zoo, Mt. Hood, and a pumpkin patch. They also went bowling monthly and enjoyed a shopping excursion in downtown Portland at has if! ii E if E I X' I I I In I I teacher Christmas Mark Allgeier Jackie Baird . L 3 Eddie Benson - A Karen Cabe gig U., ,K g, Sue Crader , fy A e 'V a Carol Crosby 3 ' S Y- Shirley Esweiler if - ' f' 'M 1 ri nan Fisher siset . Kathy Garrison b if , ff I f ski Jeff Hitesman 'S' N' ' e ' f 1' ' 5 Michaellde 3 gy 1, i f John Matthews ' y, gj rf e Q ' g y Tammy Phillips 5-Y an 'f 1 .. if-X j W .. ... 1 X N ' A kggg 26 TMR

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,.,.--.-.Y ., i f --... 0ptional School Students improve on attendance using alternative class methods Many students who have had problems with atten- dance, rarely missed a day at the Optional School. There are a certain percent of students that have had difficulty in keeping up with the school work in the regular classes, but with the method Dr. Muno taught by, the students leamed literature, writing, algebra, money management, history and various other sub- jects. At the Optional School, the students leam how to learn. 'In four years, 224 students have earned high school credits by attending the Optional academic program who otherwise may have dropped from school. Dr, Paul Muno, teacher wi LEFT: Richard Jones and Patrick Gallagher listen to a lecture by Dr. Paul Muno while following along in their texts. ABOVE LEFT: Jill Gordon and Wanda Erickson work together on their math assign- ments. TOP LEI l': One of the many wang in the Optional School filled l with books. ABOVE: Dr. Paul Muno gives his assistance to Steve Alder- Dr- Paul man to help complete his algebra. Muno ' sp Learning Center! Optional School 25

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Doreen Riggs 5.- 'fix ,N -.V fb-L if Q '1, Y. Pearl shipp 'NQfr:'Q, N' I 3 ly '.i4' ' ! V31 v Roy Spencer 2 E' AX! . . A - H Priscilla Wyatt C Cv Glen Yankaukas , if w 5 . LEFT: TMR instructors and aides: Diane Lewis, Connie Hines, Peggy Not Pictured: Stevenson, and Kate Peterson. Pam Baldwin CENTER: Peggy Stevenson listens Dianna Greninger to a students aide's request. Randy Leske ABOVE FAR LEFT: Priscilla Wyatt concentrates on wanting skills, using an abacus. ABOVE: Pam Baldwin participates in the Christ- mas spirit by decorating the tree inher classroom. Pattianne Schwab Dori Wolfer TMR 27