Mountain View High School - La Vista Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Special Education Gets Better Y ou saw the movie that was shown at the end of last year. Your teach- er discussed the meaning of mainstream- ing, and you knew that we were expand- ing the Special Education Department, When you came back to school you expected to see more visibly handicaped students, people in wheelchairs and stu- dents with obvious learning disabilities, but you didn't. Instead you heard of the added courses and the new teachers as- sociated with the Special Ed program. You become aware of the individual programs that were offered: the pre-em- ployment preparation programs, where seniors were released at twelve to receive on-the-job training at work, the speech and language program, which served students who have difficulty in oral communicationg the hearing handi- capped program that was provided for those students whose hearing is lost or mild. You also became familiarized with the services that were offered to students enrolled in the Special Ed Program. A part-time school psychologist was as- signed, and she was available for the students. Another service provided con- cerned individual health evaluations for every special education student. You realized that the scope of the Special Education Department went be- yond the physically impaired, to the in- ner problems a person might have. You decided that special education students were just normal people who had special problems. The Special Ed Department provided a means of dealing with those problems and making life a little better. 6 Special Education A .X l i ii la V- W H - ,....-'- ' .1 -'V' 1 'P . y ff, During a group discussion, Mark Cooper gives his advice to the stu- dent participants.

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l the night. The overjoyed Pommies hug each other after the first touchdown of With 1:39 left, Brian Kotsur and Keith Moody cheer for the touch- down that raises the score. Kim Sidkmiller scores a well de- served touchdown that leads to a victory over Westwood. l 'gk X A FN ,flu t QQ ,mir ter x Q3 Starting quarterback Richie Ed- wards completes a well planned sneak. sg., s hd! . , .fx , . S., ., ,. ,. R. ,. .. . Q , ., .. - 5.- ,t+,..:. ' -,- - 1 v'...,,.- 311- ---1 f. ff 'r'- ' i iff.:- K -' '. , X ' c .'f.faf.' I'- '-' - '.'3jkQf-5 f'13i',.t-. 'K s - fr' .- -. . Can't Get the Best of Us hen you first heard about it, you didn't believe it. But then you heard it enough times to believe it, and you were shocked. Who ever heard of a thing like that, a high school team on probation. So you asked a few of the football players for the real story . . . During spring practice, two to three weeks in May, the football team had tackling dummies on the field. Accord- ing to one of the Arizona lnterscholastic Association's rules for spring practices, the only piece of equipment that can be used is a football. The team was put on probation which meant that they could not participate in any playoff games or state competition. Coachjesse Parker andjames Curlett appealed the court ruling and offered a compromise: The team would not par- ticipate in any summer passing league or spring training during 1982, Coach Park- er would forfeit his coaching salary and a letter of reprimand would be placed on his file. The compromise was denied . . . You sat in the stands and cheered at the top of your voice for two reasons: to supprt the team on to victory and to prove that your Toro pride prevailed. Together, the team, their fans and you prove that no one could ever get the best of us. Probation 5

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Rnd' E Q57 'vw' 'fr ,,M,,,...iw hr 1 ,,....-w--r Interpersonal communication skills and individualized learning are conceprs stressed in Special Ed. Group Discussion is a regular part of special educations program as displayed by Simon Lang. di A srudem lies on rlre floor during a relaxation program in Tom Meyers' class, Special Education 7