Safety Harbor Middle School - Reflections Yearbook (Safety Harbor, FL)

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Special Education encourages PRIDE IN WORK t The special education classes are designed to meet the needs of stu- dents in the areas of ac- ademics, attitudes, and behavior. Students con- tinually work to improve weaknesses and reinforce strengths. A11 academics are taught in the special ed- ucation programs. The students are in the classes anywhere from one to five periods a day de- pending on their success- ful demonstration of mas- tery in those areas. Once a student has passed the set course, they may be mainstreamed into other classes. Some students must also accomplish a Students learn computer pro- graming with the assistance of Mrs. Perry in her seventh grade classes. 70 t Special Education behavior modification goal. In all the programs stu- dents learn how to run a computer, and some are exposed to cultural arts through visits to Ruth Eckerd Hall and museums. Still others ex- plore ancient history by participating in archeo- logical digs, making roset- ta stones and unraveling the mysteries behind hi- eroglyphics. With extra effort and determination, the spe- cial education teachers encourage their students to be the best they can be and to accomplish some- thing, not merely exist.

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Ms. Morales explains the cli- mate in Canada to her sixth graders. Q: mania 330: myth! re mm. L p.3be'mx3, and rwmmyxl K. 91' Above: Mr. George reminds Sharon Hendley to watch New- scan. Below: Mr. Anderson has a heart-to-heart with Ryan Nel- son. Social Studies 69

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Mike Goldstein and Denise Gill contemplate chess strategies in Mrs. Wilson's class. Mrs. Strouse finds her students' role playing amusing. I . IfTuRB Special Education 71