On Friday, May 27, all 4th through 6th grade students will be participating in Del Cerro’s 1st Ability Awareness Day! Presented by the PTA Special Education committee, this is a great opportunity for our community to learn about the different skills and challenges that we all face, and to help the students understand that everyone just wants to be accepted and understood. The program emphasizes the abilities we all have, not what we can’t do. The focal part of the day will be the experiential “stations” set up outside. Each student will be assigned to participate in 3 or 4 of these stations where they will personally experience some physical or learning challenge and then have the opportunity to talk about each experience. Prior to the stations, we will have a brief Assembly in the morning to introduce the day to the students. Parent volunteers, along with teachers and therapists from Del Cerro, will be leading each booth and groups of students. We need at least two (2) parent volunteers from each class throughout the program, so if you’re interested in helping out, we’d love to hear from you! Just contact me Cari Cohn-Morros. We’ll need volunteers all day (8am to 3pm), so just let me know what hours you are available. In addition to volunteering, parents are also encouraged and welcome to come to participate. Most of us have never really understood what it would be like to have ADHD, fine motor impairment or dyslexia, but you’ll have the chance to experience these learning challenges and others, and better appreciate what our special needs students continually experience, and how they continually overcome their challenges. So, we welcome you to share in your child’s
experience. Each student will also receive a packet that they will bring home. That packet contains the questions that will be posed during each discussion, and you may find these questions to be a helpful beginning to your ongoing conversations with your students. So, during the Memorial Day weekend, ask your student to share the packet and continue the discussion with your entire family.
Once again, if you’re interested in volunteering, please contact me as soon as possible so I can get you on the list. We will need at least two parent volunteers from each class – perhaps it will be you!
If you have any questions, concerns or ideas, please contact me. Thank you
and we look forward to a successful and enlightening day for all our students!
Cari Cohn-Morros
Del Cerro PTA
Special Education Liaison
