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Thank you for your patience!

Showing School Spirit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Our class was joined with Mrs. Galik's Preschool Hearing Impaired Class to help spiff up Dowell's gazebo area.  We raked leaves, pulled weeds, picked up trash and planted many hostas.  We're showing our Dowell Dolphin school spirit!

Special Education Top Websites

Below are some websites that can be a valuable resource for you:

American Federation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org/

American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
http://www.aamr.org/

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.asha.org/

Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
http://chadd.org/

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
http://www.cec.sped.org/

Council for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org/

LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org/

The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/

National Parent Network on Disabilities
http://www.npnd.org

Special Education Resources on the Internet
http://seriweb.com/

TASH (formerly known as The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)
http://www.TASH.org/

U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/

March Madness

The 2007 Summer Programs can be found on the GLRS Website, which is listed below.   Click on GLRS Publications. There you will find the 2007 Summer Camp and Respite Directory.

http://www.glrs.org/

 

We have been learning about spring and St. Patrick's Day.  Mrs. Brenda read a story to us and then Mrs. Lisa helped us to paint.

You Scream, I Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream!

Thursday, we made homemade ice cream!  Mrs. Brenda, our Speech Therapist, and Mrs. Lisa, our Occupational Therapist, helped us.  We read a book about ice cream.  We learned that it tastes cold and sweet.  We also learned that you can eat it from a bowl or a cone.  Then we measured and mixed the ingredients.  We poured the ingredients into a quart size zip-loc bag.  Ice, rock salt, and the quart size bag were all placed into a gallon size zip-loc bag.  Then we took turns shaking and rolling the bag for 10 minutes.  The finished product was definitely both cold and sweet.  We all voted that it was also delicious!

Fragile Kids Foundation

Jaylah's mom, Kymala, would like to share some information about Fragile Kids Foundation.  http://www.fragilekids.org  Their phone number is 770-951-6111.   They offer grants for home modifications, wheelchair lifts, loan equipment and other programs.   Check it out!

Presidents' Parade

 

 

         

                                                                      We had a very patriotic parade, complete with flags and marching music!

Brunswick Zone

Brunswick Zone on Austell Road -

Thursdy, February 8, 2007

Kelly was the winner, with Alexai, Jacob and Jaylah close behind her.  Ms. Cathy (Adapted P.E.), Mrs. Lori (Physical Therapist), and Mrs. Lisa (Occupational Therapist) all came to cheer us on!

   

Volleyball

Check out Mrs. Hammond's class playing modified volleyball.  Through this fun activity, we have the students work on eye hand coordination, striking skills, team work, and cooperation.  The teachers use hand over hand to assist students who can't move on their own.   Each team makes up a name.  This time, the Warriors competed with the Go Getters and the Warriors won!  Mr. Manson, our Assistant Principal was one of the Warriors.  

Ho! Ho! Ho!

We wish you

a Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!