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Dear Skyline Families:
Skyline School is holding its first Ability Awareness Celebration this Friday, January 29th. The aim is to educate students, shift outdated and disabling attitudes, and empower people with disabilities. The day will kick off with an assembly by Mark Goffeney. Mark Goffeney is a musician from San Diego. He is known as “Big Toe” because, being born without arms, he plays the guitar with his feet. Mark will share a message of diversity, self-acceptance and accepting others with the students. During lunch, the students will listen to a presentation by a parent of a child with cerebral palsy. She will discuss how her son uses a service dog to assist him. After the presentation, students will have the opportunity to rotate through three stations such as a wheelchair obstacle course, reading books to therapy dogs and taking part in an art project by painting with their feet or their non-dominant hand.
Skyline's wheel teachers are also focusing on Ability Awareness in their classrooms. Mr. Stock, the science teacher, will teach lessons on assistive technology. Ms. Khachaturyan, the art teacher, will have students work on a project celebrating their uniqueness. Mrs. Untied, the computer teacher, will have students visit a website that simulates what it might feel like to have a learning disability, such as dyslexia, and Ms. Anderson, PE teacher, will have the students participate in a car/driver activity, where one student closes his/her eyes and the other student steers them around. This activity requires trust between the two students. Finally, Ms. Josephson, Skyline’s librarian, will be showcasing the school’s new Ability Awareness library collection when the students come for their weekly visit to the library. Ms. Damaso, school guidance counselor, went to all classes during the week of January 18-22, and taught a lesson on the history of ability awareness. She also discussed the attitudes and assumptions that often exist towards individuals with disabilities.
The goal of our Ability Awareness Celebration is to have our students come away with the idea that people who are different are still people first. We look forward to our Ability Awareness Celebration becoming an annual event on the Skyline Campus.
Lisa Denham, Principal
Phone: (858) 794-3600
Don’t forget to mark
these important dates on your calendar:
| Global Education Parent Night | Jan. 28 |
| Flag Ceremony & Ability Awareness Assembly |
Jan. 29 |
| PTA Parent Ed. Seminar | Feb. 1 |
| February Break - No School | Feb. 15-19 |
We welcome your comments and questions. Please feel free to contact us.
606 Lomas Santa Fe Solana Beach, CA 92075 |
Lisa Denham, Principal |
Office: 858.794.3600
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School Hours: 8:55 am – 3:03 pm Minimum days: 8:55 am – 12:25 pm |
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