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Meet the Team: Designated Instructional Services Team

Meet the Team Erin Schwier, EdD, OTD, OTR/L Matt Beltran, COTA/L Janice Clark, M.S., CCC-SLP Erin Schwier, EdD, OTD, OTR/L 16 years as on Occupational Therapist with 15 years at Sierra Academy Matt Beltran, COTA/L- 10 years as a COTA at Sierra Academy Janice Clark, M.S., CCC-SLP- 35 years as a Speech and Language Pathologist, 16 years at Sierra Academy Generally, we see our students in an individual and group settings. We also provide push in services in the classroom to support academics as well as community base interventions. Our goal [...]

2019-01-31T21:49:45-05:00January 24th, 2019|

Student Spotlight: Julianne Y.

Student Spotlight Julianne Y. I like all of the staff in my classroom. Ms. Lekaunas is my teacher and she really makes me feel close to home. She calms me down and makes it easy for me to be at school. Mr. McBride makes my classroom fun, he makes it so school isn’t too serious. I don’t always know what to expect with Mr. McBride. Ms. Romo is someone I can relate too. She also keeps the classroom clean, she notices all the details that I do that may need attention in the classroom. [...]

2019-03-08T16:32:21-05:00January 24th, 2019|

Meet the Team: Jessica Eddy

Meet the Team Jessica Eddy, High School Therapist My passion is in helping people to understand, heal, and turn their pain into strength and life purposes. I believe the power of the human connection can help us grow into our most fulfilled, authentic, and resilient selves. I bring these ideas to work every day with our students. Noteworthy degree: Master of Science in Counseling (specialization: Marriage and Family); AMFT #104141, EMDR trained clinician I spend much of the time with individual students or assisting in group therapy. When I’m [...]

2019-03-27T12:21:21-04:00January 24th, 2019|

Meet the Team: Devon Ford

Devon Ford, Support Specialist Every day, I work to set a positive tone for the day by greeting each and everyone one of our students. Not only does this allow me to give share a smile with each student every morning, I also take this opportunity to assess each student to best determine where I will be best served for support throughout the day. I truly expect something new every single day, and that’s exciting to me! I enter each day with the goal of helping others and working to create a positive [...]

2019-01-31T21:50:39-05:00January 23rd, 2019|

Staff of the Month December 2018

High Road School of Hartford Primary’s Mrs. Natalie Conley has been selected as staff of the Month for November! Through a process where all staff in the building nominate a peer who exemplifies our CORE 4 values and has been an asset to the team, Mrs. Conley received the most nominations in the building. Mrs. Conley has been working with our school for the last 3 months as our school Social Worker and is responsible for meeting with students in both groups and individualized settings. Mrs. Conley is also in charge of keeping up communication with parents and programs [...]

2019-02-06T09:44:01-05:00January 23rd, 2019|

Gabriel’s Angels offers a safe space for at-risk students to learn

The Arizona Republic visited Aurora Day School to highlight the great work our students and Gabriel's Angels are doing. Gabriel's Angels is a nonprofit which provides animal-assisted activities which involve dogs and other animals in recreational and educational programs. Over the course of 18 weeks, students spend 15-20 minutes a week reading with the dogs which leads to increasing their confidence in a safe space where our students thrive. “Zane used to struggle with reading, but when he started working with Michelle and Caymus, all of a sudden, he really blossomed." –Robin Puckett, an Aurora school therapist Read the story [...]

2019-01-22T14:29:19-05:00January 22nd, 2019|

MLK Jr. Day of Service Event

Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors the achievements of one of the most influential of African American civil rights leaders during the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated the use of nonviolence to end racial segregation. The day is celebrated with parades and speeches by civil rights and political leaders. MLK Day is known by many as a day of service. Families, Organizations, and Individuals go out into their communities to give back. This year, High Road School of New Castle County students and staff will be giving back to Emmanuel Dining Room West, a Soup Kitchen in Wilmington, [...]

2019-03-02T22:53:38-05:00January 20th, 2019|

Settling Back In and a Field trip

Well here we are nearing the end of our second week back from winter break. The students have been able to come and settle right back into the routine. For the rest of the school year, I would like to try and make learning more fun for my students. Today we went over the scientific method in preparation for the 100th day egg drop that will take place on the 25th. The students came up with a hypothesis and figured out which materials they would need to protect the egg from breaking when dropped. During math we played math jeopardy. [...]

2019-01-20T21:25:32-05:00January 20th, 2019|

When Your Child’s Behavior Becomes Extreme

When children refuse to clean up their toys or eat their vegetables, most parents know how to best handle the situation. But what if a child’s reaction to appropriate consequences is extreme, escalating to physical aggression and even property damage and making the home unsafe? This type of conduct could be the sign of emotional/behavioral issues that need to be addressed for the best interest of the child, parents and other members of the family. When children act out in these ways, it can be very disconcerting for everyone involved. Parents often take on blame and can feel too ashamed [...]

2019-03-01T21:31:42-05:00January 19th, 2019|

Ask The Expert- Speech and Language Therapist

Ask The Expert: Speech and Language Therapist, Kaitlyn Harrold What is speech-language therapy? In the school setting, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) design therapy programs in order to meet the individual needs of students to increase functional and effective communication skills. Activities are created to teach new concepts, improve current skills, and generalize communication skills from the therapy room to school and home environments. Areas that might be targeted in therapy can include articulation, motor speech, phonology, expressive and receptive language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), social communication, cognition, fluency, and voice. SLPs work with other team members, such as [...]

2019-02-08T15:42:52-05:00January 18th, 2019|