Dr. Temple Grandin visits Poudre High School!
The PHS Project Unify Club invited Dr. Temple Grandin to speak at Poudre High School on Tuesday, 4/3/18. Dr. Grandin spoke to students and staff about students with different kinds of minds. She captivated the audience with her many accomplishments, including work with NASA and witnessing a recent shuttle launch. Students were actively engaged with questions relating to Dr. Grandin’s inventions, her experiences throughout her schooling, and soliciting her advice about what types of careers and internships she recommends. Dr. Grandin will return to Poudre High School to work with the Robotics team and the Future Farmers of America Club.
Congratulations to the Boltz Middle School Unified Program – 2018 Cesar Chavez Student Organization Award recipient!
The Boltz Unified Program is a student-led program that supports the concept of inclusion for all and equity within a school campus. The Boltz Unified Program offers a class for students who would like to engage in Unified projects, leadership opportunities, school-wide campaigns, health and wellness, and sporting events. The class is unified with students of all ability levels and backgrounds. The students travel to Denver every year for the Special Olympics Youth Summit and organize the school-wide “R Word” campaign. It is heartwarming to see the inclusive messages that the students spread across the Boltz campus.
Mary Hull Awards Recipients Announced! Congratulations to ALL nominees and recipients!
The Integrated Services Mary Hull Awards celebrate outstanding educators, administrators, classified staff members and community members who have gone above and beyond to support students with disabilities. All nominees will be celebrated during the Mary Hull Awards with a dinner and banquet on April 26th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm (doors open at 5:00 pm). The awards banquet will be held at Timberline Church’s South Auditorium with entertainment provided by PSD high school students. Tickets can be purchased through each school’s office manager or through the Integrated Services Department.
It is a pleasure to announce the Poudre School District staff nominated by their peers for the Integrated Services Mary Hull Awards. Recipients of each Mary Hull Award Category are written in bold italicized letters.
Nominees and recipients are as follows:
Mary Hull Honorary Award Nominees
Tessa Collins – Paraprofessional II Bennett Elementary School
Ramsey Houck – Paraprofessional II Fort Collins High School
Michelle Wright – School to Work Alliance Specialist (nominated by RMHS)
Mary Hull Collaborative Award Nominees
Keith Aragon – Physical Education Teacher Fort Collins High School
Brian Floyd – Music Teacher Blevins Middle School
Suzanne Jarosz – First Grade Teacher Bacon Elementary School
Diana Kucera – English Language Development Teacher Laurel Elementary
John Robinson – Social Studies Department Chair Rocky Mountain High School
Mary Hull Specialized Service Professional Award Nominees
Jill Ayars – Speech/Language Clinician Rocky Mountain High School, Webber
Middle School, Werner Elementary School
David Wood – School Psychologist Fort Collins High School
Mary Hull Special Education Teacher Award Nominees
Katie Dionesotes – Multi-Categorical Teacher Johnson Elementary
Hannah Doran – Multi-Categorical Teacher Poudre High School
Michelle Fink – Multi-Categorical Teacher Fossil Ridge High School
Kristin Lega – Multi-Categorical Teacher Centennial High School
Dustin Noden – Integrated Learning Supports (ILS) Teacher Rocky Mountain High School
Pam Scroggins – Integrated Learning Supports (ILS) Teacher Lesher Middle School
Ann Stillwell-Click – Multi-Categorical Teacher Fort Collins High School
Melissa Turner – Multi-Categorical Teacher Polaris Expeditionary Learning School
Please join the celebration of these outstanding individuals on April 26th!
Sarah Belleau
Director
Integrated Services
Poudre School District
Please join us to celebrate ALL Mary Hull Nominees; they go Above and Beyond – everyday!
April 26 – Timberline Church South Auditorium – 5:30 – 7:30 P.M.
Please contact your school/site Office Manager to make reservations.
Sarah Belleau
Director
Integrated Services
Poudre School District
Fort Collins Lambkins doing their part during R-Word Campaign Week.
The Integrated Services Department is proud to have had two team members recognized as PSD Foundation Excellence in Education Award Finalists this year!
Sarah Belleau, PSD Director of Integrated Services with Finalist Katie Turney, Integrated Services Teacher at Linton Elementary School.
Sarah Belleau, PSD Director of Integrated Services with Finalist Zuleyka Adorno-Calderon, Speech Language Pathologist at Harris Bilingual.
PSD Psychologists presented at the Larimer County Mental Health Matters Conference on Thursday, March 8.
Poudre School District Psychologists Meg Griffin, Ed.S. (right), Melanie Potyondy, Ph.D. (center), and Brad Reimers, Ph.D. presented on Demystifying Parent/Teen Interactions. Conference topics included depression, anxiety, grief, self-harm, substance abuse and more.
Special PSD Showing! The Arc of Larimer County’s 6th Annual Film Festival.
This week (March 5-9), many PSD schools are participating in the R-Word Campaign. March 7, 2018 marks the annual day of awareness. Read on to see how some of our schools are supporting students of ALL abilities by “Spreading the Word to END the Word”!
- Fort Collins High School
Selling R-Word shirts all week, with a table set up during common lunch on Wednesday and Thursday (March 7 & 8). A banner will be available for all students to sign; posters will be hung; R-Word bracelets will be handed out to students and staff. Videos will be looping on a laptop screen to demonstrate why the R-Word is hurtful. - Rocky Mountain High School
On March 7, tables will be set up during lunch (11:30 AM – 12:20 PM) with banners, candy, t-shirts, and bracelets. A projection screen will display a slideshow of RMHS students and peer helpers, along with a sound system playing a playlist chosen by the students. Commercials have been running on video announcements as a promotion for this week, and student-led homeroom announcements will broadcast all week. Staff donated over $500 to ensure that enough t-shirts and bracelets are available for this event! - Olander Elementary School
An entire day of events is planned at Olander on March 7. Combined specials classes will assemble in the gymnasium, where each grade will participate in disability simulations; discussing how they can help promote respect for everyone. Students and staff will be wearing t-shirts and bracelets, as well as signing campaign banners that will hang throughout the school.
This is just a sampling of activities held at various PSD sites. Thank you to all of our participating schools for your dedication in making school a happy, safe place for ALL students!
Integrated Services Poudre School District 