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McKinley students meet best-selling author
In a day and age where technology and social media dominate high school students’ lives, having students attend an author event is important. Senior Heaven Metcalf said she read Stamped by Jason Reynolds. She said her biggest takeaway from his presentation was when he said, “Don’t be ashamed of where you came from and be yourself.” Sophomore Christina MoyersChavez said, “Jason Reynolds’ speaking impacted me, he told me the background behind his books and he said things that made me cry. I read A Long Way Down and When I was the Greatest.” Sophomore Evelyn MoorheadKramer said Reynolds’ speaking “affected me in the way he talks about his books and what he went through. I made a connection.” Moorehead-Kramer has also read A Long Way Down and When I was the Greatest. Sophomore Gage Slinger said, “It was interesting to see how he impacted people. I read When I was the Greatest.” Senior Serenity Powell said she has read Long Way Down and is
currently reading When I was the Greatest. She said her biggest takeaway from Reynolds is “Once you accept who you are, learn to appreciate your gifts and you do not try to copy other people, you truly begin to succeed. Reynolds tried to be like Queen Latifah and write like her, but that wasn’t who he is. The minute he started writing his way he experienced his work and began to create bestsellers.” Powell opened and introduced Jason Reynolds. She is in McKinley’s Project Lit. She said, “It was honestly amazing, like I got to talk to him before I introduced him. It gave me a little bit of comfort and took a weight off my shoulders. It also was nice because I got another opportunity to do public speaking and really put myself out there as a public speaker.” Sophomore Emoni Davis said she thought it was important that “Reynolds was not always like he is now and he was from the hood. He can be a role model for many.” Maybe it is time you pick up a Jason Reynolds book and open up a new door. #PUPSREAD
Serenity Powell, a senior at McKinley Senior High School, had the honor of introducing best-selling author Jason Reynolds when he spoke at the Palace on Feb. 24.
New Local Braille Production Center Grant Awarded Great news from the Office of Student Services By Chastity Trumpower
The Canton City School District is very fortunate to have two teachers that are specially trained and certified to teach students with visual impairments. Kellie Kochan and LeeAnn Devore have both participated in highly specialized training to learn Cindy Clapper and Kellie Kochan with the new specific strategies Braille equipment. and techniques to serve our students BEST Grant to establish a Local who have visual impairments. Braille Production Center! We have students in the district with varying levels of visual impairments from slight vision loss to significant or complete loss of sight. Some of our students that have low vision or who are blind use Braille. Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read by students who can’t access written print due to their visual impairments. We are very excited to share that Kellie Kochan recently applied for and received a grant from the AT&AEM Center and the
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This grant provides equipment, software, training, and technical assistance to our staff in order to produce more reading materials in Braille in our buildings to support our students! We are so excited to have this opportunity and can’t wait to see how this new equipment and training will increase the number of student materials we are able to produce in our own buildings for our students that need braille materials!
