Sidney Riverbend Sidney,

Our school would like to spotlight our Ed. Tech lll, Karen Morse. Karen has been at Sidney Riverbend for 18 years. She has worked as a Direct Care Counselor and as an Ed Tech. She has BHP certification and is also CRMA certified. Karen has taught Life Skills elective classes in the past, as well as implemented the SPIRE program for struggling readers. Karen assists in running the day to day routines of the morning and of the classrooms during the school day She is there for 1:1 support for behavioral and academic needs as they arise. Karen has used her interests in cooking and crafting to implement groups such as how to cook eggs, heated rice packs, diamond painting, and many others. Karen was recently asked by a participant why she had worked here for so long and her reply was, "I like watching all of you grow and seeing the changes you make in your lives."

Reminders:

The end of the first semester was January 19th and report cards will be mailed out February break will be Feb. 20-Feb 24th

March 17th is no school due to Professional Development

March 22nd Parent Teacher Conferences will be in the afternoon or by arrangement, conferences are available through Google Meet or by phone

No school March 31st

End of quarter is April 4th

April Vacation begins April 17-21st

This year we continued with our annual movie themed day on the last weekday before Christmas. In the past we'd watch "The Polar Express" this year we decided to watch "A Christmas Story." Our participants had never seen the movie! We had our staff dress up as characters from the movie, our lunch included foods from the movie and afterward the "FRAGILE" box was opened to reveal treats. The afternoon was spent playing games related to the movie- and no one shot their eye out!