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Room 220

In room 220, the students have been working on identifying and sorting wet and dry food ingredients. To accomplish this goal, they have been working on both matching and sorting activities. There is a dry ingredient measuring cup and a measuring cup with a spout for wet ingredients. Students take Room 220

Room 510

Community Living – School Restaurant Experience Students from Room 510 had a fun and engaging community living lesson during their visit to the school restaurant for snack time. This real-life experience supported the development of both independent/ community living and social-emotional skills in a meaningful and structured setting. Before sitting Room 510

Track & Field Fun: Training for an Inclusive Season of Sports!

This spring, our students are sprinting, jumping, throwing, and rolling into an exciting Track and Field unit that’s all about movement, inclusion, and personal bests! Across all classes, students are actively participating in a range of track and field events designed to build strength, confidence, and a love of physical Track & Field Fun: Training for an Inclusive Season of Sports!

Room 215 and Room 222

Rooms 222 and 215 are learning about Water and Climate in science this semester. At the start of the semester, students learned how different materials absorb or repel water. Once the students learned how water interacts with different materials, they were introduced to the water cycle. The 222 & 215 Room 215 and Room 222

Room 506

Room 506 is studying weather and how it changes with the seasons. We have been keeping track of the temperature, noticing that it has been recently warming up with the beginning of spring. Students use their math skills to identify the temperatures and compare their quantitative value. With spring here, Room 506

Program Center

2025 is going to be a ”BANNER” year!!!! As you walk through the hallways of the Midland School, you may notice several colorful and informative banners adorning the walls. You have the students in the Computer Skills career cluster to thank for these fine masterpieces. The main job in this Program Center

Room 215

This month, our social skills theme is Expressing Yourself Appropriately & Self-Regulation. In room 215, we discussed many emotions and how to self regulate. We discussed a self regulation tool, a sensory bottle! Each student was able to express themselves by choosing different colored glitter and beads to include! The Room 215

Room 212

Burr, it is cold outside! This was the perfect week for our preschools to explore and learn about animals that live in the cold. Our students participated in fun learning activities that focused on penguins, polar bears, and other arctic animals. We also practiced identifying the letter P and making Room 212

Room 219

Brainella is back! The students in room 219 are learning about our amazing bodies. Brainella is helping us to learn about our brain. She taught us that our brain is like a sponge. It absorbs or takes in, a lot of information like letters, numbers and shapes. Holden demonstrated to Room 219

Room 217

The students in room 217 enjoy completing weekly theme related STEM activities. Stem activities help us to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills and to explore these skills through hands-on learning. Following a simple scientific method, students are encouraged to make a guess (hypothesis), perform the experiment, and draw a Room 217