Midland News & Updates

It’s going to be a “BANNER” year!!!! You may notice several interesting and informative banners adorning the hallways of The Midland School. Banners are hung on bulletin boards and hallway walls throughout the school to promote special events such as Student Council spirit days, students’ birthdays, holidays, and monthly nutrition

The Wellness room is a place for mindfulness and social-emotional learning. Students practice using their breath to find calm, identify feelings, or be in the moment. Lessons include an introductory song and story for the youngest learners and relatable concepts for teens. Themes within lessons can include self-awareness, self-management, social

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Stop! Exit!  Yield!  Do Not Enter!  These are just some of the Safety Signs in the community that the students in Room 510 are learning this semester.  To start this social studies unit, Ms. Twilley showed the class a Brainpopjr.com video lesson about safety signs.  This website employs an engaging

Signing while Singing  In Chorus and Drama class the students enjoy learning songs with sign language. We sing a song called Kindness is Free from our music education magazine called Music K-8. The students learn their songs more easily if there are motions to go along with them. Singing songs

Students in room 508 were excited to begin their first cooking activity during Independent Living. We started with a lesson about Johnny Appleseed. After reading a short story about Johnny Appleseed, whose actual name was John Chapman, and answering questions about his life, students washed their hands and put on

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Room 506 started our new school year off with a fun lesson about plants. We began with an introduction to the vocabulary presented in our Epic Book, Plants Are Living Things. Students read the book aloud on the SMART board and enjoyed the challenge of the end of book quiz.

Super seniors make a great team! Being a super senior is a big step for a student at The Midland School. It means the student has moved into the next phase of the program which focuses on their transition from school to the community.  In this program, we develop their