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For Kellie Meehan’s daughter Jenna, a seventh-grader at F.A. Day Middle School who is deaf, Newton’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program is a perfect fit.
The regional program at Day and Newton North High School had been supervised and run by the EDCO Collaborative. However, the future of the program was in doubt when EDCO announced that it was dissolving. Luckily, the CAPS Collaborative agreed to take over the program starting the 2021-2022 academic year.
Jenna Meehan is classified as deaf and has a cochlear implant. She communicates primarily with American Sign Language, and can also use spoken English as a back-up. Newton’s program provides her with an American Sign Language interpreter so she can participate in classroom activities. She is mainstreamed in three of her four subjects and is doing well.
From 1996: Perham made a 20-foot-long banana split for community youth.
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There were 20 young Perham residents gathered around the city s largest banana split in 1996. (file photo)
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PHS commencement exercises
Perham High School s class of 1971 had 128 graduating seniors. Nadine Mandt was the valedictorian, and Carol Jeanne Schwandt was the salutatorian. The commencement ceremony was planned for Thursday, May 27, at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Music by the school band and choir was scheduled.
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1971 s Memorial Day celebrations were sponsored by the American Legion and VFW clubs. The parade started Monday, May 31, at the school around 10 a.m. Following this parade, a program was planned to be conducted honoring those who died on battlefields. Afterward, another ceremony, this one at Babe s Resort, was conducted to honor those who died at sea.
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When the EDCO Collaborative announced it was dissolving earlier this spring, it was unclear what would happen to the school district s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Students and families sent letters of support to the School Committee. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
NEWTON, MA When the EDCO Collaborative announced it was dissolving earlier this spring, it was unclear what would happen to the school district s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Letters of support for the program from former participants and families poured in to the School Committee and the district praising the program and lobbying for Newton to keep it.
Newton schools, CAPS Collaborative partner to continue Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program next year
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated May 5, 2021, 1:37 p.m.
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The continuation of the program was announced in a statement Wednesday.
Courtney Dunne, the programâs director, said the partnership with CAPS will âprovide continuity for our current students and continued access not only to an outstanding academic program, but also to the rich array of activities and programs offered in the Newton Public Schools.â
Students enrolled in the program have access to challenging academic curriculum, as well as advanced career and vocational technical training, according to the statement. They also receive individualized support for functional academics and independent living, the statement said.