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>thanks Jane, I will pass it along to our senior staff. Best wishes for you as well for a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Terry I thought you might be interested in sharing the following with > colleagues. > Note that this year¹s theme is: > > ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: Successful > Transition Planning for All Students² > > Thanksgiving blessings to each of you! Jane > > Jane Falls > Project Coordinator > 1268 University of Oregon > Eugene, OR 97403-1268 > Phone: 541.346.0354 > Fax: 541.346.0322 > http://www.psocenter.org > > > > > > > > >> ------ Forwarded Message >> From: "Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Organization: NDPC-SD >> Reply-To: "Big IDEAs: Dropout Prevention Strategies" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:56:18 -0500 >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [Big-IDEAs] 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week: Dec >> 4-8, 2006 >> > >> >> >> The 6th Annual National Inclusive Schools Week, scheduled for December >> 4-8, >> 2006, highlights and celebrates the progress our nation's schools have >> made in >> using inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an >> increasingly >> diverse student population, including students with disabilities, those >> from >> low socio-economic backgrounds, and English language learners. The >> National >> Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities is pleased to >> be a >> partner of the 2006 Week and invites you to celebrate and promote this >> year¹s >> celebration in your community. >> >> ³Charting an Inclusive Journey through School, Work, and Life: >> Successful >> Transition Planning for All Students² is the theme of this year¹s >> celebration. >> All studentsthose with or without disabilitieswill face several points >> of >> transition throughout their lives. Participantseducators, students, >> families, >> and community membersare encouraged to look at transition planning more >> broadly to include all students throughout their school careers and >> beyond. >> >> The 2006 Celebration Kit includes everything you will need to >> participate in >> the Week and resources that are useful all year long. The updated kit >> contains: >> * >> * planning tools and checklists >> * >> * >> * celebration ideas, activities, resources, and lesson plans focusing >> on >> disability issues, diversity, and community building >> * >> * >> * examples of how schools across the country celebrated in previous >> years >> * >> * >> * references and suggestions for adapting the celebration activities >> and >> events for children with disabilities >> * >> * >> * publications that speak to the benefits of inclusive schools >> * >> * >> * a helpful new resource focusing on this year¹s transition theme >> * >> * >> * materials to use to promote the Week and inclusive practices in your >> community >> Be sure to visit http://www.inclusiveschools.org >> <https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=";>http://www.inclusiveschoo >> ls.org> <http://www.inclusiveschools.org> to download a free kit. >> CD-ROM >> versions of the kit and printed booklets of the popular publication, >> ³Celebration Ideas: Activities and Resources for Schools, Classrooms, >> and >> Families,² are both available for purchase. Enhance your school >> community¹s >> celebration by distributing pencils, posters, and bumper stickers with >> the >> message ³Great things happen in inclusive schools.² To order these >> products, >> please visit, http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp >> <https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=";>http://www.inclusiveschoo >> ls.org/ordering_info.asp> >> <http://www.inclusiveschools.org/ordering_info.asp> >> . >> >> As you make your celebration plans, please consider entering a poster or >> essay >> contest reflecting the message "Great things happen in inclusive >> schools." >> Students and adults are invited to write an essay or create a poster >> that >> explores why inclusive schools are so important and how students of all >> abilities and cultural backgrounds contribute to their schools and >> communities >> in a positive way. Winner will receive gift certificates generously >> provided >> by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education, and media >> company. >> Contest rules and entry forms are available at >> http://www.inclusiveschools.org/kit.asp#poster. >> <https://webmail.edc.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=";>http://www.inclusiveschoo >> ls.org/kit.asp%23poster.> >> <http://www.inclusiveschools.org/kit.asp%23poster.> >> >> About the Week: An initiative of Education Development Center, National >> Inclusive Schools Week is celebrated annually the first week in December >> by >> schools, professional organizations, and cultural associations across >> the >> country and abroad. >> <http://www.edc.org> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Big-IDEAs mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/big-ideas > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > >
