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Amerman Elementary School (Northville), grades K–5, known as the Bobcats, opened 1955, houses ALPS gifted learning program. Moraine Elementary School (Northville Township [10]), grades K–5, known as the Penguins, opened 1966. Moraine also houses the district wide Cross-Categorical classroom. Ridgewood Elementary School (Northville Township ...
Wayne County Training School, alternately known as the Wayne County Training School for Feeble Minded Children or the Wayne County Child Development Center, was a state-funded institution for people with developmental disabilities, located in Northville Township, Michigan. Construction of the institution began in 1923, and it opened in 1926.
The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games were held from June 14 to 21 in New Jersey. [4] The Opening Ceremony was held at Prudential Center in Newark. [5] [6] Competition was held at venues throughout Mercer County including The College of New Jersey in the Trenton suburb of Ewing, [7] Rider University, Princeton University and Mercer County Park.
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. [2]
It is one of ten Local School Districts in the Allegan Area Educational Service Agency (AAESA). [2] Serving a student population of approximately 1,550, the district offers two K–5 elementary schools. There is one 6th–8th grade middle school and one 9th–12th grade high school, as well as a 1–5 year-old Welcoming Schools program.
In 2013, the Special Olympics World Winter Games were held in PyeongChang, South Korea from Jan. 29 – Feb. 5. The Host Town program, in which families host Special Olympics athletes from around the world to help them acclimate to the host country and customs, began on Jan. 26, 2013. [6] In 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. [7]
The schools are Thomas White Elementary School, Martin G. Atkins Elementary-Middle School, and Bridgeport High School. [2] Atkins houses students in grades 2 through 8. Previously the district operated Bridgeport-Spaulding Middle School, which served grades 7 and 8. The school closed in 2009 and Atkins absorbed the school's students and ...
Special education in the United States enables students with exceptional learning needs to access resources through special education programs. "The idea of excluding students with any disability from public school education can be traced back to 1893, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court expelled a student merely due to poor academic ability". [1]