Guest guest Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 EEK - SHREEK! I am relocating to Northern GA in the spring and lived in Hershey for 4 years. My son was 11-15 while we were there. DERRY IS NOT VERY ACCOMADATING if your child has any behavior issues concommittant with his DS. My son has DS/ASD! We fought a long hard battle in elementary school. Life was GREAT when we got to middle school because the teaching staff has/had several very committed teachers determined to include children with differences. Our son's sainted teacher has since retired :~( HOWEVER, the principal now of the middle school was the special ed director. She is very not user friendly. She is however, politically astute. I would check out burg were I you and that choice is open to you. We had no choice as we lived at the Milton Hershey School. Also, Derry Township (HErshy) sends most of their " differently abled " kids who are not independent by h/s to a consortium in another township (I forget the name just at the moment) - Think it is Lower Dauphin, but I am not positive. For your older son: Derry H/s is awesome for academically gifted students. They also have a great football team, a good basketball team and an ice hovkey team. If I can help, write privately. Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons. > >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: Pennsylvania question from another list >Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:33:12 -0700 (PDT) > >Hey all you Pennsylvania people, this was on the Down-Syn list. Just >thought I'd post it here since there seem to be quite a few in Pennsylvania >on this list. I'm sure this person wouldn't mind you contacting them >directly since they are seeking info. I don't know anything about this >person as I mostly lurk on the Down-Syn list. >Thanks, >Jayne > > >Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:35:38 EDT > >Subject: Possible Relocation > >We currently live in metro Atlanta area and are looking at a new job >and >possible relocation to Pennsylvania (Hershey/burg area). Does >anyone on >the list live there or know about the school systems/special education >there? >We are travelling there on Thursday and would appreciate any >suggestions or >recommendations about school systems to look at as well as general >information about how they " do special ed. " Ben is 7 and is >currently repeating >Special Needs Kindergarten here with about an hour of inclusion in >regular class >for calendar, circle time and centers. He is also with typical kids >for >lunch, music, art, etc. We also have a high school aged son (junior) >who is in >gifted/AP classes so we need to look at a school system that can >accommodate >both ends of the spectrum. Thanks for any advice you can provide! > >Gayle and Larry (parents to Ben 7y/o, DS, CD and , 16) > > > >__________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 Thanks Sara for the info, I will foward it on to them. I'm sure they will really appreciate it! Take care Jayne sara cohen wrote: EEK - SHREEK! I am relocating to Northern GA in the spring and lived in Hershey for 4 years. My son was 11-15 while we were there. DERRY IS NOT VERY ACCOMADATING if your child has any behavior issues concommittant with his DS. My son has DS/ASD! We fought a long hard battle in elementary school. Life was GREAT when we got to middle school because the teaching staff has/had several very committed teachers determined to include children with differences. Our son's sainted teacher has since retired :~( HOWEVER, the principal now of the middle school was the special ed director. She is very not user friendly. She is however, politically astute. I would check out burg were I you and that choice is open to you. We had no choice as we lived at the Milton Hershey School. Also, Derry Township (HErshy) sends most of their " differently abled " kids who are not independent by h/s to a consortium in another township (I forget the name just at the moment) - Think it is Lower Dauphin, but I am not positive. For your older son: Derry H/s is awesome for academically gifted students. They also have a great football team, a good basketball team and an ice hovkey team. If I can help, write privately. Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons. >From: Jayne Hickey >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: Pennsylvania question from another list >Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:33:12 -0700 (PDT) > >Hey all you Pennsylvania people, this was on the Down-Syn list. Just >thought I'd post it here since there seem to be quite a few in Pennsylvania >on this list. I'm sure this person wouldn't mind you contacting them >directly since they are seeking info. I don't know anything about this >person as I mostly lurk on the Down-Syn list. >Thanks, >Jayne > > >Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:35:38 EDT >From: Larry Carlson >Subject: Possible Relocation > >We currently live in metro Atlanta area and are looking at a new job >and >possible relocation to Pennsylvania (Hershey/burg area). Does >anyone on >the list live there or know about the school systems/special education >there? >We are travelling there on Thursday and would appreciate any >suggestions or >recommendations about school systems to look at as well as general >information about how they " do special ed. " Ben is 7 and is >currently repeating >Special Needs Kindergarten here with about an hour of inclusion in >regular class >for calendar, circle time and centers. He is also with typical kids >for >lunch, music, art, etc. We also have a high school aged son (junior) >who is in >gifted/AP classes so we need to look at a school system that can >accommodate >both ends of the spectrum. Thanks for any advice you can provide! > >Gayle and Larry (parents to Ben 7y/o, DS, CD and , 16) > > > >__________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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