David Diener’s Interview with Classic 107.3
> Below is a transcript of the conversation between our executive director, David Diener, and Jim Doyle of “Friday Morning With The Arts” on local radio station Classic 107.3. Read More
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Yoga for Kids
Maura Hubbard received a Dana Brown Teacher Mini-grant for her program, Trauma-Informed Yoga. Her students participated in 10 weekly trauma-sensitive yoga classes that incorporated art, music, games and other… Read More
Cooking Up Some Education
Proud student chef Litzsinger teacher Angela Slape has received a Dana Brown Teacher Mini-grant for Get Cooking with the All-Stars… Read More
Sensory Oasis Calms Students
by Denise Inman Sensory room at Hazelwood West High School A sensory room is a therapeutic space with a variety… Read More
Virtual Race – Actual Benefit
Mark running 10M race in Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs Mark Howell, Director of Technical Support for SSD, set a goal to run a 50K race in 2020. Covid-19… Read More
Congratulations to John Cary Winners
Special Education Foundation is proud to announce five 2020 recipients of the John Cary Scholarship. The scholarship, established in 2016, honors the late superintendent of Special School District of St. Louis… Read More
Congratulations to Diane Buhr Engelsmann
SSD has named Diane Buhr Engelsmann an Ambassador, the highest honor the district bestows on non-employees. Diane led the Foundation from 1997 to 2017, serving as executive director from 2003… Read More
Helping students engage in the classroom with hearing aids
Elise Schiller at Trinity College in Dublin Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) changed Elise Schiller’s life. In third grade, the BAHAs put her hearing in the normal range, and she was… Read More