SSD’s South Technical High School Construction and Outdoor Maintenance program made several sets of cornhole bean bag toss games for the Dan McLaughlin Golf Tournament to Benefit the Special Education Foundation silent auction. Teacher Paul Heumann says, “When we started we were not sure what to do with them.
Don Bohannon, SSD superintendent, left, and Tom Bamvakais, right, with a Manners Matter student Six years ago, Tom Bamvakais, a teacher in SSD’s Vocational Skills Program (VSP) at Jefferson Barracks Medical Center, initiated a program to help students with disabilities develop better social skills. That first year, seven students…
by Michael Corry I have two daughters, and each has a child with disabilities. My granddaughter Alaina is intellectually disabled. She is diagnosed with a very rare syndrome caused by a malformed gene. My grandson Jack is on the autism spectrum. I am very confident in the business world,…
The 2018 Fred Saigh Leadership Program grads challenge each SSD team to send a kid to camp. They are great leaders indeed! Thank you, grads! Check it out! https://vimeo.com/273754217 Donate here and put “camp” in the memory/tribute line. https://sef-stl.org/donate/ Thanks!…