Big Cities, Small Towns, Public & Private Schools AlertSeats™ Gaining Foothold In America’s Schools Big cities and small towns; special needs classes and regular ed; public schools and private: AlertSeats are finding their way into America’s classrooms. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the state’s second largest city, AlertSeats are helping in the Pittsburgh Conroy School, a center-based special…
Rural School District Takes Creative Approach Potter County in north central Pennsylvania is one of the most remote of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties. It is home to fewer than 18,000 people and is served by neither air, rail, nor interstate highway links. And though few Pennsylvanians have ever visited it, Potter County contains some of…
School District Turns To Fund Raising The Hatboro-Horsham School District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, enjoys a strong tax base, the support of parents and the communities it serves, and recognition from both the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the United States Department of Education for excellence in education. Yet even Hatboro-Horsham faces difficult choices at…
Kindergarten Students Are Moved to Learn Winter comes early to the Monadnock region of western New Hampshire, and it stays late. Nonetheless, students in Terri Carsons kindergarten class at the Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School get to hike, jog run and bounce every day without leaving their classroom. The activity in Mrs. Carsons class is…
Pennsylvania Intermediate Unit Adopts AlertSeats™ and AlertDesks™ To evaluate AlertSeats™ and AlertDesks™ for possible use in special education classrooms, the Montgomery County (Pa.) Intermediate Unit acquired samples of the devices and distributed them to classrooms in some of the 22 school districts it serves. Then teachers were asked to provide feedback. That information resulted in…
Pennsylvania School Goes To The Dogs – In A Good WayThe Hill Top Academy is a Lab school, but not the kind of lab school associated with a college education department. The Labs are Labrador retriever (plus one golden retriever) service dogs that help children deal with emotional and behavioral issues that stand in the…
The ARC Steps Up For Indiana Special Education Students Portland, Indiana, is the kind of small Midwestern town where everybody knows everybody else and where people pitch in to help when a need is known. It’s a place where students get a day off school for the annual Tractor and Gas Engine Show, and…
Conroy School Serves A Special Student PopulationHeinz Field, home of the Steelers, and PNC Park, where the Pirates play, are landmarks for sports lovers on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Just a few blocks away, the Pittsburgh Conroy Education Center is a landmark for students with special needs.Pittsburgh Conroy is officially a landmark, as well, since the…