Open House

June 1st was Open House Day at the Frankie Lemmon School, a day for moving in, moving up and moving out for my young friends. Congratulations to the five-year-olds: Camden, Kanaan, Kaden, Colin, Kyler, Eleanor, Shepard, Jordy, Myles and Noah, as most of you move out to other schools and bright futures. Thanks parents, staff, teachers and volunteers for helping to make it all possible. May God be with you all!


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And now, a question:

Quick—Who are the world's largest minority? According to the World Report on Disability (conducted by the World Health Organization in 2011), more than 15% of the world's population – or one billion people – live with a disability. Likewise, 2.5% of children worldwide under the age of 18 have a disability. That's 150 million children!

And like the rest of us these days, these children need to keep up with our world's fast-changing technology. But how, unless they have accessibility to it? One new tool for this is the TAP∙it® (Touch Accessible Platform for Interactive Technology – http://www.teachsmart.org).
• It has a big 42" interactive LCD screen that tilts and goes up or down.
• Students can operate the screen using a finger, assistive device, or reach stick.
• It can roll from room to room.
• It uses all the latest educational assistive software.
• It knows the difference between a "lean" and an "intended touch".
• It can be used to teach the whole class or one-on-one.
• It helps children with fine motor or developmental delays, and those who are visually challenged or hearing impaired.
• And it makes learning REALLY FUN!




Thanks to little Aiden's mom, Melissa Matthews, and her $100,000 winnings from IKEA's Life Improvement Sabbatical Contest, we now have our own TAP∙it®. Thank you, Melissa!

And thanks, Ms White (photos above), for showing us how it works!