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District Hosts
Distinguished Visitors - May 2004
State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Watkins and
State Representative Andy Meisner Visit Roosevelt Students
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On May 7, 2004 students at Roosevelt Primary School (K-2) and
Wilson Elementary School (3-4) hosted special visitors to their
classrooms when State Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom
Watkins and State Representative Andy Meisner spent the morning
learning about their programs. Tom Watkins is pictured at left
with Ferndale Superintendent Gary Meier and two Roosevelt
students.
 Starting
the morning at Roosevelt, Watkins and Meisner attended
presentations from Roosevelt staff members. They learned about
the success of the first year of Roosevelt's Reading First
literacy program from Literacy Coach Linda Dickieson. School
Social Worker Anne Kelly explained how the Positive Behavior
Support Program and Michigan Literacy and Behavior program are
succeeding in focusing on key areas and yielding students'
school success. Speech teacher Donna Pearlman described how the
regular Town Hall Meetings have brought all the children
together to share their accomplishments and helped create
Roosevelt's school community. Diana Keefe and Linda Hahn
described the dramatic improvement they've seen among the first
grade students they serviced this year through the Reading
Recovery program.
Following the staff presentations, Meisner and Watkins sat with
students during their reading block in Shannon Stephens’ first
grade class, watched mealworms wiggle across science trays in
Teacher of the Year Linda Somers’ second grade class, and
listened to a choir concert that closed with the rousing school
song, “In Our School,” written by music teacher Lou-Anne
Thomas.
A Photo gallery of the visit is located on the web at
http://www.ferndaleschools.org/roosevelt/photogallery/photo15443/real_p.htm.
Click on each of the photos to enlarge them.
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