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At the March 24th meeting of the Mountain View School board, a number of students were present to be acknowledged during the Pride in Mountain View section. This included: the CTC students of the month, the girls’ varsity, junior varsity and junior high basketball teams, and the boys’ wrestling team. Mrs. Shea said that she appreciated the students who came to be recognized.

Gail Wnorowski, Director of Special Services, and instructor Jaimie Himka presented the Life Skills curriculum. Ms. Wnorowski explained that Life Skills was not a class, but more of a supportive program. Ms. Himka said that Life Skills involved instructing necessary skills to life long independent learners. Ms. Wnorowski alluded to a matrix, which wasn’t very linear as everyone was in a different place. There were three critical domains for adult living in the 21st century in the matrix: daily living skills, personal social skills, and occupational guidance and preparation. Those domains in turn were subdivided into 22 competencies and 97 sub competencies. This didn’t mean that they had to cover everything. There were some major units of study, which included: Self-Advocacy, Social Skills (to include behavior), Human Development, Daily Living Skills, Functional Literacy, Functional Mathematics, and Job Readiness. They had lots of resources at their disposal, some of which the two women reviewed. One of them was the framework for independent living. Another involved taking the curriculum in the classroom out into the community. It was pointed out that life skills classrooms are driven by a student’s individualized education plan. Mrs. Stine asked how the trips were working out for the children. Ms.Himka responded that they were phenomenal, and thanked the board for them.

The Blue Ridge Education Association/Cheryl Manchester Memorial Fund recently provided more than $1,000 to support eight unfunded projects in the Blue Ridge School District.  The BREA/Manchester fund is a component of the Blue Ridge School District Foundation which is affiliated with The Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains.  Cheryl Manchester was a popular and long-time teacher at Blue Ridge and when she passed away in 2012 her family and friends established this permanent endowment to honor her memory and to continue serving the schools and students that were so important to Cheryl.

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