[Ohio-talk] Fw: news article to appear: 09A_18SPED600001

[wanda sloan]

Congratulations Macy.  I am so proud of you.  You go girl.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crystal McClain" <mcmcclain at charter.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 6:45 PM
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Carol Agler" <cagler at ossb.oh.gov>
> To: "Macy McClain" <singinggirl017 at hotmail.com>; "Mark McClain"
> <MCMCCLAIN at CHARTER.NET>
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 6:18 PM
> Subject: FW: news article to appear: 09A_18SPED600001
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>
> Here are some other colleges that are known for working with people with
> "developmental disabilities."  I may have forwarded it to you already, but
> I can't remember.
>
> Kudos to Macy.
>
> Carol Agler
> Music Director
> OSSBMB Co-Director
> Ohio State School for the Blind
> 5220 N. High St.
> Columbus, Ohio 43214
> 614-752-1359
> fax 614-752-1713
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Peterfish
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 9:01 AM
> To: OSSB Staff
> Subject: FW: news article to appear: 09A_18SPED600001
>
> Thought you all might enjoy this article written by my daughters professor
> at University of Cincinnati, after attending the concert with our band and
> the Clark Montessori Steel Drum Band.  The first paragraph and a half and
> the last are the most important!
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peterfish, Julie
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:02 PM
> To: youthletics at columbus.rr.com
> Subject: FW: news article to appear: 09A_18SPED600001
>
> This is an article my Professor of my Challenging Learner class wrote haha
> thought you'd appreciate the first part ;) love you :)
> ________________________________________
> From: Stephen Sunderland [stephen.c.sunderland at uc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:10 PM
> Subject: news article to appear: 09A_18SPED600001
>
> This article will appear in an upcoming Metro newspaper.
>
>
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> I KNOW THE WINNER OF THE ROSE BOWL
>
> BY STEVE SUNDERLAND
>
>
> The winner of the Rose Bowl is easy to pick this year. You may be
> surprised to learn that this year's winner is the Ohio State School for
> the Blind Marching Band. No matter what happens on the field, it cannot
> compare to the courage, soul, and grace of this amazing organization. This
> appearance in the parade on New Year's day will be the Marching Band's
> first. They are currently rehearsing on a field behind their school by
> playing and marching in practice for the six mile event. I just saw the
> band in concert with the extraordinary Clark Montessori Steel Drum Band.
> The reason for the concert was to help raise funds to defray the costs of
> the trip to Pasadena. The real reason was to show just how powerful and
> prepared this group is for the thrill of being in the spotlight of a major
> event in college and national sports.
>
> The inclusion of the OSSBMB in the parade is a major step forward in
> opening eyes to the necessity of including students with intellectual and
> physical challenges in all aspects of higher education. Students seeking a
> college education and who have an intellectual and/or physical challenge
> have a major set of obstacles to overcome in the attitudes of college
> faculty and students. Seeing a blind band in the position of being the
> only such organization in the world, brings home the point about just how
> excluded blind people, and by association, anyone with learning and
> physical difficulties, are from symbolic and substantial school
> activities. Recently at the University of Cincinnati, representatives from
> colleges and agencies like the Down Syndrome Association from across the
> nation met with researchers, teachers, graduates and parents who have all
> taken a keen interest in admission and success at colleges of challenged
> students. The research suggests that the national situation is improving
> but ever so slowly. Three young people, one a college graduate and two
> students currently attending college in Kentucky, gave inspiring power
> point and video presentations about their reasons for seeking a degree,
> employment and a future that is more and more in their control. We also
> heard from the mothers of two of these students and listened in awe to the
> work necessary for success for their young people.
>
> Why is the admission of students with challenges so difficult in higher
> education? As taxpayers, as citizens of this country, as interested
> students, as people desiring a life of success, they have been left out,
> turned away, discouraged, and ill prepared for overcoming the hurdles of
> applying to the colleges of their choice.
> Now, thanks to the work of some outstanding parents, young people,
> administrators and faculty, there is a new reality. Both Northern Kentucky
> University and Xavier are welcoming students with intellectual and
> physical challenges. Clermont College of the University of Cincinnati has
> people ready to assist in all levels of being a good student. Kent State
> University and Notre Dame College of Cleveland have also started to open
> their doors. UC's Peace Village has cooperated with XU and Hamilton County
> Developmental Disabilities to offer summer college transition experiences
> at the University of Cincinnati's Clifton campus. Students have lived on
> campus for a week, attended classes, ate in the dining rooms, attended
> concerts, heard outstanding speakers on a wide variety of intellectual
> topics, and just had fun. Starfire U, a private agency with an interest in
> people with challenges, also joined our college transition summer
> experience. The Starfire students had worked together as a learning group
> for the year prior to coming to UC and showed their ability to easily fit
> into a collegiate experience.
> (For more information on college preparation and college transition
> programs, please contact Dr. Missy Jones, Northern Kentucky University,
> prof. Joe Link, Xavier University, Head of Disability Services, Clermont
> College, Ms. Jan Radt, Pat Dye, Hamilton County Developmental Development,
> and/or Dr. Steve Sunderland, University of
> Cincinnati.)
>
> Clark Montessori's school auditorium rocked with the joy of the marching,
> jazz and steel drum bands and the families and friends that came together
> to celebrate this amazing breakthrough. Thanks to Bruce Weil, Clark Steel
> Band instructor, and many fellow teachers and parents, we had an
> experience of feeling the power of music and inclusion. If there was a
> star of the evening, and there were many, it was Macy McClain, flute and
> choir, who played solos and with the band in ways that brashly and
> beautifully said, "We are ready for Pasadena!" Had you been there, you
> would have not only agreed but you would have been on your feet for the
> whole concert, cheering their courage and determination to open this
> important door. Thank you Macy and Bruce.


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