ARIN Summer School Program 2008
Details
have been completed for the ARIN IU 28 Summer School Program to be
offered June
30 – August 1, 2008. The program site is the Indiana Area Senior
High School. Remedial courses in grades seven through twelve are
available to students who have previously taken the courses for which
they are registering in their sending schools, but were unsuccessful
in meeting courses requirements.
38th Annual ARIN Convention of School Directors
Approximately 100 area school board members, district and technical center administrators, ARIN Intermediate Unit staff, and guests attended ARIN’s Annual Convention. The Convention included a short business meeting, entertainment, keynote speakers, and dinner. This year, the Convention was hosted by the Apollo-Ridge School District. Guests enjoyed musical selections by high school students, and the guest speakers were Kevin Dellicker and Christine Smith from Dellicker Strategies.
ARIN Adaptive Art, Music, and Physical Education Presentation
This successful performance took place in May 2007, at the Blairsville performing arts center
on the Blairsville School District campus. The Life Skills student performers consisted of
elementary and secondary classes from the Apollo-Ridge, Blairsville-Saltsburg, Homer-Center,
and Indiana Area School Districts.
100 Best Communities Award
America's Promise Alliance (the Alliance), the nation's largest alliance dedicated to children
and youth, in partnership with Capital One, today announced that Indiana County has been
named a winner of its 2008 100 Best Communities for Young People (100 Best) competition.
The 100 Best competition recognizes 100 outstanding communities across America-large and
small, rural and urban-that are the best places for young people to live and grow up. More
than 300 communities in all 50 states applied for the honor this year. The 100 winning
communities span 39 states.
ARIN Celebrated School Director Recognition Month
Executive director, Dr. Robert Coad, expressed the
appreciation of the IU administrators and staff for the dedication of the ARIN
board members who spend hours each month preparing for and attending IU board
meetings and functions.
Early Intervention Program Update
For children from 3 years to the age of beginners, the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), operates the preschool early
intervention program. OCDEL provides early intervention services through MAWAs (Mutually
Agreed Upon Written Arrangements). MAWAs are typically Intermediate Units or school
districts. Legislative and regulatory guidance is provided through IDEA Part B, Pennsylvania's
Act 212, the Early Intervention Services System Act of 1990, Chapter 14, and the Basic
Education Circulars related to early intervention.
ARIN Training and Consultation (TaC) Team
In Pennsylvania, a requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA- Part B) is the provision of an array of training and consultation services to schools by intermediate units. The areas of focus for TaC in 2007-08 are Response to Intervention (RtI), which includes reading and mathematics; Behavior Support; Autism and Low Incidence Disabilities; Inclusive Practices; Interagency Coordination; Assistive Technology; and Secondary Transition.