Grant gives Junior High School special needs students extra help

Morrison Rotary wrote a grant through Rotary International and recently received the matching funds to purchase two Ipad 3’s and a special reading program entitled “Orton Gillingham Language Tune Up Kit for Schools” for the Morrison Junior High. These tools will help students in the Junior High that struggle with reading and language skills.  The Ipad 3’s are significant because they have speech to text dictation which enables the students to dictate to a word document.  It can also take pictures of text documents such as worksheets and then the students listen to the text when they need it instead of waiting for staff availability.  The language program has proven success in bringing students to an 8^th grade reading level after completion of the 87 lesson program.  The licensing will allow for 100 student id’s so it will benefit many students. 

Presenting these items to the Junior High Staff are  (LtoR) Rotary President, Kevin Schisler, Susan Liggon, Instructor, Chris Tichler, Instructor, and Ellen Smith, Rotary Grant Chair