Student Stories

 

A Student/Teacher Relationship

Alex and Diane

Alex and Diane: Alex is a gentle, 10 year old boy who is a very sensory-seeking child.  Comforted by touch, it is sound and loud noises that challenge him. Diane McManus is Alex’s teacher.  For 6 years, she has been part of the interdisciplinary team of educators, therapists and education technicians that work with him at the school.

Read Alex and Diane's story.

 

WMUR TV - A Day in the Life

Ryan's Day at the Williams Site

On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, WMUR TV asked for people throughout New Hampshire to submit photographs of a day in their life. The 'rules' were that individuals had to photograph their own lives - what was important to them and what they wanted the world to see.

Ryan

Ryan is one of our students at the Williams site - he is 16 years old. He spent September 9 photographing the day from his perspective ... from getting off the school bus at 8:15 in the morning to the end of his day in class around 2:30.

What follows are Ryan's photographs ~

Bus driver in front of her school bus

Ryan's bus driver standing in front of the bus he takes to school.

Ryan's classmates

Ryan's classmates

Ryan's schedule

Ryan's schedule for the day

Ryan - the man - himself

Ryan - "the man" - himself

Ryan

Another self-portrait

Ryan's friend, Gail

Ryan's friend, Gail

A classmate

Ryan's classmate, Matt

Ryan's classmates

Cooking class

Holly

Holly - another of Ryan's friends

Kathy

Kathy - yet ANOTHER of Ryan's friends

shredding machine

Ryan taking a picture of the shredding machine - part of his vocational training

Diane

Ryan's friend, Diane

Ryan loved the experience of photographing what was important to him throughout the day; he is ready to take more photographs.

Here at the Monarch School of New England, we think it's important that people understand the world from our student's perspective. More to come ~