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SAGE to bring compassion, understanding to Davis students

by | Sep 24, 2015 | Education

Cameron George takes a walk in another persons shoes as she learns what it would be like to have a disability at the SAGE CARE workshop held at Davis Intermediate Sept. 8. The purpose of the workshop was to give students the opportunity to see the world the way others around it.

Cameron George takes a walk in another persons shoes as she learns what it would be like to have a disability at the SAGE CARE workshop held at Davis Intermediate Sept. 8. The purpose of the workshop was to give students the opportunity to see the world the way others around it.

By Nancy Whitney

Staff Writer

education@csmediatexas

For students at Davis Intermediate, relating to someone with a physical impairment took on a whole new meaning this month. CARE, Creating Awareness and Respect Education, is a program the fifth and sixth graders recently participated in during their regular gym classes.

“It was a hands on workshop,” Wylie ISD Council, Special And Gifted Education chairperson Christina Rigby said. “The goal was to help Davis students gain a greater understanding of others.”

For remainder of story see the Sept. 9 issue of The Wylie News

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