South Orange/Maplewood Special Ed PTO and the Maplewood Recreation Department Present a Special Needs Friendly, Pool Pizza Party, FREE of charge, at the Maplewood Swimming Pool

Date: Saturday September 11th, 2010
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: 187 Boyden Avenue, Maplewood, NJ, 07040

Join us for swimming, games, and pizza! Up to 4 family members along with
child may attend. For more information and to RSVP please call or text 973-868-7595 or email somaspedpto@gmail.com by September 4th. For email include a
subject of “pool pizza party” and provide your name, contact information, and number of attendees.

NOTE: in case of inclement weather, such as thunder & lightening or torrential rain, the party will be canceled.

An Evening with Educational Advocate-Renay Zamloot

Where: South Orange Maplewood Board of Education, 525 Academy St, Maplewood, NJ 07040
Date: June 15, 2010
Time: 7:00pm–9:00pm

The SPED-PTO is pleased to have Renay Zamloot – Education Advocate present a workshop for parents of children in the South Orange Maplewood school district. Participants are asked to register for this workshop by sending an email to: somaspedpto@gmail.com

Renay Zamloot is a professional Education Advocate with years of experience assisting families throughout the state of NJ in securing appropriate educational services for their children with disabilities.

Ms. Zamloot conducts presentations/workshops on “Understanding the IEP Process,” “Advanced Advocacy Strategies,” “Effective Parent- Professional Communication in the IEP Process,” and more for School Districts, Parent Groups and other organizations throughout the state including: Montclair University, Seton Hall University, William Paterson University, COSAC, ASPEN, CHADD, SPAN, NJPTA, BEAM and many others. She is actively involved in numerous initiatives on the local, state and federal levels to support the rights of students with disabilities and their families.

She is a member of COPPA and the NJ Special Education Practitioners’ Group. She is also a Surrogate Educational Parent for the New Jersey Department of Human Services and a graduate of the Special Education Advocacy Training Project co-sponsored by the US Department of Education and the University of Southern California.

Camp Maple is a 6 week program offered to children with special needs
who reside in Maplewood and South Orange. The program provides
opportunities for gross and fine motor development as well as
cognitive and social growth. Children must be 5 as of 9/1/10. Your
child must be completely toilet trained. Children are expected to be
able to interact, communicate, and participate without substantial
individual attention and prompting.

Application can be found on the town website

Last night at the BOE meeting, the paraprofessionals read a letter to the Board regarding the outsourcing of their positions, their role in the classroom, and why many of them will not return.

On behalf of the Maplewood & South Orange Special Education Parent Teacher Organization, The Clinton School PTA cordially invites you to a night of appreciation for our paraprofessionals

June 1st, 2010
7:30 pm
525 Academy Street in the Central Meeting Room

Dessert will be served.

The Special Education PTO has two meetings scheduled with Special Services Director Pat Barker. The purpose of our first meeting is to better understand our negotiations, and eventual contract, with the ERESC, the body that will be hiring paraprofessionals for our district. This first meeting will take place on Thursday, April 15, 2010.

Place: Central Office Meeting Room, 525 Academy Street
Time: 7:30 to 9:00.