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Stadium students celebrate Autism Awareness
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students at Stadium Drive Elementary raised their arms and shouted "Light Up Blue" in honor of Autisim Awareness on April 8..
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Students of Stadium Drive Elementary stood with teacher, Jessica Schubert, wearing their Austism Awareness shirts on April 8.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Lisa Gomon and her class at Stadium Drive Elementary stood in front of the puzzle pieces they made for Autism Awareness Day on April 8.
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Neighbors | Submitted.Stadium Drive Elementary principal, Jim Goske, stood with students on April 8 for Autism Awareness day.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Stadium Drive Elementary School celebrated Autism Awareness Day on April 8.
The Stadium Drive Special Needs Community of the PTA organized an Autism Awareness Day to help the students and faculty learn more about Autism. Autism Awareness Day is celebrated around the world on April 2, but because the students were on break, they celebrated on April 8. The theme of day was “We all might be different, but we all fit together at Stadium Drive.”
“Making the kids aware of Autism is our main goal,” said Melissa Ludban, one of the PTA members who helped organize the event.
Many of the students donated a dollar to wear blue in support of Autism. Some students and faculty wore a “Light Up Blue” t-shirts that they purchased and the PTA ordered. The after school program also made puzzle piece pins for the students to wear.
The money raised from the students who wore blue and those who purchased a shirt will be given to the Rich Center for Autism and sensory materials for all of the students at Stadium Drive.
“Each classroom did their puzzle pieces, it fits our theme of we’re all different, but we all fit together,” said Michelle Rudge, the PTA member who put the event together.
The students were excited to learn about something that has become so common. Many of the children know someone with Autism and having an awareness day helped them learn things they might not have known before.
The PTA is putting on a seminar that is about learning techniques to help children learn on April 21. The seminar is free for anyone who wants to attend and Boardman teachers receive credits if they attend.