Welcome to the McHenry Middle School Adjusted Learning and SAIL program!
We are very excited to be working with your students this year!
The Adjusted Learning and SAIL program addresses academics through a life skills prospective. We encourage our students to participate fully in the middle school setting to the best of their ability. Through school, community, and social activities, our students will grow into productive members of their communities. Both programs provide individualized accommodations to foster successful learning and independence across environments.
I am Katie Granahan, the Adjusted Learning teacher and Special Olympics coach at MMS. When I am not in my classroom, you can find me traveling with my husband to national parks, searching for amazing sweet treats at bakeries, singing along at concerts, gardening at home and school, and coaching Special Olympics Swimming through NISRA.
I have so much planned for this school year!
Unique Learning Systems/ N2Y is our primary curriculum for reading, math, science & social studies.
The PCI sight word curriculum is an additional resource I use to help my students learn to read.
Throughout the week, students will have opportunities to participate in functional life skill activities. Some examples are cooking, gardening, grocery shopping.
The class will venture out into the surrounding communities every Wednesday afternoon. Some examples of activities are grocery shopping, sampling menu items at a restaurant, farms, parks, and outdoor sports activities.
Our classroom has a few businesses: On Friday mornings-What's Brewing Coffee Shop & a Farmer's Market Stand- we grow fresh flowers in the fall/spring and veggies the entire year.
Special Olympics-Throughout the school year, my students will be participating in Special Olympic practices. They have the choice to participate in the regional competition at end of each sport session. The sports are bocce ball, bean bags, basketball skills, snowshoeing, bowling, soccer, & track field.
School Supplies Needed:
Change of clothes- top, bottom, undergarments, socks
Water bottle
Daily snack for the morning
Back pack
Folder- will go to & from school each day
Lunch- student may bring a lunch or purchase lunch in cafeteria
Our Schedule:
We will start each day at 7:30am and end it at 2:15pm.
PE is at 7:40am each day.
Lunch is at 10:30am each day.
6A Exploratory rotations will be at 12:45pm each day.
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Special Olympics programs welcome participants with intellectual disabilities. Special Olympics provides quality training & competition, stresses athletic excellence, rewards determination, emphasizes health and celebrates achievements. We want athletes to do their best, and at the same time develop physical fitness, experience joy, develop skills and friendships. Currently, students enrolled in ALC & SAIL classes at McHenry Middle School participate in McHenry D15 Special Olympics. Kathleen Granahan, ALC MMS teacher, coaches the team.
August - mid October- Bocce Ball & Bean Bags
Mid October - mid December- Basketball Skills
November - February- Snowshoe
February - Mid March- Bowling
Mid March til end of May- Track & Field, Soccer Skills, Tennis Skills
We officially compete in Bocce Ball, Basketball Skills, Snowshoe, Track & Field, and Soccer Skills.
We practice once a week during the school day at MMS.
The athletes start out with stretches provided by Special Olympics.
Then we begin practicing the skills for the current sport.
Please reach out if you would like more information about our McHenry D15 Special Olympics program.
Kathleen Granahan, ALC MMS teacher & Special Olympics Coach
