The stoplight on my way to the school is still flashing red, indicating that power is out somewhere nearby. A reminder that, though snow has fallen, dousing the fires that consumed nearly 1,000 houses, just over one week later, life has not returned to normal. And it won’t, not for...
From Temple Grandin School Co-Founder and Executive Director, Jen Wilger: Since its beginning, TGS has been about relationships. Among the many environmental accommodations provided to neurodiverse students at TGS and elsewhere, “small classes with caring teachers” tops the list. Unless this commitment is in place, other interventions fall short. Our...
Written by Jennifer Wilger, TGS Co-Founder and Executive Director Each week in our school newsletter, Word of the Week shares food for thought from the Temple Grandin School team. This week’s word reflects on the rights of students, and how those rights are honored at TGS. As we prepare to...
Today Punxsatawney Phil woke up, crawled out of his snug home, and saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter. This small-town tradition has become famous, and was the inspiration for the classic 1993 movie, Groundhog Day. In the movie, Bill Murray plays Phil Connors, a self-centered meterologist who...
This week is National School Choice week! As a proud independent, not-for-profit school, we believe that there is a school for every student. Even as we value our own unique approach to serving neurodiverse students, we celebrate the diversity of educational options in our community, and congratulate our colleagues for...
This week we in the United States celebrated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King stands out in our history as a man who made a tremendous impact on our culture through his nonviolent means of campaigning for civil rights. We also witnessed the inauguration of the...