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PE Teacher, Mary Scavone teaches class while using a wheelchair. |
Wheelchair Ambassadors Lead the Way at
Amador Valley High School
This is the fourth consecutive year that our Wheelchair Ambassadors at Amador Valley High School have planned and coordinated an Abilities Awareness Week. This year, the 3 Ambassadors paired with Key Club to ensure the support and participation needed to pull off their event. A variety of activities were planned to raise awareness and to get students involved.
Firstly, they organized 7 periods of presentations by the
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lchair Foundation for the entire freshman class. The presentations were delivered during the students PE hour. The following week, those same students were able to engage in activities involving wheelchairs during their PE class which helped sensitize them to the challenges one may face while using a wheelchair for mobility. Other activities planned and carried out included allowing students to check out a wheelchair for a day and a lunchtime wheelchair basketball event in the quad. This activity always draws
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a lot of support and engagement.
The Ambassadors used the school's media outlets to get the word out and have distributed canisters throughout the school to motivate the students to give. Other events they are planning this school year include participating in the Fun Run for Education in the spring and one of our Ambassadors, Rachel Zhang, is planning a TEDx Talk about "A Right/Path to Mobility.
Thank you to our Ambassadors, Rachel Zhang, Casey Chang and Rachel Klein for your commitment and for your passion in helping us make a difference and t
hank you Key Club members, for the additional support making the event a huge success. Fundraising will continue into December.
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| Students participate in a lunchtime activity of wheelchair basketball. |
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