Thank you to Director of Special Programs & Behavior Support Krista Saunders for coming out to Mangum to share the science of behaviors with our staff #alwayslearning

Great participation today for our non-violent crisis intervention training! Go, Team DPS.🔥Crisis Prevention Institute

Superb teacher and administrative leadership Jordan High School! Today's visit revealed high levels of student-teacher engagement & much positive energy. Go, Falcons!

On Nov. 20, DPS Occupational Therapist, Molly Bagby & her fieldwork II student Sophia Demelo from UNC, presented "Neurodiversity Affirming Strategies for all Brains" for the Hope Valley Elementary PTA. Many parents shared how much they appreciated the content! Hope Valley DPS

Ooooooh yeah!!!! My people!!!!🔥

What a great event today at the Durham Main Library! We love to collaborate with our community partners--so many amazing folks doing such great work to support our children and families.💘

We celebrated the retirement of a legend today-Occupational Therapist Susan Buck who dedicated more than 20 years to DPS, serving students, parents, & staff w/steadfast care, compassion, & expertise. Susan leaves w/legendary status & will be missed. Here's to peace in retirement!

🤟End of 2024 Leadership Team meeting w/policy and best practice review, along w/festive garments, paintings, & jolly good fun! Thanks to Nathan Hester & Donna Hamm, our guest presenters. A swell learning, connecting time was had by all. Bring on 2025!🍀

Shenise Stewart, EC Finance Manager--a true gem on our team! Shenise keeps us focused and spreads happiness throughout the office every day. And look at that festive holiday spirit with the candy cane bling. That's fire. 🧨

Ohhhhh yeahhh!!!! Fantastic group of human beings right there! Way to rock it out, Mangum peeps. Love y'all so much! 🥰

DPS EC Facilitators & MTSS Facilitators unpack the MTSS framework & EC processes. We focus on supporting the needs of all students. Authentic partnerships are critical to our common work. Shout out to Amy Miller, Sonja West, Felicia Sledge, and Wendy Vavrousek!

My humble opinion-- when your birthday is on a Monday workday, there's no better group of people to spend your time with than amazing colleagues like these at Bacon Street. 🥰

Our Special Olympics middle and high school spring games were legendary! Great day for our student athletes.🔥Thanks to Krista Saunders for her leadership to make it all happen on the DPS end.👊🏼

Elementary Special Olympics Spring Games May 2025! Best students and staff in the universe! It was a beautiful day for fun, laughter, and healthy competition.🏆

Project Search graduation today at Duke regional Hospital!ñ. We celebrated our 14th graduating class and are so proud of our students! 🥳

Special Olympics Elementary spring dance today! Woo hoo! Non-stop energy, dancing, laughter, and joy.❤️

Surprise visit to Riverside High School to announce DPS EC Teacher of the Year, Nicholas Flippen! Mr. Flippen is an amazing teacher--fierce advocate for his students and an incredibly engaging teacher. We are fortunate to have him on our DPS EC Team. 💘

Huge thank you to our Extended School Year (ESY) staff for all the Fun-tastic work with our students! Simply the best.❤️

Role playing coaching sessions with our EC facilitators and leads!

Working with our Curriculum & Instruction experts to learn about intervention resources for our EC teachers!