SEPTA’s annual Crawford Award is given to an educator or county services professional who, in his or her professional capacity, has made outstanding achievements that improve the lives of Arlington’s children and youth with special needs. The award is named in honor of the late Eileen K. Crawford, whose 25 years as an educator included work […]
Action-Packed SEPTA Meeting, Awards Ceremony & Super Chat Set For Nov. 12
Please join us for our monthly SEPTA meeting and Superintendent Chat this Thursday, November 12 at the Arlington Public Schools Education Center, 1426 N. Quincy Street (note: this is a different location than most monthly SEPTA meetings). After addressing a few quick business matters beginning around 7:10 pm, we’ll announce and honor the hardworking, much appreciated, very deserving […]
Three APS Autistic Students to Present at National Disability Rights Conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2015 Three Arlington Autistic Students Chosen to Speak at National Disability Rights Conference in Oregon Three Arlington Public Schools (APS) students who have autism were selected to give presentations at a national disability rights conference in Portland, Oregon, from December 2-4, 2015, as part of celebrations in honor of […]
SEPTA’s 2nd Annual Phantom Ball: October 32 (yes, you read that right)
Here at Arlington SEPTA, we love to have fun. We love to raise money to help support the good work our teachers and students are doing every day, with programs like our terrific workshops and mini-grants. We love to make silly jokes, use plays on words, and insert cleverly placed quotation marks into our blog posts. But […]
Crawford & Howie Award Nominations Due October 4
Reminder from Nick Walkosak, SEPTA’s Immediate Past President and Awards Coordinator: The nomination period for SEPTA’s Eileen K. Crawford Outstanding Educator and Parent Volunteer of the Year (“Howie”) awards closes this Sunday night, October 4th, 2015. Please take a few minutes and think about those who have helped your family over the years or if you are just aware of extraordinary efforts and […]
SEPTA is on Facebook and Twitter!
With the new school year upon us, we thought it was a great time to let you know that Arlington SEPTA is active on Facebook and is now up and running on Twitter, too! Our goal is to continue to connect with you, our members and friends, using whatever platforms work best for you. So […]
IEP, CBA & FBA, Oh My!
As we ready for the new IEP season, we could all use a refresher course on the common abbreviations and acronyms used in the realm of educational planning. This link to Parenting Special Needs is a wonderful tool. Bookmark it for future reference, brush up before your next evaluation or IEP meeting and you will […]
Message from the President
Happy new school year 2015-16! I had a wonderful summer and hope you did too. In between vacation and barbecues, I gave a presentation to the Virginia PTA conference in collaboration with the president of the Stafford County SEPTA. We spoke about how to start a Special Education PTA and how PTAs could serve special […]
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