Sullivan STEAM School is a school in
Minneapolis
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Minnesota
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United States
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, which serves 600 students from preschool
[, High Five.] through eighth grade. The School houses a whole-day Kindergarten program as well as Early Childhood Special Education and Early Family Childhood Education programs.
[, Sullivan Communication Center.] Anne Sullivan School shares an attendance area with and is a feeder school for
Minneapolis South High School
South High School, or simply South, is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Corcoran neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A member of the Minneapolis Public Schools district, it is Minneapolis' oldest and largest public hig ...
. Specialist Subjects include Media, 5th- 8th Grade Band, Fitness, Health, Physical Education and Dance/Drama.
Anne Sullivan School supplements their core curriculum with a Gifted & Talented program, a peer mediation program and the Second Step Social Skills Program and houses a large Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing program for all grades and incorporates Mainstreaming as well as self-contained resource rooms. D/HH Students also participate in many local and state-wide extra curricular programs for the deaf. Technology used at Sullivan includes four computer lab and a wireless mobile digital media labs.
[, Report to the Community]
The school is named after
Anne Sullivan
Anne Sullivan Macy (born as Johanna Mansfield Sullivan; April 14, 1866 – October 20, 1936) was an American teacher best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.Herrmann, Dorothy. ''Helen Keller: A Life'', Alfre ...
(1866–1936), teacher and companion to
Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when ...
.
Extra Curricular Programs
Arts for Academic Achievement
[, Arts for Academic Achievement Homepage.]
KBEM-FM news:
[, KBEM School News Portal.] Periodically school news is made available to the public via the website of local radio station KBEM-FM.
Project Success:
[, Project Success at Anne Sullivan] A series of workshops for students focusing on working toward goals and achieving in school through the use of teacher and interactive exercises.
ALC (After-school learning Community):
Area Learning Center Homepage. Extended day and extended year education programs for students (especially "at risk" students) from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Beacons:
A program for after school activities in areas of academics and fitness run in conjunction with the local
YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches w ...
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Yoga Calm:
[, Anne Sullivan yogacalm program instructor] a program set up to help younger students use yoga techniques to create a calmer and more productive environment.
Awards and honors
Target heart of America:
Target Helps Ailing School Libraries Across the Country with Extreme Makeovers and Donations. The
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is an American retail corporation that operates a chain of discount department stores and hypermarkets, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh-largest retailer in the United States, and a component of th ...
Volunteers School Library Makeover program. Volunteers help implement a plan to redesign and redecorate the library of public schools. Material and manpower are provided by Target Stores and Target employed designers and craftsmen.
Peace site:
[peacesites.org]
/ref> Students actively participate in events and in supplemental curriculum to promote peaceful interaction with other students and those in their communities.
Band Grant VH1
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Longfellow Nokomis Messenger
Athletics
Anne Sullivan participates in various programs to supplement the district's normal Physical Education requirements. In addition to the double gymnasium, there is a fitness center with aerobic and anaerobic machines and personal monitoring devices that track each student's progress.
BioMass Health Management Systems Chooses Datakey Electronics' Tokens for Their High-Tech Exercise Kiosks.[, choolchoice.mpls.k12.mn.us] Anne Sullivan also Participates in the Beacon Minneapolis program to offer Soccer Club, Basketball Club, Squash Scholars, Swimming, Tennis and Technology and K-2 Yoga.[, YMCA Anne Sullivan Beacon]
References
External links
Anne Sullivan Communication Center
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Educational institutions established in 1991
Minneapolis Public Schools
1991 establishments in Minnesota