Curriculum enhancement

 

To enrich the curriculum, students go on special field trips or host special guests at the school.

Examples for 2011 include:

 

Visits

Graduate students from the FSU Visual Disabilities Program

Dr. Ed Fenimore, astrophysicist and fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Chef Don White, the visually impaired chef at the Silver Bistro in the Claude Pepper building

Graduate students from the FSU Neuroscience Program

Julie Kates, with the state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, on sensory impairments

Brian Hall, string teacher at FAMU

Adam Straubinger, fiddle player with the Mayhaws

Jess and Dave from the 3rd Avenue Drum Shop

Bodega Bob

Professor Jack Winchester, on Music for the Altzheimer Project

Mr. Jianqiang Zhao, principal of Tallahassee Chinese School

 

Field trips

A tour of FSU Ruby Diamond Auditorium

Tour of Opperman Music Hall at FSU

Gamelan and Orff workshops at the FSU College of Music

Visit to the Silver Bistro in the Claude Pepper building