Madison Elementary Meets (MDA) Muscular Dystrophy Association


Teacher Margaret Donohue, SECA Cindy Komp, and parents Elvira and Marcos Trujeque organized an informative presentation by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) for Madison’s K-2 students. The students learned about individual differences and respecting others with different strengths and weaknesses than their own. The presenter shared a cartoon video that explained muscular dystrophy, and then she led teachers and children in a physical model of how messages travel from the brain to the skeletal muscles both in healthy bodies and in people with muscular dystrophy. All of this education will go a long way toward building empathy for a classmate who has muscular dystrophy and respecting people with all types of challenges.

Christine Sphar, Principal
Madison Elementary School