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