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Carmel High Students Recite Rug Room Monologues


Chi ldren enrol led in special educat ion clas ses at Carmel High School are an integral part of their educational institution. Principal Kevin Carroll put it this way: “Even though a child might have an emotional, physical or psychological disability, he or she can become a part of mainstream society. We are learning to see the person and not the disability.” That premise prompted teaching assistant Geri Munich to write a poem entitled the “Rug Room” a decade ago that expressed the voices of students in special educat ion. Above, student and adul t part icipants of the Rug Room Monologues gather for a curtain cal l wi th author Geri Munich (center) . In the late 1990’ s special educat ion classes at CHS were conducted in an old wing of the bui lding wi th rugs on the f loors, hence the poem’s name. Chi ldren enrol led in special educat ion clas ses at Carmel High School are an integral part of their educational institution. Principal Kevin Carroll put it this way: “Even though a child might have an emotional, physical or psychological disability, he or she can become a part of mainstream society. We are learning to see the person and not the disability.” That premise prompted teaching assistant Geri Munich to write a poem entitled the “Rug Room” a decade ago that expressed the voices of students in special educat ion. Above, student and adul t part icipants of the Rug Room Monologues gather for a curtain cal l wi th author Geri Munich (center) . In the late 1990’ s special educat ion classes at CHS were conducted in an old wing of the bui lding wi th rugs on the f loors, hence the poem’s name.


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