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ROBB ELEMENTARY RAISES AWARENESS FOR AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
April is Autism Awareness month nationwide, and Robb Elementary school is doing their part to spread awareness and positivity about the topic. Autism Awareness Month is a nationwide event that celebrates and honors the experiences of autistic individuals, and emphasizes the importance of understanding, inclusion, and support.
Glossner’ s Concrete parked their“ Autism Awareness” truck outside of the school Wednesday morning with a red carpet rolled out in front of it.“ I’ m glad( Glossner’ s Concrete) does this. All we do here is accept everyone- kindness and love is what we teach. Making everyone feel seen, heard, and loved,” said School Facilitator Brad McCloskey.
As the children stepped off the bus, they were greeted by the smiling faces of faculty and staff, music, and autism awareness stickers to get their days started out right.
Melinda Glossner, wife of business owner Jesse Glossner, noted they have numerous trucks for awareness for different causes- autism, cystic fibrosis, and breast cancer to name a few.“ I call( them) my fleet of skittles,” said Glossner,“( Glossner’ s Concrete) is a family-owned business since 1972.( We) try to support and show awareness for( causes like this).”
Students seemed excited as they walked towards the school on the red carpet- with many of them dancing along to the songs and showing off their new stickers. Kaiden Emel rode his scooter down the red carpet- the first student to ever do so!
Mike Killinger, who drives the autism awareness truck, has a daughter with autism.“ This truck hits home with people around here,” said Killinger.“ It’ s a really nice event. The kids are loving it, that’ s for sure.”
“ I want to give a shout out to our staff( and) faculty, and our autistic support staff. They’ re superheroes every day. I hope they and the kids feel the love that’ s devoted to them this month and the whole year. We are very proud of our team here. We learn lessons every day from our students with autism and we’ re fortunate to have them here. It makes our school complete,” said Principal Tyler Barth.
Both Barth and McCloskey were grateful Glossner’ s Concrete brought the vehicle for the event. According to Barth, Robb Elementary has two autistic support classrooms serving around 16 students.“ We have some students in our school who are students with autism that don’ t need( additional) support and are fully supported in the regular education classrooms. That’ s what’ s so fascinating about autism- there’ s all different levels of needs. I’ m proud that whatever the child’ s needs are, we can meet those here at Robb Elementary,” said Barth.
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