Anne Sullivan Communication Center is a school in
Minneapolis
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Minnesota
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United States
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, which serves 600 students from preschool
[, High Five.] through eighth grade. The School houses a whole-day Kindergarten program as well as Early Childhood Special Education and Early Family Childhood Education programs.
[, Sullivan Communication Center.] Anne Sullivan School shares an attendance area with and is a feeder school for
Minneapolis South High School
Minneapolis South High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Corcoran neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A member of the Minneapolis Public Schools district, it is both the oldest and largest public high sc ...
. Specialist Subjects include Media, 5th- 8th Grade Band, Fitness, Health, Physical Education and Dance/Drama. Anne Sullivan School supplements their core curriculum with a Gifted & Talented program, a peer mediation program and the Second Step Social Skills Program and houses a large Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing program for all grades and incorporates Mainstreaming as well as self-contained resource rooms. D/HH Students also participate in many local and state-wide extra curricular programs for the deaf. Technology used at Sullivan includes four computer lab and a wireless mobile digital media labs.
[, Report to the Community]
The school is named after
Anne Sullivan (1866–1936), teacher and companion to
Helen Keller.
Extra Curricular Programs
Arts for Academic Achievement
[, Arts for Academic Achievement Homepage.]
KBEM-FM
KBEM-FM (88.5 FM, "Jazz88") is a Minneapolis, Minnesota public radio station broadcasting a jazz format. The station is operated by the Minneapolis public school system and has been partnering since 1989 with the Minnesota Department of Transpo ...
news:
[, KBEM School News Portal.] Periodically school news is made available to the public via the website of local radio station KBEM-FM.
Project Success:
[, Project Success at Anne Sullivan] A series of workshops for students focusing on working toward goals and achieving in school through the use of teacher and interactive exercises.
ALC (After-school learning Community):
Area Learning Center Homepage. Extended day and extended year education programs for students (especially "at risk" students) from kindergarten to eighth grade.
Beacons:
A program for after school activities in areas of academics and fitness run in conjunction with the local
YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...
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Yoga Calm:
[, Anne Sullivan yogacalm program instructor] a program set up to help younger students use yoga techniques to create a calmer and more productive environment.
Awards and honors
Target heart of America:
Target Helps Ailing School Libraries Across the Country with Extreme Makeovers and Donations. The
Target Corporation
Target Corporation (doing business as Target and stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the seventh largest retailer in the United States, and a compon ...
Volunteers School Library Makeover program. Volunteers help implement a plan to redesign and redecorate the library of public schools. Material and manpower are provided by Target Stores and Target employed designers and craftsmen.
Peace site:
[peacesites.org]
/ref> Students actively participate in events and in supplemental curriculum to promote peaceful interaction with other students and those in their communities.
Band Grant VH1:
Longfellow Nokomis Messenger
Athletics
Anne Sullivan participates in various programs to supplement the district's normal Physical Education requirements. In addition to the double gymnasium, there is a fitness center with aerobic and anaerobic machines and personal monitoring devices that track each student's progress.
BioMass Health Management Systems Chooses Datakey Electronics' Tokens for Their High-Tech Exercise Kiosks.[, choolchoice.mpls.k12.mn.us] Anne Sullivan also Participates in the Beacon Minneapolis program to offer Soccer Club, Basketball Club, Squash Scholars, Swimming, Tennis and Technology and K-2 Yoga.[, YMCA Anne Sullivan Beacon]
References
External links
Anne Sullivan Communication Center
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Educational institutions established in 1991
Minneapolis Public Schools
1991 establishments in Minnesota