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  • Gompers Elementary Middle School
  • Detroit, MI
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach preschool for children with special needs. My students are very young. I am their first school teacher. In most cases, I am the first person outside of family members that the parents entrust their children to. My classroom consists of a very nurturing environment. The parents, children and I feel like we are a family. All of my students have developmental disabilities and several of them have physical disabilities as well. Most of my students are non verbal. They lack the ability to express their needs and wants to others. Without the ability to communicate effectively, a lot of times their needs are not being met and their voices are not being heard. My school is in an urban area. 95% of my students come from a single parent household. 100% of the students in the school receive free lunch. The school is a Title One school as well.

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I teach preschool for children with special needs. My students are very young. I am their first school teacher. In most cases, I am the first person outside of family members that the parents entrust their children to. My classroom consists of a very nurturing environment. The parents, children and I feel like we are a family. All of my students have developmental disabilities and several of them have physical disabilities as well. Most of my students are non verbal. They lack the ability to express their needs and wants to others. Without the ability to communicate effectively, a lot of times their needs are not being met and their voices are not being heard. My school is in an urban area. 95% of my students come from a single parent household. 100% of the students in the school receive free lunch. The school is a Title One school as well.

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