✨Reflecting on the joy Christmas brings to our classrooms: Mrs. Baker's preschool class set up their own Christmas village, complete with a working Polar Express😆
Incorporating the holiday theme while maintaining a valuable and informative lesson can be tough, but our teachers have become experts. Setting up holiday-themed decorations and activities give our students a change of scenery, keeping their learning fresh and engaging! Even though the decorations are packed away now, the memories and bonding will stick with us💖
Incorporating the holiday theme while maintaining a valuable and informative lesson can be tough, but our teachers have become experts. Setting up holiday-themed decorations and activities give our students a change of scenery, keeping their learning fresh and engaging! Even though the decorations are packed away now, the memories and bonding will stick with us💖
✨Meaningful learning continues year round thanks to our amazing Occupational Therapy team! The Miami County ESC has 18 OT professionals serving students across 9 school districts. Occupational therapists support students in building motor, sensory, and self-regulation skills needed to participate in classroom routines, complete school tasks, and grow their independence.
Our OT professionals do great work in putting together creative and interactive activities for our students. These professionals are great at incorporating seasonal themes while keeping therapy purposeful, engaging, and goal-focused. This Christmas the students got creative by decorating their own trees and making Santa Claus crafts. We are incredibly grateful for their expertise, flexibility, and the care they bring to students every day! ❤️🙌
Our OT professionals do great work in putting together creative and interactive activities for our students. These professionals are great at incorporating seasonal themes while keeping therapy purposeful, engaging, and goal-focused. This Christmas the students got creative by decorating their own trees and making Santa Claus crafts. We are incredibly grateful for their expertise, flexibility, and the care they bring to students every day! ❤️🙌
Welcome back from Christmas break to our Miami County ESC community! We hope it has been a smooth transition back to your routines. Before we left for break, our team at the Cooperative Learning Center held their annual holiday lunch🎆🎄
This was a wonderful opportunity for our students and teachers to come together and reflect on the collaborative spirit that drives our organization, as well as look forward to what 2026 has in store.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making 2025 a success. We are looking forward to another year of excellence at the Miami County ESC, bring it on 2026!
This was a wonderful opportunity for our students and teachers to come together and reflect on the collaborative spirit that drives our organization, as well as look forward to what 2026 has in store.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to making 2025 a success. We are looking forward to another year of excellence at the Miami County ESC, bring it on 2026!
🎄Our team at the Miami County ESC wishes you a very Merry Christmas! Spend the day with family, enjoy each other's company, and we will see you back after the break! We hope everyone got something they wanted this year!😉
Need some awesome ornaments to spice up your Christmas tree this year? Mrs. Couser's class has you covered!🎄 Her students molded, baked, and then painted their own homemade ornaments. Everyone was able to bring an ornament home for their families' tree. Looks like we have some artists at the ESC!
🎄✨ Holiday fun blended with speech learning!
Our incredible team of 26 Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) is making a difference every day across 9 school districts, even in the busiest time of the year. SLPs support students’ speech, language, communication, and social skills, helping them access learning and build confidence inside and outside the classroom.
With festive games and seasonal activities, our SLPs creatively bring the holiday spirit into therapy while keeping students engaged, motivated, and working toward their goals. We’re so proud of the dedication, creativity, and heart they bring to their schools and students, awesome work to our SLP team! ❤️
Our incredible team of 26 Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) is making a difference every day across 9 school districts, even in the busiest time of the year. SLPs support students’ speech, language, communication, and social skills, helping them access learning and build confidence inside and outside the classroom.
With festive games and seasonal activities, our SLPs creatively bring the holiday spirit into therapy while keeping students engaged, motivated, and working toward their goals. We’re so proud of the dedication, creativity, and heart they bring to their schools and students, awesome work to our SLP team! ❤️
'Twas the week before Christmas... 🎁🎄 Here's a few snapshots of our preschoolers at Miami East. They showed up to school comfy as could be in their jammies, then spent the day making ornaments and wrapping presents! Merry Christmas from our Miami East preschool classroom!
☃️🎄 ESC Christmas party! 🎉
All of our ESC classrooms at Troy attended a Polar Express themed party yesterday, put together by Mrs. Smith's class! Mrs. Prenger's class helped make the day a success by working all of the stations.
Students enjoyed making train ornaments, decorating the Polar Express train, making and enjoying hot cocoa, and playing Polar Express bingo and pinning the train on the tracks. After the group finished their Christmas lunch, they enjoyed some popcorn while watching Polar Express. Merry Christmas to our ESC community!
All of our ESC classrooms at Troy attended a Polar Express themed party yesterday, put together by Mrs. Smith's class! Mrs. Prenger's class helped make the day a success by working all of the stations.
Students enjoyed making train ornaments, decorating the Polar Express train, making and enjoying hot cocoa, and playing Polar Express bingo and pinning the train on the tracks. After the group finished their Christmas lunch, they enjoyed some popcorn while watching Polar Express. Merry Christmas to our ESC community!
The holiday season is in full swing at our ESC Preschools! Mrs. Hoke's class spent their day making Christmas name trees🎄, wrapping presents in the dramatic play center, and exploring the sensory table. Our teachers are so creative with the ways they blend holidays with learning and practice!☃️
Miss Embry’s class decided to spread some holiday cheer by making Christmas cards and delicious homemade treats to pass out to other staff members. The students were able to put many skills to practice with this exercise, including: writing skills by signing their names on the cards, vocational/life skills to make treats, and communication/social skills by greeting staff members and delivering the items by hand! Those treats look fantastic, I want one!🍪🎁
Mrs. Couser's class braved the cold weather last week to make sure their letters arrive on time to the North Pole!❄️ Each student wrote their own unique letter filled with things they wanted to tell Santa (probably mostly present requests!😉). We hope you kiddos get everything you asked for and more!
Looks like seeing The Nutcracker activated the holiday spirit in Mrs. Smith's class!🥳 They did their part spreading Christmas cheer by visiting StoryPoint Assisted Living and playing Christmas songs over their bells. The residents were super excited to see some new faces, and everyone let their inner child out to enjoy the moment. ❄️🎅
🎄Mrs. Smith's classroom at Broadway Elementary is currently learning about the concept of 'Traditions'. To put their learning to practice, the class decorated their own Christmas tree, one of the most popular traditions for this time of year! Their tree is looking fantastic, well done kiddos! #MerryChristmas #MiamiCountyESC
Is there a more fun (and messy) hand-strength activity than OOBLECK!? Students at Bethel Elementary had a blast building fine motor skills with a Grinch craft and creating their own green slime. These activities support hand-eye coordination, muscle strength, and sensory learning.
Ms. Hinkle’s class at Bethel Middle School got creative with a classic Christmas tradition: gingerbread houses! 🏠🍬 Students had creative freedom to build their house however they liked. This hands-on activity was one of several traditions students read about while studying the Unique Learning Systems unit on 'traditions'. I want a bite!🍪
It is that time of the year!✨🎄 Mrs. Smith's class is getting ready for Christmas by going classroom to classroom singing Christmas carols and passing out hand-made ornaments to staff members. To finish their week, they grouped up with Mrs. Durbin's class and took a trip to see the Nutcracker Ballet! They were even able to snag some photos with the stars of the play.
Last Friday, the Miami County ESC hosted LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) training, a development course focused on bringing professionals and parents together for collaboration and guidance.
LAMP helps individuals learn language by pairing consistent motor movements with meaningful communication; supporting independence and reducing frustration.
Thank you to everyone who attended and showed your commitment to learn and implement these powerful communication tools for the individuals you support!
LAMP helps individuals learn language by pairing consistent motor movements with meaningful communication; supporting independence and reducing frustration.
Thank you to everyone who attended and showed your commitment to learn and implement these powerful communication tools for the individuals you support!
Following up from earlier this week, take a peek at the special gift bags Mr. Hahn's class will be donating to The Bethany Center. Essentials like food, clothing, and self care items make a huge impact when given to those in need. Mr. Hahn's class did their part in making sure those underprivileged in the community are warmer and less hungry this holiday season. Great work guys!
Yesterday, Superintendent Dave Larson attended the joint superintendent meeting between Shelby and Miami County. The meeting was hosted by Upper Valley Career Center, who was eager to show off their new and completed building expansion. This project, adding 25,000-square-feet of additional space and more than 15,000-square-feet of renovated space , will allow UVCC to accommodate 170 additional students in multiple programs.
We're excited to see the potential of this expansion fulfilled in the coming years, congratulations to Upper Valley Career Center on their continued growth and unique opportunities they provide for students!
We're excited to see the potential of this expansion fulfilled in the coming years, congratulations to Upper Valley Career Center on their continued growth and unique opportunities they provide for students!
🎩There's a Hat for That!🤠
The Career Connections team has been visiting 2nd graders all over Miami County sharing smiles, conversations, and a read-aloud of the fun and inspiring career-themed book "There's A Hat For That" by Dr. Kevin Fleming!
Thanks to a contribution from Upper Valley Career Center, every 2nd grade classroom in Miami County will now have a set of books that provides students an introduction to the different career clusters and unique skills they may need to have an exciting career after high school graduation.
Pictured is our ESC Career Navigator, Kristi Voisard, reading to students at Miami East Elementary School and Broadway Elementary School in Tipp City helping our youngest learners discover that there’s a career hat for everyone! #CareerNavigation #MiamiCountyESC
The Career Connections team has been visiting 2nd graders all over Miami County sharing smiles, conversations, and a read-aloud of the fun and inspiring career-themed book "There's A Hat For That" by Dr. Kevin Fleming!
Thanks to a contribution from Upper Valley Career Center, every 2nd grade classroom in Miami County will now have a set of books that provides students an introduction to the different career clusters and unique skills they may need to have an exciting career after high school graduation.
Pictured is our ESC Career Navigator, Kristi Voisard, reading to students at Miami East Elementary School and Broadway Elementary School in Tipp City helping our youngest learners discover that there’s a career hat for everyone! #CareerNavigation #MiamiCountyESC
