📸Halloween photo-dump from our ESC Preschool classrooms! 🎃

Our preschool teachers went ALL-OUT this year in honor of Spooky Season👻 Our students enjoyed costume contests, whacky Halloween snacks, trick-or-treat time, and many other activities. Our teachers did an awesome job of mixing the Halloween spirit with hands-on learning! #HappyHalloween #Halloween2025 #MiamiCountyESC 🧛‍♂️🍬
24 days ago, Caleb Blake
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Adventures outside of the classroom☀️🏞️
Last week, Mr. Peters class from Miami East took a trip to Fulton Farms to hangout with the animals and get lost in the corn maze🌽! Over at Piqua, Mrs. Shcherbyna's class headed out to Bruckner Nature Center where the students learned about wildlife rehabilitation careers and observed the animals in nature🌲!
#GreatOutdoors #FieldTrip #MiamiCountyESC
25 days ago, Caleb Blake
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❤️Congrats, Grad!✔️🎓

This past week, one of Mrs. Prenger's students walked across the stage and bid farewell to Troy High School! She has been with Mrs. Prenger at THS for the past 6 years, who said: "We are so excited for her. We will really miss her as she brought so much joy to a room". Thanks to graduation falling on Halloween dress-up day, everyone else was in costume!😆 #YouGoGrad #MiamiCountyESC #Graduation
27 days ago, Caleb Blake
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🧛Halloween Festivities Galore Today in our ESC Classrooms!🧙
Pictured first in their epic costumes is our Milton Union ESC unit, followed by Mrs. Smith's class at Troy who celebrated with a classroom party, Halloween themed activities, and scary monster snacks🧟‍♀️🍫 We loved all the whacky outfits our students and staff broke out this year! #HappyHalloween #BOO #MiamiCountyESC
27 days ago, Caleb Blake
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🧟HAPPY HALLOWEEN!🍬
👻We're celebrating with some BOO-tiful Jack-O-Lanterns made by Mrs. Smith's class at Troy🎨🎃 These kiddos really put their art skills to work, those are going to be the best looking pumpkins on the block! #HappyHalloween #TrickOrTreat #MiamiCountyESC

28 days ago, Caleb Blake
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☕Who needs a pick-me-up?!♨️
Mrs. Embry's class at Milton Union opened their monthly Coffee Shop operated by the students! First they practiced their literary skills by reading, crafting, and sorting orders according to the customers preferences. Then, they utilized their vocational and communication skills to greet each customer as they stopped by to pick up their order! What an awesome way to blend real-life experiences and classroom learning! ⭐ #CoffeeTime #CoffeeShop #MiamiCountyESC
28 days ago, Caleb Blake
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💛 Building Friendships and Social Skills! 💛
Mrs. Balkcom’s class has been working hard with Mrs. Carey to strengthen social-emotional skills! Students have been learning all about friendship, teamwork, and using their imagination to have fun together. We’re so grateful for Mrs. Carey’s support in helping us learn how to be kind, cooperative, and great friends. Our students are using these skills each day to be their best in every class. Great things happening all the time over at our Cooperative Learning Center! 🌟

#SocialEmotionalLearning #FriendshipSkills #CLCProud #Teamwork #MiamiCountyESC
29 days ago, Caleb Blake
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🥼⚗️Another "Science Fair" coming from Mrs. Bell's class at Cookson Elementary in Troy! Students worked through all kinds of experiments to teach them about concepts such as ⚡energy, friction, mass, and many more⚖️. It's one thing to learn about these concepts from someone else, and another to put them to the test yourself! Our students were able to experience each concept firsthand and relate it to everyday life. Nice job Mrs. Bell! #STEM #ScientificMethod #MiamiCountyESC
29 days ago, Caleb Blake
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🦴Introducing the MOST adorable new member of our team, Rip!🐾
Rip joined our team at Miami County ESC ready to show his love and companionship. He is a trained school therapy dog who will be working alongside our staff to support our students in many ways, such as:

Reduce stress and anxiety
Improve behavior and focus
Build social and emotional skills
Increase motivation and engagement
Promote empathy and kindness

We are very proud to partner with the Miami County Sherriff's Department to bring in Rip. We are so excited to see what kind of positive impact Rip will have on our students and classrooms!❤️🐶#WoofWoof #TherapyDog #MiamiCountyESC
30 days ago, Caleb Blake
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👩‍🍳Student Chefs!👨‍🍳

Mrs. Prenger's class at Troy chose to make some yummy pumpkin bars last week. First, the students put together a grocery list and purchased their ingredients according to a recipe📋. They then worked with each other to properly follow the recipe in order to get their perfect snack. They not only got to enjoy themselves, but share with others as well! 😋 Nice work Mrs. Prenger incorporating real life skills and fun in the classroom! #BakeItUp🧁 #MiamiCountyESC
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🎨 Art at the CLC! 🎨
Mrs. Flory helps keep art fun and engaging at our Cooperative Learning Center! Her creative projects allow students to express themselves while building fine motor skills, imagination, and problem-solving abilities. Aside from nurturing creativity, art offers our students meaningful opportunities to develop social-emotional skills from managing frustration to celebrating success and collaborating with peers. Huge thanks to Mrs. Flory for providing this experience to our students💛🖌️#ArtTeaches #MiamiCountyESC
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🔬Its been a science-heavy month in our ESC classrooms! This experiment comes from Mrs. Couser's class at Miami East. This month students have been learning about what it means to be a scientist, and Friday they were hands-on creating their own chemical reactions with baking soda and vinegar💥 Always fun to make a mess! #STEM #ESCLearning #MiamiCountyESC

about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🧰 Building real-life skills for the future! This week, Mr. Clark’s class gained valuable hands-on experience through life skills activities. These tasks help students practice workplace readiness skills such as following routines, using equipment safely, and maintaining organized work areas.

By developing responsibility, attention to detail, and task completion skills, students are preparing for success in post-graduation vocational settings and greater independence in daily life. 💼👏
#VocationalSkills #WorkReadiness #LifeSkills #CLCLearning #FutureReady #MiamiCountyESC
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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Covington preschool's field trip to Fulton Farms this week was spent picking pumpkins, taking hayrides, and laughing with family🧡🍁Huge thanks to the parents who joined in on the fun and helped make the day extra special for our students. It may have been chilly, but we didn't let that get in the way of our day! #FieldTrip #MiamiCountyESC
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🧪Mrs. Peltier's class at Milton Union blended science and a social-emotional lesson to create these awesome Fall themed "calm-me-down" sensory bottles. Students used a visual recipe to create their glue/water mixture, then they picked from Fall glitter, beads, and other charms to make the filler. Each student was able to take home their own sensory bottle, they were a huge hit! #MiamiCountyESC #FunLearning
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🏁🏎️ PRESCHOOL DERBY DAY🏎️ 🏁 Students in Mrs. Landis preschool class at Milton Union tore up some dirt this Wednesday. Class spent the day planning and crafting their own derby car. Afterwards, they took it outside to the racetrack in the woods and had a blast racing their friends. What a great way to keep learning fun and engaging!💚 #MiamiCountyESC #ESCPreschool

about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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📖The "Story Lady" paid a visit to our Tipp City preschool class! Ms. Judy, whom the students refer to as "Story Lady" stopped by to lead an interactive lesson and teach them all about shapes🔵⬛🔺. Huge thanks to Ms. Judy for her dedication to providing an engaging experience for our students! #StoryTime #MiamiCountyESC

about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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🧪💥Watch out!🦠 Mrs. Durbin’s class learned about the Scientific Method this month, finishing off the unit with their own Unique Science Fair where each student earned a certificate for their hard work and efforts. Students explored several experiments that helped break down the scientific method and show how fun and interesting science can be! Great work everyone. #STEM #MiamiCountyESC #ScienceFair
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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Last Friday, Mrs. Smith's class at Broadway enjoyed a special activity🍂. Our speech therapist, Kristin Keiser, ran a small group where students listened to the story "We're Going On A Leaf Hunt", then they embarked on their own leaf hunt with an obstacle course; and finally jump, play, and rake in leaves. Great job to our teachers curating a fun experience for the class!!
about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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"Fun Friday" for Mrs. Naas' class looked awesome this week🔥. Class spent the day making 3-D pumpkin crafts and then enjoyed a monster teeth snack! #MiamiCountyESC #SnackTime

about 1 month ago, Caleb Blake
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