Student of the Month: Dom

What has Dom done over the past month to achieve Student of the Month? Dom has showcased a positive mindset and has been an excellent role model this school year. he can be found assisting staff members and completing jobs throughout the school. Dom plans on attending Cecil Community College next fall.. What are his teachers and the staff saying about Dom? Dom is a role model for a lot of our younger students. Whether he realizes it or not, he is an upper classman and a lot of our children look up to him in the [...]

Student of the Month: Dom2022-01-18T00:33:29-05:00

Student of the Month: Yomali

Yomali has been with Sierra for a few months and has been a great role model to his fellow classmates. Yomali is a hard worker, he always spends extra time on his assignments ensuring his answers are always correct. He is kind and respectful to both his peers and his classmates, he is a positive peer influence and will often advice to others when they are facing difficult times. He is a great helper around the campus and is an active participant in all of our school sports teams. Visit our website to learn [...]

Student of the Month: Yomali2022-01-18T00:33:29-05:00

Spirit Week Recap

Last week was our school’s spirit week. Huge thanks to all the staff and students who participated and made the week such a fun success. We had a few very fun activities throughout spirit week such as our Open House, our first cooking club of the year and we ended the week with school spirit day and a visit from the Shave Ice Truck. Visit our website to learn more about Sierra School

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Meet our Social Worker

Alisha McCanney LCSW – School Social Worker   Alisha began her career with High Road School in 2015. Previously she worked with Wraparound Delaware supporting youth in mental health court, truancy court, and low level supervision. Visit our website to learn more about High Road School

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Sketch Art

Ms. Rose’s fine arts class learned the graphic art technique of Scratch Art. Visit our website to learn more about High Road School

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Schools Jobs Are Underway

School jobs are well under way! Throughout the building, each day, you can find a number of students with the added responsibility of a school job within their daily schedule. Our jobs here at school have the added benefit of giving students important responsibilities and ownership within their school building while providing the opportunity for useful job experience. Visit our website to learn more about High Road School

Schools Jobs Are Underway2022-01-18T00:33:32-05:00

Autism Cruise from a Staff’s Perspective

One of our amazing staff members, Michael Shashaty, had the pleasure of traveling on the Autism Cruise over the summer. Prior to this summer, I had never been on a plane. Before that, I had visited only a handful of states. Traveling was not something I envisioned myself doing, and certainly not to another country. Autism has provided me with many blessings in life: a career, friends, colleagues and a purpose. A few weeks ago, I found myself on the most breath-taking island in the world, swimming alongside fish in crystal blue lagoons and conversing with people [...]

Autism Cruise from a Staff’s Perspective2022-01-18T00:33:32-05:00

The New School Year

As the 2019-2020 school year begins, we were excited to start with positives messages to our students and will continue with the positives as the year goes on!  The B.E.S.T Academy Staff members came together to create some beautiful chalk art to give our students special welcome back messages. The children enjoyed seeing the chalk art as they entered both the front and back of the building. We welcomed some new staff members and students the start of this school year. We are very happy to see everyone back and can not wait to see the great things we [...]

The New School Year2022-01-18T00:33:32-05:00

Student of the Month: Levon

Levon B. – 8th Grade What has Levon done over the past month to achieve Student of the Month?? Levon comes to school with a smile and an eagerness to succeed. He can usually be found assisting his teacher in the classroom and completing jobs around the school. His work ethic and focus on doing well is an inspiration to his classmates. He brings a joyful, positive energy to those around him and encourages others to participate in what is happening in and out of the classroom. Levon is a motivated young man who will continue [...]

Student of the Month: Levon2022-01-18T00:33:33-05:00

Staff of the Month: Dan Jones, Special Education Teacher

What impact has Charlie had on colleagues and students over the past month? Dan has done an exemplary job stepping into his new role as teacher this school year. His passion and desire to educate the students is palpable with the staff. His lessons involve excellent engagement as well as sticking to the High Road model. Why did the team select Dan as Staff of the Month? We chose Dan as staff of the month because he is always the first person to help out in the classroom, he makes himself available to students for breaks, and [...]

Staff of the Month: Dan Jones, Special Education Teacher2022-01-18T00:33:33-05:00