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Important Dates
Schools Closed for Students
and Teachers.
MSEA Convention
October 17, 2014
Fall Fest
October 30, 2014
End of First Quarter
October 31, 2014
2 Hour Early Dismissal
October 31, 2014
Teacher Planning
No School
November 3, 2014
In this issue:
Primary News
Primary Gallery
2-7
Intermediate
8-11
Counslesor’s
Corner
12
PT, Adaptive PE,
Music
13
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Student Work
Gatherings
15-16
17-18
Vision
Health News
19
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Aquatices,
Riding
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Principal’s Note
Student of the
Month
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Can Food Drive
Tanglewood is once aga in part ic ipat ing
in the Mary land Food Bank Can Food
Drive . P lease send in or br ing a non -
per ishable i tem for our school donat ion
between October 13th and October
31st .
Parent Drop Offs and Hall Passes
As a reminder, families dropping off their students may use the
Kiss and Ride Lane from 7:30 to 7:50. After 7:50, families must
enter the building to sign in their students.
Our classes have made hall passes for their students to
support independence and transition. All parents are asked to
allow their student to use the hall pass to find the classroom.
Classroom staff will come to the office to provide supervision
to assist students in getting to class on their own.
We thank you for supporting this initiative!
Tanglewood Regional School 833 Woodyard Road Clinton, MD 20753
October, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 3
Tanglewood Times
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Room 2
Dondrea Bethea, Joe Dee Paras, Debbie Baragas
During the month of October, we will be going out into the community, until Arts Partners begins. We are going to Melwood Center, Barnes & Noble Book Store, St. Charles Mall, Cosco Nature Center, and Allen Pond/Opportunity Park in Bowie. During the month of September our students have begun to work on their academic, social, communication and motor skills. They are working hard to increase their skills. Michelle has been doing a good job at increasing her skills at matching her shapes (circle, square, triangle) and numbers (1,2,3). Gerardo is doing a good job at being able to turn the pages of his reading book with minimal prompts. Sophia Morales is doing a good job at being able to using her stander while she is using a switch to play music. Traeshawn is doing a good job at learning how to make choices and identify items during his academic activities. We are looking for more improvements during the month of October.
Room 6
Ginger Li, Mr. George Natonick Brian Fletcher, Paulette Anderson
Greetings parents of Room 6! We can't believe the first whole month of this school year has already passed. It has been an exciting, fun-filled month. Toward the end of September, we got to welcome a new student into our room, Jamez. Jamez is full of spunk, personality, and always has a lot to say! He fits right in! Welcome, Jamez! The student of the month in September was Jalen! Yay, Jalen! Thank you for being such a kind, young boy and always getting along with everyone. You sure know how to make all of us laugh! Melwood came to Tanglewood and the Room 6 boys got to participate in a special activity with them in the horticultural room. JaQuez had a great time playing with the beans. He enjoyed sifting the beans through his fingers and did a great job gluing them onto board to create his own artwork! Brenden also enjoyed playing with the beans and sticks while creating his own artwork! Brenden was laughing the entire time and was fully engaged during the activity. We have also been able to go out into the community for our community based instructional trips! Our class is having a blast and all of the students do an amazing job while out in the community. While out on our of our community trips, Jalen verbally said aloud, "Eat! Eat! Eat!" and pointed to his lunch bag while we were walking in the store. Also, Jayden has been doing an amazing job using the menu out at restaurants and physically pointing to what he wants exactly in order to communicate with us his needs. We look forward to another great month in October!
PRIMARY 1 CLASSES ROOM 2 AND ROOM 6
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PRIMARY 1 CLASSES PRIMARY GALLERY
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PRIMARY 2 CLASSES ROOM 9 AND ROOM 11
Room 9
Fe DeCastroMarcelino, Sharon Evans Johnson, Pat Sellman, Helen Smith
The month of September has come and gone – Summer is officially over!!
Room 9 has a new student, Robert Jackson. He has a bright smile that just lights up a room. Welcome Robert!! We have been very busy with lots of fun-filled activities. We began with a school-wide field trip to the County Fair at the Equestrian Center. It was great to see our students and others from around the county have a great time participating in various games, rides and interacting with Sponge Bob, clowns and more. Thank you to those parents who were able to join us. Our Community Based Instruction (CBI) started with a shopping trip to St. Charles Mall where the students were able to identify objects and colors; Barnes and Noble for Storytime, the students enjoyed listening to the story The Day the Crayons Quit; Watkins Park Nature Center – snakes, turtles and bats – OH MY!!; last, but not least, the students enjoyed going to the movies to watch ‘Dolphin Tale 2’ which was a culminating activity after reading the story on News2You the previous week. The students reviewed the letters of the month ‘A, B,C’; numbers of the month ‘1, 2, 3’; shape of the month ‘Circle’; and, color of the month ‘Red’. The students have been practicing a new skill using their individual schedule. They mark on their schedule when they have finished a task, and are made aware of what is next on their schedule. Kayla does a great job pointing to aquatics on the schedule to let us know she wants to be chosen to go to aquatics -- way to go Kayla!!! In Reading, the students read the following stories on News2You: Dolphin Tale 2, Clownfest, Hispanic Heritage Month, and Broadway Buddies. Kayla and Robert did a great job marking the correct answer on their worksheet with a bingo marker independently. Alexis, Darnell and Maya did a great job touching the correct answer. Zoe did a great job with hand-over-hand activity using tactile symbols.
In Math, Room 9 accepted the Principal’s Math Challenge and created a graph showing the most popular baseball team, Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles. Washington Nationals won by leaps and bounds. GO NATIONALS!! Special thank you to the parents for your continued support with helping your child with their homework!
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PRIMARY 2 CLASSES ROOM 9
Room 9 Community Based Instruction Moments
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PRIMARY 2 CLASSES ROOM 9 AND ROOM 11
Room 11 Joann Morales, Dee Ann Henderson, Marissa Williams, Dionnah Vicks
Room 11 is soaring off to a great start. The month of September has been so busy. We have been on some very exciting CBI trips to our favorite locations. We are focusing on picking out small items to purchase, or that correlate to our stories that we have been reading in class. For Reading, our stories so far include Broadway Buddies, Clownfest, America’s Song, Dolphin Tale 2, The Apple Pie Tree, and Walter the Baker. In Math we continue to been review numbers and shapes. In Science we have enjoyed visiting with our furry friends Hope & Bob. Their moms Ms. Karen and Ms. Myra come for Therapy Pets. We also have been visiting all of returning Pets in the Science room (Lilly, Rose, Tommy the turtles, Ethel the iguana, Ernie the bearded Dragon, Sally the Snake, George the gecko, Harry the tortoise, Ray-Ray & Tikki the Birds). Not to forget all of the great hands on science activities that were always there to help us learn. Wow!!! We couldn’t have asked for better weather for the PG County Fair. We saw lots of old friends and rode some fun rides. Of course we enjoyed eating the most...funnel cake. Trying new things is always great fun! Everybody is doing a good job but special mention to our Student of the Month, Anthony Clark. We had our first Principal’s Academic Challenge, “Nats Vs. O” Baseball challenge. We sorted, counted and graphed. Rooms 13 and 11 got to eat baseball foods in which we graphed favorite baseball foods. We also read supplemental baseball stories. What a
way to have some fun and learn all at the same time.
It’s that time again ALT-MSA is under way. We are striving to pick the best objectives for everyone for their Alt-MSA Portfolios . We will keep you posted on our progress.
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PRIMARY 2 CLASSES ROOM 9 AND ROOM 11
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INTERMEDIATE CLASSES ROOM 8 AND ROOM 13
Room 8 Florence Teston, Dyesha Kelly, Marietta Borders
Happy fall season everyone! This month, Room 8 learned so much about America and the people that shaped our nation. We celebrated the birthday of our national anthem - “Star Spangled Banner” the first week of September. We read about Francis Scott Key and his great contribution to America’s song. In the succeeding weeks, we read about the famous presidents of the United States. We learned about George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. In case you didn’t notice, these are also the great men you see in our coins and dollar bills. What an informative month! We finally learned the biographies of the men on the penny, nickel, dime and quarter. This month, we also learned 18 sight words and 12 vocabulary words. That’s a great leap for our kids in room 8!
In math, we continued to learn counting, sequencing and comparing of numbers 0-10. We also did an artwork about the hungry crocodile who loves to eat the bigger numbers. It’s so much easier to learn greater and lesser than symbols through fun and exciting way. Also in math, we did the principal’s challenge. This month, we were asked how many ways to interpret the votes collected from teachers about our favorite teams. Our class learned to sort the votes, tally and count, interpret through bar graph and analyze the data. Sounds complicated but…yes! Room 8 did it! Awesome job boys and girls!
In science, we learned the characteristics of living and non-living things. We also classified some objects around us following these two groups. Currently, we are learning about plants, plant parts and characteristics. Next month, we are going to learn why leaves change colors! Does anyone know?! This is going to be exciting!
For CBI last September, we visited Watkin’s Nature Center, Barne’s and Noble, National Harbor and Wegman’s. Children enjoyed the places and the last tail end of the beautiful summer. For the month of October, we will visit places like Ikea, Aviation Museum, Cosco and get ready for this…. CAMP SCHMIDT! This is going to be a month full of fun.
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INTERMEDIATE CLASSES ROOM 8 CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITY
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INTERMEDIATE CLASSES ROOM 8 AND ROOM 13
Room 13 Rosa Ray, Randy Henderson, Gail Best, Antoinette Powe, Jamar Qyanddar
Hello Tanglewood Universe,
Congratulations are in order for the students in Room 13.Daquan has been honored as Student of the
Month. Seun is more independent in the classroom throughout the school day. Jasmin is becoming more
talkative and mingling more sociably with her classmates and the staff. Immanuel is improving in his
handwriting skills and taking time to insert missing letter in his name. Andre is spelling his name in
sequential letter order. . Diana is helpful to the staff and her classmates. A big thanks and appreciation go
out to the parents who are ensuring that their students return homework and are present in class every
day.
The class has had the opportunity to venture out to Charles County this year. They integrated their reading
and math skills at St. Charles Town Center in Waldorf, where they were able to select food from the menu
board at the food court and reviewed math concepts, shapes, colors and shapes utilizing concrete objects
in the mall. Some students socialized and spent some down time relaxing. Another highlight of our CBI
Trips was picking up more books for our classroom library from area Thrift Stores. Last but now least, our
visit to Watkins Park was the best! We enjoyed nature at its best on a fun hayride through the park. All the
students visited with an array of barnyard animals and see the results of vegetation at the end of the
summer season as it began transition into the fall. Boy, we can’t wait to get back on the road again.
We have gotten off to some great firsts at good ‘ole Tanglewood this year with a visit from Melwood. Our
friend, Ms. Shelia Gallagher stopped by to present a slideshow all about the Melwood Horticulture
Program. She also brought woodsy and sweet smelling plants, buds, seeds and weeds for the class to make
a potpourri jar for their families. That was a wonderful activity. The class also celebrated their first Student
of the Month Awards Ceremony. We thank all the parents and guest who came out to support our
awesome endeavors. The students were especially excited to share their first Principal’s Challenge Results
with their peers and other classroom teachers. It was so much fun working on that project.
The students and staff in Room 13 has had a fun filled month and look forward to dig in and gear up for
more challenges next month!
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INTERMEDIATE CLASSES ROOM 13 MOMENTS
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Hello everyone. The school year has gotten off to a great start, and Thanksgiving is just around
the corner.
In Guidance we have started the year off by focusing on school expectations and following school
rules. We discussed the steps to having a good school year:
Being a good listener.
Keeping hands to ourselves.
Staying with the group.
Getting a good night’s sleep.
Eating a healthy breakfast.
And doing our homework.
We have also focused on riding the school bus safely by:
Waiting with our parents.
Letting the aide help us to our seat.
Greeting the driver and our friends.
Sitting in our seat.
Keeping hands and feet to ourselves.
More recently we are focusing on the steps to following directions.
Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as September’s Student of the
Month:
Darnell McCormick
Michelle Ekpenyong
Jalen Smallwood
Nie Jones
Daquan Dyson
Anthony Clark
The category was: Gets Along Well with Others. Keep up the good work!!!
A big Thank You goes out to Ms. Shelia Gallagher, Horticulture Specialist from Mel-
wood, who visited with us on Friday, September 26th. She shared with us slides of the beautiful
green house and planting activities the individuals of Melwood participate in. We are so glad to be
partnering with Melwood again this school year. Once a month they will visit with us here at Tan-
glewood and work on horticulture activities, and we will also have the opportunity to have our
students visit Melwood on Community Based Instruction trips to engage in horticulture activities
and to gain vocational insight.
COUNSELOR’S CORNER MS. ROBIN LONG
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Physical Therapy/ Adapted Physical Education
Dr. Marla MacRae, PT, DPT, MS
Dr. Nita Page Daves, PT tDPT, M.Hed, BS
Jared Clover, APE
Tanglewood’s Box Tops for
Education Account is now active!
Please save and send in your box
tops so that we can start
purchasing items for our
students.
Ready. Set. Go!!
Happy Fall to our Tanglewood Parents and Family!!!! The leaves are falling, the weather is getting
cooler, and it’s getting darker earlier, but that’s not stopping us one bit in the APE/PT Department here
at Tanglewood!! We are ready to MOVE!!!
It’s 1st and Goal and our Tanglewood Timberwolves are in the RedZone ready to make a touchdown
for success for being Great by Choice!!!
Our students have just completed their Football Unit in their Motor Classes with Mr. Jared Clover
and our athletes are looking great. The students really enjoyed catching and throwing the ball, but most
importantly they LOVED running/or wheeling themselves to the end zone for a TOUCHDOWN!!!! The
students are learning eye and hand coordination, balance, and strength through participating in these
activities. They are doing great!!!!
THANK YOU: BIG THANK YOU to those parents who are sending their children to school ready
to learn and participate in school with their orthotics on. The staff appreciates you for seeing the
importance of having our children ready to participate the minute they step into the school. Keep up the
good work!!
REMINDER: If your child has been seen my a medical professional recently, please remember to
submit all updated medical information to the school so our records can have the most current information
allowing us to better serve your children.
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MUSIC PROGRAM MR. JOHN KEILY
Hello, parents and family, the music room is sad that summer is over, but we get
the opportunity to celebrate another season. Fall is here and the trees are
beginning to change color. The children have been singing the song, “Fall.” “Down,
down, yellow and brown. The leaves are falling over our town.” At the end of this
song we scatter one hundred leaves on the floor. Here is a fun game of picking
up leaves, counting, and identifying the colors: yellow, red, green, and brown.
Next, we explore a big drawing of our town. Students investigate who is raking
up leaves; how many trees are there; how many houses are in the town; and what
colors have the trees become.
The “A” song, “Big Bad Banana,” and “Cool Cat” have all returned to help
the children with learning their alphabet and the sounds that letters make. These
catchy melodies stay with the singer a long time. Any of these songs will have
one repeating a letter or letter sound at least three hundred times! Every song is
drawn on a large poster with many eye catching illustrations. Parents and family
members can now join in the fun when they hear their student sing: “A, A, A, A,
Aah, Aah, Aah, Aah,” “Buh buh buh Big Bad Banana,” or “They call me C, C, C, C,
Cool Cat.”
This October we will begin practicing counting with “Five Little Pumkins,”
“Five Little Hoot Owls, and “Ten Skeletons, Ten Witches, and Ten Ghosts.” It
would not be music if we did not get up and move around. The children will be
dancing to a driving beat and moving to the sounds of “Monster Dance.” Music
listening this month highlights three famous music compositions: “Danse
Macabre,” Saint Saens, “Fall,” Vivaldi, and “Clouds,” Debussy.
Thank you, parents and family members, for providing the opportunity to
share music with your children. It is very special to teach and nurture their love
for the arts.
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CLASSROOMS IN ACTION PRINCIPAL’S ACADEMIC CHALLENGE
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CLASSROOMS IN ACTION STUDENT WORK IS ON DISPLAY EVERY DAY
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GATHERINGS THE MONTHLY DANCE HONORING HISPANIC HERITAGE WITH ART AND MUSIC
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GATHERINGS MELWOOD AND STUDENT OF THE MONTH
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Halloween is the best holiday.
You get to use your imagination, be someone else, and, most importantly,
eat a boat load of candy. All this without the stress of present buying and
dealing with relatives.
Halloween can also be a great time for your visually-impaired child. Sure,
you don’t need to be able to see to enjoy candy, but there is so much else to
the holiday that can be enjoyed as well. Picking out pumpkins is a tactile
experience. Let your child feel the weight and heft. Check out some of
those lumpy, warty pumpkins that look so gross and cool. Let your child
really check them out the next time you walk into Giant.
Let your child have a costume full of texture changes. Let him or her feel
satin or fringe, anything weird or strange that he or she would not
ordinarily wear. There are even cheap keychains or switches you can buy
at dollar stores that record sounds or voices from popular TV shows or
movies. Add those to the costume for a nice audible touch. Add a scratchy
wig or some cool sunglasses. Have a blast with it. Let your child feel
special.
But, most importantly, eat some candy. And save a Kit Kat for me.
Vision Updates
Alan Kaufman [email protected]
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HEALTH ROOM UPDATE NURSE MARGARET
Thanks to better at-home care and in-office dental treatments, more people are keeping their
teeth throughout their lives. Some diseases and conditions can make dental disease
and tooth loss more likely. But most of us have a good deal of control over whether we keep
our teeth into old age.
Most mouth woes are caused by plaque. Plaque is a sticky layer of bacteria, bits of food and
other organic matter that forms on your teeth. The bacteria in plaque make acids that cause
cavities. Plaque also leads to periodontal (gum) disease. This can become a serious infection.
It can damage bone and destroy the tissues around your teeth.
The best defense is to remove plaque before it has a chance to build up and cause prob-
lems. Brushing removes plaque from the large surfaces of the teeth and from just under
the gums. Flossing removes plaque from between your teeth. You also can use other tools to
keep your mouth and teeth clean.
Help your children develop good brushing and flossing habits.
Schedule regular dental visits.
The most important thing you can do is to brush and floss your teeth each day.
You can help reduce your children’s risk of tooth decay:
1. Sugary foods and drinks should be consumed with meals. Saliva production increases dur-
ing meals and helps neutralize acid production and rinse food particles from the
mouth.
2. Limit between-meal snacks. If kids crave a snack, offer them nutritious foods.
3. Chewing sugarless gum after eating can increase saliva flow and help wash out food and de-
cay-producing acid.
4. Instead of soft drinks and juices all day, children should also choose water and low-fat milk.
When sugar is consumed over and over again in large, often hidden amounts, the harmful ef-
fect on teeth can be dramatic. Sugar on teeth provides food for bacteria, which produce acid.
The acid in turn can eat away the enamel on teeth. Almost all foods have some type of sugar
that cannot and should not be eliminated from our diets. Many of these foods contain im-
portant nutrients and add enjoyment to eating. But there is a risk for tooth decay from a diet
high in sugars and starches. Read labels and plan carefully for a balanced, nutritious diet for
you and your kids.
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The therapy tank has had some repair issues at the
start of the school year. We should be good to go
and are back up and running!
SCIENCE AND AQUATICS PROGRAMS
Kim Bessler Karen Entwisle
Remember to wear your
favorite team or school
items each FRIDAY!
SPIRIT DAY
Melwood works with our
individual classes and brings whole
school assemblies to Tanglewood.
This month we did a craft project
with dried leaves and flowers.
MELWOOD PARTNERS
Students have started to go with Miss Kim,
Miss Karen and Mr. Jared to the Healing
Farm. Check out the video link on the
website for a student perspective of riding!
THERAPEUTIC RIDING
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PRINCIPAL’S PAGE DEBRA PEARCE
Dear Tanglewood Community,
Thank you everyone for a fantastic September. It is hard to believe that we are into October already
with Thanksgiving and Winter Holidays right around the corner.
Our staff has been busy with developing Alt-MSA Objectives, implementing TEACCH structures and
taking data on communication.
As I walk around our building, I see TEACCH schedules posted, students using moving their symbols
into the “Finished” area and students using the Hall Passes. Jamez and Diana have done a great job
taking their passes and making their way down to class. Thank you to all of our parents who are
building this important skill. Don’t be surprised if we let them walk down by themselves...We will be
shadowing from behind.
Thank you to all the staff and students who participated in the Principal’s Academic Challenge. The
first challenge, Nats vs. O’s, found our classrooms organizing and analyzing data through sorting,
matching, counting and answering questions. Each classroom shared their projects at the Student
Awards Ceremony. It was amazing to see how differently each classroom approached the challenge.
The next challenge results will be shared in November.
The Department of Special Education hosted a training for teachers and speech pathologists on
professional development day. We are in the process of looking at each child’s level and forms of
communication so that we can make sure all of our students have a way to share their wants and needs
and to communicate within the school and community.
Keep an eye out for new curriculum materials that will be used at Tanglewood. PCI Sight Word
Reading and Scholastic Reading and Science magazines will used in the classroom and will be shared at
home.
Our Arts Partners program is starting this month with Walden Woods. We are thrilled to have our
student friends join us in the Art Gallery. Thank you Miss Pat for all your work and creativity.
Finally, please be sure to make your way to school for Miss Robin’s family trainings. This is a great
time to acquire new tools for your toolbox as well as to spend time with other parents.
Debra S. Pearce
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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to all of our Students of the Month. Thank
you families for coming out for the presentation and thank you
Miss Robin for coordinating this very important event!
Keep up the great work!
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8333 Woodyard Road
Clinton, MD
20735
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Tanglewood School
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Great by Choice
C ommunication for All
H ome Partners
O pportunities to Learn
I ntegrated Academics
C ollaboration
E ach and Every Day
Thank you to all of our families and visitors who are
working with our new security
procedures for the safety of our entire
Tanglewood Community!
Tanglewood Staff, Students and Families demonstrate
Great by Choice in so many ways!
Tanglewood will gladly take your gently used electron-
ics including IPADs, IPODs and video game consoles
such as Wii, X Box or Play Stations.
We will be able to use them for communication Apps,
self management and physical fitness activities.
As always, THANK YOU for considering Tanglewood!
