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Adapting to ‘adapted sports’

Children accompanying their parents at the recent New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) convention in Atlantic City were introduced to the world of adapted sports when they visited the Matheny School exhibit.  They were invited to participate in an adapted baseball … Continue reading

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Good sports

“They do the same things we do. They just do them differently.” That comment by Old Farmers Road School fourth grader Tori Murray expressed perfectly the purpose of a recent visit by Matheny students to Old Farmers to demonstrate and … Continue reading

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Fun for all

“I got to see how disabled people have fun just like us. They do the same things we do, just differently.” That comment by Grace Lurker of Peapack, NJ, a fourth grader at the Far Hills County Day School in … Continue reading

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Good sports

The goal of the Matheny School’s adapted phys ed program is to make it possible for Matheny students to participate and compete in modified versions of as many sports as possible. The program ranges from races in both manual and … Continue reading

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An ‘awesome’ experience

“I thought this was awesome!” That’s how one fourth grader at the Far Hills Country Day School described the recent visit by Matheny students and staff to the phys ed class at the independent day school in Far Hills, NJ. … Continue reading

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