MOVE International
Maiden Choice School
Name of Site: Maiden Choice School
Contact Person: Nancy Briganti, Principal/MOVE Site Trainer
Address: 4901 Shelbourne Road, Baltimore, MD 21227
Phone: 410-887-1431
FAX: 410-887-1433
Email: nbriganti@bcps.org
Website: http://www.bcps.org/schools/ss/maiden_choice/
Designation Date as MOVE Model Site: May 24, 2001
MOVE Internatinal Trainers:
Nancy Briganti, Principal
Description of Site:
Robert Chapman, Instructional Assistant
Yanina Giller, Assistant Principal
M. Joan Sacchetti, Physical Therapist
Melinda Worden, Special Education TeacherMaiden Choice School is a public, separate day school which serves the Northwest and Southwest regions of Baltimore County, Maryland. Students are between the ages of 3 and 21 years, and have multiple disabilities, including severe to profound mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, and sensory impairments. Many of the students are medically fragile, and approximately one-third are non-ambulatory. Students learn life skills, communication, functional academics, mobility skills, feeding skills, and career/vocational skills.
Number of students: 100
Age range of students: 3 - 21 years
Number of classrooms using the MOVE program: 12
Other notes of interest:
Maiden Choice School has received grant funding from the Baltimore County Public Schools system beginning in 1997, which allows the school staff to fully implement the MOVE program with all eligible students each year. In addition to using their mobility equipment to access their educational programs within the school and fully-accessible playground environments, students take weekly trips to community sites such as shopping malls, parks, public libraries, etc. in their equipment.
Directions to Maiden Choice School:
Take Baltimore Parkway (I-695) to Exit 12B (Wilkins Avenue East). Take Wilkens Avenue East to Maiden Choice Lane (traffice light)and Turn Right onto Maiden Choice Lane. Take Maiden Choice Lane to Shelbourne Road and Turn Right onto Shelbourne Road. Maiden Choice School is at 4901 Shelbourne Road (on left side of road).
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