Holiday Trivia
This 1990 movie features a young boy named Kevin who defends his home from burglars after his family accidentally leaves him behind on Christmas vacation.
What is Home Alone?
This federal law ensures students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)?
A student with a learning disability in reading has difficulty reading aloud in front of the class. The IEP specifies that the student will have access to a text-to-speech software to help with reading assignments.
What is an accommodation (specifically use of assistive technology)?
Watertown's school system dates back to this year.
What is 1844?
This type of IEP goal describes the skill the student will be able to perform, the condition under which they will perform it, and the degree of success expected.
What is a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound)
This type of food, fried in oil, is commonly eaten during Hanukkah to symbolize the miracle of the oil.
What are latkes?
According to IDEA, schools must provide this type of education for students with disabilities, meaning they must be educated alongside their nondisabled peers to the greatest extent possible.
What is inclusion?
A school district is required to assess the student’s academic and functional needs before developing an IEP. This process must include input from all relevant team members, including parents and specialists.
What is evaluation or assessment?
This man was the first superintendent of Watertown Schools.
This section of the IEP specifies how the student’s progress toward goals will be measured, such as through assessments or teacher observations.
What is measurement of progress?
This country celebrates the New Year with a tradition called "Nochevieja," where people eat 12 of these at midnight for good luck.
What are grapes?
If a student is placed in a special education setting, the IEP team must justify this decision and show that it meets this principle, which aims to keep students in the general education classroom as much as possible.
What is least restrictive environment (LRE)?
A student with a disability is placed in a separate special education class for most of the day, but the IEP team agrees that the student should participate in the general education math class for inclusion. This decision supports the principle of:
What is least restrictive environment (LRE)?
The first elementary school was built in this year.
What is 1863
This section of the IEP details any necessary services outside of regular instruction, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, or physical therapy.
What are related services?
This dessert, popular in Britain around Christmas, is made from suet, dried fruit, and spices, and is traditionally steamed.
What is a Christmas pudding?
This document, provided to parents, outlines a school’s efforts to comply with federal special education laws, including offering special services to students with disabilities.
What is a procedural safeguards notice?
A student with physical disabilities is transitioning from high school to a vocational training program. The IEP must include specific steps to ensure the student is supported in this new setting, including transportation and assistive technology.
What is postsecondary transition planning?
This elementary school served as the high school for many years in Watertown.
What is Webster school?
This is the maximum number of calendar days after a student’s evaluation, during which the school must convene the first IEP meeting.
What is 60 days?
This country is known for its celebration of "Boxing Day" on December 26, a holiday celebrated with sales and various charitable events.
What is the United Kingdom?
If a student is transitioning from school to post-school life, the IEP must include this, which is designed to help students plan for their future education, employment, and independent living goals.
What is a transition plan?
A student with a disability is placed in a general education classroom with some pull-out services for reading. The school fails to provide the speech therapy outlined in the student’s IEP for several weeks. This is considered a violation of the student’s right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
What is a failure to implement the IEP?
This building was constructed in 1966.
What is Riverside Middle School?
This must be provided to parents at least this many days in advance of the IEP meeting to give them enough time to prepare.
What is 10 days?