Special Education
Welcome to GAMS Special Education Department
Our goal is to help all students see beyond the stereotypes and myths about learning differences and understand that with perseverance, a positive attitude and appropriate help, people with learning differences can soar. Everyone faces challenges and problems. Success lies in how you deal with them.
Program Overview
The special education program at the Greencastle-Antrim Middle School offers a continuum of services to meet the individualized needs of identified students. Intervention is focused on the whole child. We develop our programs to meet social, emotional, physical and cognitive needs. Parents, administration, middle school teachers, related service providers and middle school staff work together as a multidisciplinary team, collaborating to develop differentiated language arts and math curricula. They ensure that students have equal access to grade level curriculum as appropriate. When fitting, we use alternative curricula to meet student needs. We place a strong emphasis on a rigorous instructional delivery of the following curricula.
District Special Education here
Additional Human Service Agencies
Franklin/Fulton County ARC
(717) 264-4390
Franklin/Fulton County
Developmental Disabilities Office
(717) 709-4321
Franklin County Children & Youth
(717) 263-1900
Franklin County Information & Referral
(717) 261-2561
SAM Service Access and Management, Inc.
(717) 261-1555
Bureau of Special Education Consult Line
(800) 879-2301
Special Kids Network
(800) 986-4550
"Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation." John F. Kennedy
GAMS Multidisciplinary Team
Ginger Thompson
Director of Special Education
Michael McManus
Principal 6-12
Gerald Crable
Associate Principal
Donnie Cordell
Assistant Principal
Christine Palmer
Assistant Principal
Fred Yelton
Guidance Counselor
Katelynn Steed
Guidance Counselor
Clark Flohr
Learning Support Teacher
Tanya Forrester
Learning Support Teacher
Caitlyn Hoover
Learning Support Teacher
Deena Kirkwood
Learning Support Teacher
Jaime Hood
Math Specialist
Leah E. Shaw
Reading Specialist
Brenda Lieboldt
Autistic Support Teacher
Holly Tyler
Life Skills Teacher
Christine Wilkinson
Emotional Support Teacher
Laine Medina
ESL Teacher K-12
Penni Baker
CIL Coordinator
Jennifer Doyka
Speech and Language Therapist
Karlee R. Martin
Speech and Language Therapist
Meredith Ankerbrand
Physical Therapist
Emily Benfer
Occupational Therapist