Special Start Program T-Shirt Contest

Students in RSTA's Creative Design recently competed in a T-Shirt Design Contest for the Special Start Program. The criteria for the T-Shirt Contest was to design a fun & age appropriate t-shirt design that can give the Special Start Program a unique and appropriate t-shirt design that parents, staff, teacher, and students could wear with pride.

T-Shirt Design Winners:
1. First Place $100- Jean Altidor (junior)
2. Second Place $50 - Sarah Pace (senior)
3. Third Place $25 - Maeghan Fischer (sophomore)
4. Fourth place $25 - Greggy Bazile (senior)
Honorable Mention - Marty He (junior)

The Special Start Program is a CPS special education preschool program that has been around for approximately 30+ years. We serve children ages 3-5 years and their families. Children with disabilities are educated alongside their non-disabled peers. The classrooms implement high-quality instruction in a language-based, hands-on, multi-sensory curriculum to aid in the child’s growth and development. We have almost 200 students in 16 classrooms across 7 schools in the district, and in the community and community preschools. Staff comprises OTs, PTs, speech therapists, special education teachers, psychologists, behavior specialist, paraprofessionals, and other administrative staff.