Room 112

Room 112 - Middle School Life Skills

Teacher: Maren Pearson
Assistants: Maria Regnard, Lucia Hernandez, Betzabe Gutierrez, and Manual Lavalle
Phone number: 703-228-6449

We are the Middle School Life Skills program. We have 7 students in the classroom and 4 wonderful assistants: Lucia, Maria, Betsy, and Manuel.

Our primary focus is learning life skills and social skills. We have a structured classroom and set schedule that includes whole group, small group and one-on-one activities. The students attend art, music, library, Adaptive P.E. and Home Living each week, and go to the pool for swimming every other week.

We started out the school year by raising our very own Monarch Butterflies. Check out some of the pictures below. At the end of September we had a big butterfly release party and saw our butterflies off on their migration to Mexico! We will have many other exciting activities happening all year, feel free to stop by and join in the fun.


Do you see the pupa?	Mmm...Nectar!	Beautiful Monarch Butterfly

Beautiful wings	Getting ready to fly.	It's a boy!

Monarca Mariposa	Miss Maren feeding a butterfly.	Feeding time!

Orange juice for lunch.	Miss Maren and Mr. Setzer holding the butterfly house.

This is Maren Pearson’s eighth year teaching students with special needs, and her third year in Arlington County. Previously, she taught in Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, and before that, spent two years teaching in Michigan.

Maren received her undergraduate degree from Grand Valley State University in Michigan with endorsements in Intellectual Disabilities, Emotional Disabilities and General Education K-6. She is currently working toward her Masters of Education in Education Leadership at George Mason University.

Her interests include riding and showing her horse, spending time with family, friends and dog, and raising and teaching others about Monarch butterflies.

Recommended site for parents:

T-TAC Online - This website offers lots of information for parents on events, resources, training, books and information on specific disabilities.

Last Modified on September 14, 2012