My name is Dana Kalipolites and I am one of five special education teachers at Canon City High School.  I have a BA in Elementary Education and a Masters of Science in Special Education, kindergarten through twelve grades.  My experience includes six years teaching at a Diagnostic Treatment Center in New York with severely physically disabled children ages 6 months to adult.  I also taught one year at Cedar Springs Hospital in Colorado Springs in the Day Treatment Program with middle and high school students.  Working for six years as a special education teacher at the Canon City Middle was a great introduction to the “inclusion” philosophy. Now on my third year as a special education teacher at the Canon City High School, we are going to implement an exclusionary model, because all students have a legal right to a free and appropriate public education.

There are many web sites that give teachers and families information about their student and child’s special educational needs.  Check out the following web site.

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/index.asp

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Dana Kalipolites

Canon City High School

1313 College Ave

Canon City, Colorado

Phone: 276-5926