On Thursday, December 9, Mrs. Cody’s sixth grade language arts students welcomed a special visitor, Mrs. Melissa Gilliam, administrator for White Oak Manor in Newberry. The sixth graders have just finished reading Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies by Eve Bunting, which included an elderly character dealing with the effects of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Mrs. Gilliam entertained the students with a virtual tour of the brain on the Smartboard that labeled and described the parts of the brain. Then, she showed an emotional video detailing how a patient dealing with Alzheimer’s reacted to music from her childhood. Mrs. Gilliam surprised the students with a “quiz” based on the information she shared and gave a prize to Culan Means, the student who got the most questions correct. One of the most exciting activities she shared was a Mini-Mental Exam where students were able to determine a partner’s level of cognition. Before Mrs. Gilliam left, the students presented her with three-dimensional Christmas trees to take back to the residents of White Oak Manor.
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