Students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) participated in a weeklong program known as C.H.E.E.R. (Consciousness Helps Encourage Equal Respect). The C.H.E.E.R. program was founded by Kurt Warner, former NFL quarterback and is designed to encourage inclusion and educate students to see their fellow peers with special needs as more than their disabilities. The program invites student volunteers, C.H.E.E.R. leaders, to adopt a disability for a day such as using a wheelchair or using visual impairment goggles, according to Warner’s foundation website. The weeklong activities at ERHS included video productions to raise awareness about respecting others and ending stigma. In addition, a positive […]
Students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School (ERHS) participated in a weeklong program known as C.H.E.E.R. (Consciousness Helps Encourage Equal Respect). The C.H.E.E.R. program was founded by Kurt Warner, former NFL quarterback and is designed to encourage inclusion and educate students to see their fellow peers with special needs as more than their disabilities. The program invites student volunteers, C.H.E.E.R. leaders, to adopt a disability for a day such as using a wheelchair or using visual impairment goggles, according to Warner’s foundation website. The weeklong activities at ERHS included video productions to raise awareness about respecting others and ending stigma. In addition, a positive […]