Special Education Committee News
Pizza lunch with the Bridge Students
PTSA enjoys a pizza lunch with the Bridge Students who provided ways we could advocate for them as well as suggestions for how to make Churchill a more inclusive place.
Lunch with the ARS Program
(NEW) Corollary Pickleball Tryouts
Tuesday, September 2nd – Friday, September 5th
On Tuesday, September 2nd, at 2:45pm-4:45pm, WCHS will start its Corollary Pickleball tryouts and continue Wednesday (9/3), Thursday (9/4), and Friday (9/5) 3:00pm-5:00pm after school.
MCPS Corollary Sports include team pickleball (fall season); bocce (winter season), and Allied softball (spring season). MCPS Corollary Sports are designed to offer additional athletic opportunities for high school students, especially students with disabilities.
Additional information is posted on the WCHS Athletics page (date/times, tryout requirements, team rules, etc). Using ParentVue, please sign up students beforehand. Please ensure REQUIRED FORMS are submitted for tryouts.
Questions? Contact Athletic Director, Jesse Smith, Jesse_R_Smith@mcpsmd.org OR Coach Ben Woods, Benjamin_H_Woods@mcpsmd.org
Back-to-School Night
Special Education Meet Service Providers
Thursday, August 28th, 6:00pm – 6:45pm in the Media Center
This is a great opportunity to meet your student’s assigned case manager and service providers in person!
Snacks will be provided by the PTSA Special Education Committee.
Meet your 25-26 PTSA Special Education Chairperson!
Kris Petrie’s educational background is in clinical research, practice guideline development and nonprofit member organization project management. Kris has years of personal experience navigating early childhood and school special education programs. In 2025-2026 Kris’s goals are support, advocacy, engagement and community building for accommodated students and their families at WCHS. She is the proud mom of a WCHS 11th grader.
Do you:
- Have questions about special education at WCHS?
- Do you have ideas on committee meeting topics that can help you and other WCHS families?
- Can you help out with committee work?
Reach out to Kris for these questions and more! Email to: specialed@churchillptsa.org
You can also SIGN UP to receive WCHS PTSA Special Education Committee updates and school-wide information by becoming a PTSA member.
