Friday afternoon, four students in Renee Thompson’s class were treated as celebrities. A class of fourth-graders crowded around the popular students in the Camden Elementary School classroom, vying for their attention while always making sure that each of the four students was enjoying himself or herself. They spent an hour playing and reading with the four children -- all of whom were in Thompson’s self-contained special needs class.
The buddy system
Similarities outnumber differences for CES students

