HUMANS OF SHS

B’s Crew

Isabela Diaz & Abby Doriot | Staff Writers

Mrs. Becker, Mrs. B, Mrs. Mean (if you are some of the students she has in class) and Mom are just some of the many titles Leah Anne Becker gets thrown her way. Though these are simple appellations people put on her, the names go deeper than the surface of her actions.

“I’m a liaison. My role changes with my kids. For example, I have to play more of a momma role at times,” Becker said.

Becker’s class is a special education class. They start out the day with academics and curriculum almost identical to ours; however, the content is tailored to Becker’s students’ learning styles. In the afternoons, they get to practice other useful skills: they cook, do laundry and some of the students have internships with local businesses. Becker’s students also do lots of things throughout the school, they help with the recycling, cleaning up the lunchroom and helping with the food pantry. dents in Becker’s class have common tendencies, such as random, sudden outbursts. It is important to know that these students can not control much of what they are doing. The person with the outbursts does not know when it is going to occur either.

“I just want students to know that they don’t have to be afraid of my kids,” Becker said.

The atmosphere in their classroom is like no other. Becker and the rest of the staff have created a safe, loving environment for the kids to learn in.

“We are a family. The kids are supportive of one another, they defend each other, they are genuine friends. We work hard, but we play hard,” Becker said. As a staff/class, they do many things to help out around the school: washing the jerseys of the basketball and volleyball teams, recycling, cleaning the lunch room, and many other tasks.

It is not uncommon for students to see Becker’s students out and about all around the school. However, many students do not know how to approach them. Many of the stuSCAN ME | B’S CREW Scan to read the individual profiles of each student in Becker’s Crew.