The local Kiwanis Club helps out with a yearly donation. Classroom amplification has been a particularly successful ISE innovation. The project began as a way to help a few hearing-impaired children. But it soon was apparent that classroom amplification helps everyone. The idea has spread throughout the elementary grades.
Teachers wear a small clip-on microphone, and speakers are installed in the classroom.
Suddenly, children in the back row can hear the teacher as clearly as those in the front. Teachers don't have to repeat directions as often. Students pay closer attention in class, and they enjoy giving reports, since it means a chance to use a microphone. Ann Hammer credits a team of dedicated teachers for Canton's ISE success story. But it takes people who really care about kids to make a project work.