Gina Whitcomb

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Happy Birthday, Stevie Beario!

Students in Anaheim, California celebrated Stevie on his birthday! Although the real Steve Serio’s birthday is September 8th – students were not in school on that day. Instead, we celebrated on September 9th. Stevie got a new birthday hat, a new birthday shirt and even a birthday cupcake! Students sang…

Stevie Bear-io shows the students how to play basketball

Students watched videos about the real-life person Steve Serio. They were amazed at how well Steve Serio plays basketball and how he can shoot a basket so high up in the air! They loved watching him play against other wheelchair athletes, too! After watching some videos, Stevie Beario went outside…

Stevie Bear-io arrives in Anaheim, California

The students in Mrs. Whitcomb’s 5th grade class were very happy to welcome Stevie Beario to their classroom! Stevie arrived at Betsy Ross Elementary School in Anaheim, California with his basketball, gold medal and gym bag! Here he is in front of our school: We are located in Anaheim, California…

Stevie Visits 4th Grade

Stevie Beario was lucky enough to visit a 4th-grade class at our school, Betsy Ross Elementary. They took very good care of him! Stevie went out to P.E. with the class. In our school district, students have 30 minutes of outside PE time per day. Stevie also visited their classroom.…

We made Stevie glyphs with our 1st grade buddies

Our 5th-grade class has 1st-grade buddies. We learn together and help each other. Our buddy classes made Stevie Beario glyphs together. We practiced our coloring and cutting skills. We used the information from our glyphs to make graphs and learn about each other. We could tell from the way Stevie…

Remembering 9-11

Our class spent the day remembering 9-11 by writing notes of kindness to first responders, doctors, nurses, firefighters, and police officers. We read a book called “September 12” which was written by first-grade students. It talks about returning to life after the horrible events of September 11 and returning to…

Stevie Visits Local Attractions in Anaheim, California

There are many local attractions near our school in Anaheim, California. We live in Orange County, California which is about an hour south of Los Angeles and two hours north of San Diego. In our city, we have many theme parks. We have Knotts Berry Farm and Disneyland are minutes…

Stevie Beario has arrived in Anaheim, CA!

Stevie Beario has arrived in Anaheim, California! He is visiting Betsy Ross Elementary School and visiting with many of our classes here. Our school has over 1,100 students who range from preschool age (4) up to 6th grade (age 12). We are a very large elementary school located 5 minutes…

Stevie Beario in Singapore!

Stevie Beario had a fantastic experience with the eight Reception classes at Tanglin Trust School, Singapore. He investigated all areas in the Infant School that help to assist people who may need extra support to move around. He tested the disabled toilet, ramps, lifts and he even scaled our new…

Check Out Stevie’s Travels!

Stevie Beario has been traveling the world spreading awareness of SDG 10 – reduced inequalities. He just left Reading, UK and is on his way to Canada! Check out some of Stevie’s travels so far…