Hospitalized children attend hospital's school

Mary Ellen Michalenko Mary Ellen Michalenko (photo by Jim Howe)
(photo by Jim Howe) For more than 20 years, Mary Ellen Michalenko
has been the teacher for the school within the Upstate Golisano
Children's Hospital. She coordinates with school districts
throughout Central New York in order to meet the educational needs
of hospitalized patients, from kindergarten through high school.
The goal is to make sure they do not fall behind in their
schoolwork during their hospital stay. She tells how the hospital's
"one-room schoolhouse" operates. For more than 20 years, Mary Ellen
Michalenko has been the teacher for the school within the Upstate
Golisano Children's Hospital. She coordinates with school districts
throughout Central New York in order to meet the educational needs
of hospitalized patients, from kindergarten through high school.
The goal is to make sure they do not fall behind in their
schoolwork during their hospital stay. She tells how the hospital's
"one-room schoolhouse" operates.