SPANISH FORT, Ala. — Teaching special education might mean looking for creative ways to engage and involve her students, but Donna Sessions is a staunch believer that her expectations for achievement are absolutely no different than that of her colleagues.

“I think my philosophy of teaching is probably like most other educators: All students can learn. It’s just up to me to provide them with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed,” Sessions said.

She joined the Spanish Fort Middle School faculty in August.

Sessions, a Grand Bay native, is in her 12th year of teaching and earned both her bachelor’s degree in mental retardation and multi-handicapped and her master’s degree in sixth- through 12-grade collaborative education from the University of South Alabama.

Most recently, she spent four years teaching reading intervention as well as inclusion at Prattville Junior High School in Autauga County, but her family relocated to Spanish Fort two months ago.

Editor’s Note: This is the ninth in an ongoing series designed to introduce readers to some new faces in the Spanish Fort feeder pattern.

Two more teachers will be featured in the Oct. 1 Spanish Fort Sun.

See the rest of this story in the Sept. 29 Spanish Fort Sun—on stands through Oct. 1—and available at The Bulletin and Spanish Fort Sun office, 1805 Main St., Daphne.