Dunmore, PA: Elem school opens 'calming corner'; being used by autistic students
- The end of childhood
- Oct 21
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Dunmore Elementary opens 'Calming Corner' to help students manage emotions
DUNMORE, Pa. — Inside Dunmore Elementary School, students now have a new space designed to help them slow down, breathe, and find peace.
The school’s new Calming Corner is equipped with low lighting, white noise, and fidget tools — all meant to create a comfortable, sensory-friendly environment where students can reset.
“It'll be an asset for everybody,” said Katie Feeney, Vice President of the Dunmore Elementary PTA. “Everybody has something going on in their life that can stress, or make you uncomfortable, or sometimes it's just a bad day.”
The project was made possible by the Dunmore Elementary PTA and the Gino LaRusso Foundation for Suicide Awareness.
“We want the kids to know it's okay to be angry, it's okay to be sad, it's okay to be mad,” said Katrina Kurilla, founder of the Gino LaRusso Foundation. “But we need to express it in the right way.”
The calming space is already being used by autistic support students, and educators say it’s making a difference. . . .
The Calming Corner is officially open and already in use — helping the youngest students in Dunmore learn how to process big emotions in healthy ways.
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