MADSEC is the professional association
for administrators of special education in the State of Maine.
Jessica Hall
MADSEC Special Education Parent of the Year
Award 2007
The Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities (MADSEC) recognized Jessica Hall as the Special Education Parent of the year. MADSEC is the association of Special Education Administrators in Maine’s local public schools, private special education schools, and Child Development Services (preschool) sites.
Sharon Goguen, Special Education Administrator of M.S.A.D. #56, introduced Jessica and presented her with the award at the MADSEC Awards Dinner held at the Atlantic Oakes By-The-Sea in Bar Harbor, June 25.
Jessica resides in Searsport, Maine where she is the single mother of a child with spinabifida. While Jessica is not active politically and does not seek public notice or leadership, she is a faithful behind-the-scenes supporter of the handicapped on many fronts. She helps with fund raising for Maine Handicapped Skiing and is a volunteer at Freedom Riders, a handicapped horseback riding program. With the help of her extended family she organized the Paddle for Pine Tree Camp event at Swan Lake in 2005 and this locale, of which there were several, and raised the most money.
Beyond her efforts for the handicapped youth she is an active volunteer in her community for all children. She teaches Sunday school, has a Cub Scout troop, and volunteers in the school district elementary theater program, fluoride program and in the library. She is a positive role model, not only for parents of children with disabilities, but all children.
All of this is amazing as Jessica is a self-described shy person who dives into all these activities in order to foster her son, Alex's development and independence. Alex, who is in a wheelchair, is in fifth grade. He skis, rides horses, lobsters, participates in rowboat races, kayaks, and "walks" .7 miles to school most days with his mother.
