Peer teachers make big difference in Service High School special needs classes

Molly McCarthy (left) and her daughter, Kelsey McCarthy-Keeler (right), sit on the steps in their family’s hillside home. (Photo by Josh Edge/Alaska Public Media)Public education plays a pivotal role in the lives of special needs students throughout the state.
And a lot of their success is determined by confidence.
Kelsey McCarthy-Keeler is a senior at Service High School in Anchorage.
Kelsey has Down syndrome and is a part of the school’s special education and life skills program &n