We celebrate our exceptional school team!
Sensory Room: A place to explore, calm, relax
Thanks to a generous grant from The Special Kids Foundation, plus a lot of patience and elbow grease, we have a brand new sensory space. Students have begun exploring the new additions, which include a soothing color-changing lighted cube, bubble tube and cause/effect toys, as well as several comfortable and squishy places to relax.
Check out these happy students exploring the space:
Art Club: Group Effort
This week's art club time focused on collaborative work:
Rain or shine ...
Gray skies or not, we're always ready for a community adventure.
Today's destination? The local bakery.
Spring has Sprung!
Our HS1 class took advantage of Friday's sunshiney day, and headed out to the park.
A visit to Gross Pointe Lighthouse
Say Cheese!
College Exploration: Elmhurst
Two of our students had the opportunity to visit Elmhurst College's Learning and Success Academy this week, learn more about their program, and explore their beautiful campus.
Wear your PACTT Spirit!
PACTT's annual school Spirit Sale is underway! For all the details, and to order t-shirts (long- and short-sleeved), visit www.pactt.org/spirit.
This year's design:
Three cheers for our Special Olympics athletes!
PACTT student athletes participated in Special Olympics Illinois' MATP games today. We are proud of all our students! (Click the picture for a closer look.)
Spirit Week: Door Decorating Contest
Which classroom would you declare the winner?
Spirit Week: The Wearin' of the Green
It's Green Day here for Spirit Week - for St. Patrick's Day, of course. Here are some pics of our HS1 students and team, joining in the fun:
A collection of this week's work - and fun!
What Really Matters
PACTT school's art club students worked on projects this week that talked about What Really Matters to them. We love how focused everyone was as they chose the pictures and words for their individual collages - and how proud they were to show them off!
The lake was calling ...
Some of our HS1 students took a nice long walk near the lake today:
Fun in the sun!
We couldn't help but enjoy today's gorgeous weather!
Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society: PACTT's newest volunteer site
PACTT School welcomes its newest volunteer site: The Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society (http://rpwrhs.org/). Students will be helping with light office work, like shredding. Thank you, RPWRHS, for helping PACTT students to give back to their community, and learn important job skills!
For more information on how to become a work or volunteer site for PACTT students, click HERE.
On top of the world
PACTT's Transition Class braved the Sears (Willis) Tower skydeck - and some even managed to peek their toes over the glass floor!
Congratulations, Graduate!
Last week, our first graduate of 2016 celebrated with his classmates, teachers and family. Congratulations, Will! We are so proud of you!
Black History Month: Stories & Paintings
To top off their study of Black History Month, students visited Evanston's Noyes Cultural Arts Center's "Justice for Peace" exhibit.
A peek at Transition's Black History Month timeline and lessons:
