Archive for April 2020

We would like to take this time to thank our Latham parents, guardians, and friends for their incredibly generous donations for the students and adults at Latham Centers. In March, parents and guardians asked the staff, “How can we help?!”  Our staff then collaborated to create a growing Amazon Wish List of items that can be used…

In today’s installment of our blog series leading up to #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity on May 5th in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we give thanks for the outpouring of kindness and generosity we have received from the families and guardians of our students and adult residents during this difficult time.…

GivingTuesday, the groundbreaking global generosity movement, recently announced #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity, set to take place on May 5, 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19. In the days leading up to #GivingTuesdayNow, Latham Centers will be sharing a series of blog posts featuring the gifts…

As students at Latham Centers continue to learn on our virtual portal, teachers and staff innovatively plan for lessons suitable to both students on campus and in the virtual classroom. In teaching about writing styles, Catherine C. reviewed styles including persuasive, informative, descriptive, narrative, and poetry. During the first lesson, she reviewed the different writing…

  Students participating in Latham Centers’ Virtual Learning have had great opportunities to focus not only on educational and vocational sessions, but clinical sessions as well. Carlyn Setchell, MFT, is one of the clinicians in our Children’s Program joining the virtual portal. Carlyn challenged the group to create a list of the Latham ABCs of…

The “new normal” of today creates space, time, and the inspiration to create and express oneself. Due to the incredible amount of support and donations we have received from Latham families and friends to help supplement Latham Centers’ residential activities, I have had the honor of providing materials for art lessons and projects in some…

Thanks to the generosity of Cost Plus World Market (featured in our April 10th blog),  on Easter morning, our students woke to find that the Easter Bunny had visited Latham School. Colorful baskets overflowed with toys and treats and giant eggs filled with stuffed animals were hidden around the campus, one for each to student…

Latham students loved their recent “virtual on-campus field trip” led by one of their fantastic teachers, Katie Jaeger. The kids were surprised when Katie joined the online science lesson from her smartphone rather than laptop. “Katie, it’s like you’re Ms. Frizzle and we’re on the Magic School Bus,” one of the students remarked. After a quick laugh, Katie…