Adult Services

The Latham Players performed their “Love Show” in honor of Valentine’s month before an enthusiastic audience of Latham School students, staff, friends, and family members last Friday night. A wide variety of love songs were chosen, from the Beatles to Broadway to old standards and current pop songs. Artistic Director Dinah Lane said, “I am so…

In this blog series, we’re sharing a sampling of the Latham Players’ community events this past year. The group of 14 performers from Latham Centers’ Adult Program entertain at venues throughout Cape Cod – singing at church services, nursing homes, and Latham events, performing on local cable TV, and joining with CapeCodCAN in musical productions…

Spring was a busy and rewarding time for Performing Arts at Latham. In May, our students presented “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.”*, a one-act, full-length musical. Featuring music from the 1970s cartoon, the students sang and danced their way through 11 musical numbers and almost 50 pages of script. Highlighted performers were members of the Latham…

Adult Services Case Manager/Vocational Counselor Debra Anderson submitted highlights from a recent outing: Eric T. and Matthew L. were thrilled to get up close and personal with the 2018 World Championship Boston Red Sox trophy at the Jonathan Bourne Library. The guys were also able to view Boston Championship rings from The New England Patriots,…

Thanks to Case Manager Debra Anderson, we have an exceptional “Year-In-Review” to share. Debra documented Peter Cooper’s 2018 highlights, and as you’ll see, community-building is something our Adult Services staff and residents are truly mastering: For the residents of Peter Cooper, 2018 proved to be a successful year of building community relationships. We’re looking forward…

The Cotuit Center for the Arts was rocking to the sweet sounds of the holidays at last month’s Cape Cod Collaborative Arts Network (Cape Cod CAN) holiday show.  The Latham Players performed holiday classics at the show and were accompanied by jolly Santa (aka Max M). As part of Cape Cod CAN’s December show, the…

Residents from Peter Cooper and their teammates on the Greater New Bedford Whalers flag football team competed at the Special Olympics State Games last month. The Whalers participated in 3 games on Saturday, November 17th at Franklin High School. We are so proud of our Special Olympians – CONGRATULATIONS ON A TERRIFIC SEASON, GREATER NEW BEDFORD WHALERS! …

The writer, Derek Montecalvo, is a participant in Latham’s Adult Services Residential Program and has shared numerous articles on our blog about his experience “living and thriving” with Prader-Willi syndrome. Here, Derek reflects on a recent fundraiser for Special Olympics: Living Healthy and Happy with PWS By Derek Montecalvo On Sunday, December 2nd, I ran…