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Latham School celebrates Brandon’s graduation
Our Latham School community celebrated student Brandon’s graduation last week. In her Friday “Tip of the Week”, Patrice Carroll shared an excerpt of her words honoring Brandon’s accomplishments. The full text of her wonderful send-off follows: Brandon, when we first met, you were a boy who struggled with so many parts of your life. Now…
Read MoreLatham bowlers exemplify sportsmanship
Our Latham Hawks student bowlers participated in two tournaments this month. On Saturday, February 10th, 14 students attended the event at Ryan Family Amusements in South Yarmouth. Their excellent achievements included high scores as well as advancement from using a ramp all season to being able to remove the ramp and bowl without it. The…
Read MoreValentine hearts from our students
Students from the Latham School student council made Valentine’s Day hearts for students and staff. Happy Valentine’s Day to all!
Read MoreLexi’s profound impact at Latham
Reflections by Katrina Fryklund I’d like to share my sincere thanks to our most recent graduate, Lexi. She has had a profound impact on many of us here at Latham. On January 30th, with snow falling in abundance outside the window, staff, family and friends watched Lexi graduate. During her six-year tenure at Latham Centers,…
Read MoreThe Fire Museum legacy: Latham will honor former museum’s history at its new Community Center
The Cape Cod Chronicle published a guest column in today’s newspaper about Latham Centers’ plans to keep the Brewster Fire and History Museum alive. Latham staff member Dawn Dinnan wrote: “For me, the special element of the story is the Fire Museum’s rekindled legacy. Latham Centers plans to keep the ‘museum’ alive by dedicating an…
Read MoreSpecialized instruments create new music experiences for students
The Children’s Program Holiday Concert showcased some of our new grant-funded instruments, and as promised in Wednesday’s blog post, Katrina Fryklund summarizes each musical component: The Auto Harp (pictured above) helps create positive music experiences – there are keys on one side of the instrument labeled with different music notes and strings on the other.…
Read MoreLatham holiday concert moves and impresses staff
Reflecting on last week’s holiday concert on campus, Director of National Outreach Katrina Fryklund said she was astounded by the talented students and staff. She shares her thoughts here, and promised “more to follow” about the wonderful grant-funded instruments. “This was my fifth holiday concert at Latham Centers. The concert has always been one of…
Read MoreLatham staffers raise funds for Special Olympics athletes in Jolly Jaunt 5K
Latham Centers’ Jolly Jaunt Team of 12 elves helped raise over $31,000 for local Special Olympics athletes at last week’s Holiday 5K in Hyannis. Congratulations to our staff members who spent their day off on Sunday, December 3rd supporting Special Olympians through the Jolly Jaunt. Great job, Jenna Losordo, Emily Hallock, Jessica Gremila, Monique Williams,…
Read MoreLatham students prepare luminaries for Brewster for the Holidays annual event
Community members who participated in the Brewster for the Holidays events at Drummer Boy Park on Friday likely saw some of the luminary bags filled by our students last week during vocational class. Luminaries glow throughout Drummer Boy Park at the annual bayside tree and windmill lighting event organized by the Brewster Chamber of…
Read MoreNational association features Latham School in its fall newsletter
A feature story highlighting the inspirational outcomes for one of our students who has Prader-Willi syndrome appeared in the fall “We Are NATSAP” newsletter published by the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. Entitled “A Life-Changing Experience at Latham Centers,” the article celebrates just one of many milestones we achieve together with…
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