Latham Centers News
Staff Spotlight: Samantha St. John earns Roy T. Morgan Award
Samantha St. John, a valued member of our Adult Program team, was honored with the Roy T. Morgan Award* at Latham’s 2022 Year-End Celebration. The Morgan Award acknowledges staff and supervisors who have made a significant contribution to the work of Latham Centers and the children and adults we serve. Ben Mundy (Assistant Director of…
Read MoreTeam Latham ready to run the Falmouth Road Race!
Five dedicated Latham runners have been training and fundraising for the Falmouth Road Race on Sunday, August 21st. This year celebrates the 50th year of the renowned 7-mile route along the shore from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights. An estimated 75,000 spectators line the course and finish area to cheer the race entrants – including…
Read MoreJuly Staff of the Month: Hanna and Kevin are supportive and innovative!
PHOTO CAPTION: Annabell thoughtfully wrote down the reasons why she thinks Hanna won Staff of the Month for July Our students and staff participate in a monthly community meeting highlighting both staff and student accolades. In the past, we’ve shared some incredible student successes, like when Joselyn won multiple awards. This July, we recognized multiple…
Read MoreAdult Program hosts pool party like no other
Thank you, Adult Services team, for such an amazing pool party – “in a heat wave, on a Saturday, including setup at 11 a.m. and festivities until 5 p.m.” Program Director Gina Sheehan expressed sincere gratitude to everyone for the incredible social event. “Thank you to all in attendance, set up, planners, grillers, servers, staff,…
Read MoreVocational Corner: handmade rainbow soap project
Our students have been hard at work crafting these beautiful handmade rainbow soaps! Each bar is carefully poured, cut, and wrapped in the vocational workshop on campus. We are excited to offer these fantastic creations later this month (at the end of Summertide)! Many thanks to Laura Heilmann, Career Services Manager, for sharing this colorful vocational news!…
Read MoreTaking a walk through campus: summer fun!
Campus is buzzing with Latham Centers’ SummerTide activities; doors are decorated with sunny themes, flags are waving, and musical instruments can be heard from all corners. While you may not be able to join us on campus during these beautiful and warm days, you can get a sense of our summer fun from this short…
Read MoreLatham School recertified to accept international students
Latham is proud to announce that we have been recertified as an SEVP-approved school. SEVP (Student and Exchange Visitor Program) is the program that gives the U.S government oversight of all students entering the U.S. for educational purposes, including elementary through graduate school. In short, we are approved to accept international students into our Children’s…
Read More4th Annual Latham Open charity tournament planned for August 12th – 14th
We are happy to announce that the 4th annual Latham Open charity singles tennis tournament will be held at the Harwich Community Tennis Courts at Brooks Park on August 12th – 14th, 2022. The USTA-sanctioned tournament, a fundraiser to benefit Latham School, was started in 2019 by high school students Rufus McCleery and Oliver Prantis.…
Read MoreSummerTide students feed the butterflies at the Natural History Museum
Our students have amazing opportunities over the summer months in our coveted SummerTide program, including visits to the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster. Special Education Teacher Jeff Lee said in an email about their recent butterfly visit at the museum: “I wanted to thank everyone who assisted in making the first science…
Read MoreUrgent message from ADDP and the Collaborative: Help is needed now
In case you missed this important, time-sensitive message from the Collaborative: We are very pleased to report that our collective efforts to elevate the human services workforce crisis with the Legislature continues to be successful. Recently, the Senate included $250 million in its Economic Development bill to fund supplemental workforce payments for Chapter 257…
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