THRIVE - Director Notes

  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families see what is going on in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes:   In the coming weeks, students will be asked to choose the top 5 classes that they would like to take in the Spring.  Then staff will look to see what classes fit in their schedule and then discuss how each fits in their person-centered plan.  It would be a good idea to get with them in the next couple of weeks to see what they have thought about.  The team then goes and talks to the teachers about the class and makes sure they know about our THRIVE program.  Then 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th year students will...

  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families see what is going on in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes:   We hope that the families had fun on Family Weekend and got to see how your student is doing.  We had our first softball game of the year on Wednesday and the kids had a blast.  We hope families that are in the area can come down for our next game.  It’s Wednesday night at 8.  Its at the Jennies Complex off of DD highway.  We are entering week 6 of the semester.  Our teachers have been having discussions about students’ grades and whether they are where they’d like them to be.  Trying t...

  THRIVE Director Notes Posts on this Blog will be directed to help families see what is going on in our THRIVE Program.  Items discussed on the Blog have already occurred.  To keep updated on what’s coming up please refer to the THRIVE activity calendar or UCM activity calendar.  Also, if you are interested in learning more about assistance with your son/daughter learning how to drive please contact Mr. Brunkhorst.   Director Notes: The past few weeks have gone quickly.  It seems like just yesterday that families came and moved the students into the dorms.  The students are settling in and learning what college is about.  After some of the students went home for the first time, we heard from some families about some of the positive changes that they had seen.  This is great news about how the students are learning and adjusting to being more independent.   The weekend of the 15th and 16th of September will be family weekend....