Last Friday, we had the honor of hosting music artist Nicky Jam, who was accompanied by a small group of friends and colleagues, to play a few games of basketball before playing a local stadium show in the area. Nicky was welcoming of student spectators. In fact, Nicky and his entourage invited a student on the CAAEL basketball team to play a few games. Our student kept up with the pace of the other players smoothly. Before leaving for the day after getting a workout in, Nicky Jam agreed to meet a few students who were fans of his music. In fact, one of our other students, who had been a fan of Nicky Jam since her childhood, was able to get a t-shirt with a personalized autograph. Please see a few of our pictures from the unexpected surprise below!
A Message from Our Teachers!
Felicity teachers have had to adapt to a lot of changes this school year, especially with new students coming in and creating new ways to connect, here are a few messages from our classroom teachers about some highlights from the school year:
Felicity represents an opportunity for the classes to have different experiences. We love the different lunches, band room, staff members and peers. We also love the opportunity to do different ways of instruction from hands on to direct instruction to computer based instruction. The ability to diversify and know that in my room, it is not about the disability but the ability, brings out the uniqueness of each other.- Ms. Horwitz
“This year, our class started playing board/card games during our breaks. It has been a great way to build rapport in our classroom and create positive relationships. Our students look forward to playing the games and spending social time with their classmates and teachers. We love to see the students in our classroom bond with each other, along with the staff.” -Ms. Nightingale and Mr. Mitchem
“We have discovered talented artists and musicians in our classroom In fact, a Felicity Art Gallery is in the works, with the help of our art therapist, Ms. Freberg! Join in Karaoke and jam sessions in our Felicity Band Room.”- Ms. Wright and Mr. Farca
“The ability to transition in and out of a work-centered environment, to a fun and caring space, is crucial to the development of students at Felicity School! At Felicity, you can often find many avenues for personal growth: 1 on 1 basketball or maybe a game of Sorry! Need a bracelet or want to relax and use the rubber band loom? Not a problem! Feel like signing up for our basketball team? Of course you do! Here at Felicity, we have opportunities for students to grow into the best versions of themselves.” -Mr. Luskin and Mr. Townsend
Halfway There!
Felicity School has officially wrapped up the first half of the 2021-2022 School Year!
We have been building groundwork in making positive changes for our students such as writing and presenting practice marketing pitches for the ROCKS restaurant group, putting up posters in the band room, finishing up the aquaponics set up, coming up with student movies to present in Film Studies and adding small group activities such as classroom board games to break up the day with students.
Before leaving on winter break, students were able to enter their tickets to win raffle prizes such as giftcards, art supplies, and chocolate to name a few. Also, a couple of our students were able to participate in cookie decorating with a few of our clinicians and got to pass out some of the cookies to other students and staff.
Now that the new year is underway and we have been welcoming many new students, we are looking forward to surveying students to restart our Felicity band, adding new units to PE classes, and starting the season of CAAEL basketball. Stay tuned for what’s next!