Keeping Up With Our Work

Hey Team 👋🏽🤓

Staff can see from all of the pictures and digital assignments that have been handed in by students, everyone is working hard out there!  🙌
Keep up the excellent effort and please continue to share with teachers and case managers your success!

We may not be at our community worksites or in the building classes but students are showing up for virtual classes 💻 and staying connected by completing assignments. If you have any needs please contact your student's case manager.

Take Care & Be Well~ The Transition Staff

Pictures In Transition

 Hey Everyone~👋🏽

Posting up some more pictures of the year.  Glad everyone is doing SO well this week with the Scavenger Hunt 🕵🏽‍♂️🕵🏻‍♀️
KEEP on looking right now Adam is leading with 18 items found so far......

Take Care ~ Staff

Maplewood Mall Trip December 2019

Hey Everyone~
Remember the FUN we had at the Maplewood Mall trip in December?  Here are some pictures from our trip. Great to see all the smiling faces! Keep working hard and submitting your Google classroom assignments and enjoy your week! ~ Staff

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Activity

Hey Everyone, 👋🏽😀🤓

As the weather get nicer outside it is easier to keep up with our daily fitness.  Take a walk and explore the great outdoors.  Here is a link below to an outdoor Scavenger Hunt activity that has been shared with you in your exercise class on google classroom.  Go out and see how many of the items you can check off the list & report back to staff!   Have a wonderful Monday and enjoy~ Transition Staff

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6CfId7no8_hb3aH5EOnyVA17dCMubcQEdSr2BiFRa0/edit

Honor Our Earth & Environment

Quetico Provincial Park Canada 2019

Hey Everyone~🌲😎

This week the weather in Minnesota shifted to spring temperatures and we had 2 important days to honor the earth 🌎this week.  Wednesday, April 22nd was Earth Day and today, April 24th is Arbor Day.  To learn more about history and meaning of Arbor day click on this link https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/us/what-is-arbor-day-trnd/index.html

And if you would like to celebrate Earth Day with your family click on this link to get a couple of ideas on activities you can do this weekend https://parade.com/1014585/marynliles/earth-day-activities-adults-kids/

Please feel free to share photos with your teachers and case managers on how you celebrated making your environment a better place to exist in.... not only for people but our animals too! These pictures were taken on a trip Karla took last summer to Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.  If you ever have an opportunity to go to this beautiful park please go.  Enjoy the weekend outdoors! 😎

What's Cooking In The Kitchen

Mary cooking sausage for homemade pizza

Hey Everyone 👋🏽👨🏼‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳

Let's take a look at some pictures from the cooking class that have been submitted by students this week.  We have homemade pizza, macaroni and cheese, hot ham and cheese sandwiches, deviled eggs, tuna melts, hash browns, eggs and bacon, smoothies, cookies, and vegetable stir fry. 

Everyone is helping out at home with meal preparation and doing an absolutely fabulous job.  This is the perfect time to work on your cooking skills and to be as independent as possible with home living skills. Keep up the excellent work! The Transition staff is proud of each of you! 🙌

John making hot ham & cheese sandwiches

Sarah making mac & cheese

Emma's hot sandwich

Greater Good Science Center Website

The University of California Berkeley has a website called the Greater Good which reports on research into the roots of compassion, happiness and altruism.  We all have much to learn about ourselves in this time in history.  Check out this website to view articles, listen to podcasts and learn what we all can do to cope and support our families for overall mental health and wellness. 

Here is the link to learn more https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Spring Yard Clean Up & Reaching Out To Friends

 With the weather getting better outside students are working in the yards and gardens to prepare for the summer.  Jon Lugger took advantage of this nice weekend to get some outdoor work done for his family. 

When everyone pitches in to help with the yard work it will get done quickly.  Remember just like our school motto
"Teamwork makes the dream work!" 

Also the Transition Staff ask each of you to reach out this week..... To call or face time with a friend.  Check up on your friends and talk about what you did this weekend.  This is a good time to reach out and communicate with others.  You can also write a letter, send a card to a friend or family member that you miss.
Let's all work on improving our social skills as best we can during our quarantine.  Just like Daniel reached out to Tony in the photo below on their Ipads! You could really make a friends day by saying HI 👋🏽😀

Daniel & Virtual Tony 

FREE Movies From Omnifest Science Museum

Hey Everyone~

Maybe for the weekend you and your family would like to view the Science Museum Omni Theater movies for FREE! 🎥  The 3 educational movies listed above are available now for FREE streaming just click on the following link https://new.smm.org/omnifest/
and make your choice of movie to view.  It's that simple.  Enjoy the weekend everyone! 👋🏽😁

Deliveries & Classes Continue In Distant Learning

Jon, Daniel & Tony sharing with Karla

We are in our 3rd week of Distance Learning due to COVID-19.  Classes are continuing virtually and online through Google Classroom.
As well as, hands on materials being distributed to student's homes, phone calls, emails and text messages conducted daily by staff.

Here are some photos from the deliveries made by the Transition Para Professional team this week.  Working together we are all doing the best we can to stay connected and follow the rules provided by the state of Minnesota for health and safety! 




Way to go everyone!!😷💻🤓📚😁 Remember we are all in this together! 🙌

Sarah

Jerred 

Emma

Audible Books Streamed For Free For Kids

Hey everyone🤓

If you enjoy listening to books Audible is now allowing FREE streaming to kids until the end of the school year!!  😃📚  Here is the link to view the books available to list to
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

BEST of all it is FREE!   So take advantage of this amazing deal.  Let your case manager know what book you are listening to.  Kick back, close your eyes and enjoy a good book being read to you!

Check Out The Minnesota Zoo

Hey Everyone,

Susan Bol our Speech Therapist at Transition recommended the Minnesota Zoo online site for some fun learning activities click on the link to check it out http://mnzoo.org/

This week it is featuring Virtual Farm Babies photo's and sharing with everyone from April 13th to May 17th.
Check out the Farm Babies site at this link https://mnzoo.org/farmbabies-3/

You can sign up for emails from the zoo or follow them on Facebook or Twitter.  Go check it out and see what all the Minnesota Zoo animals are doing today! 

Wednesday Storage Bin Delivery To Homes

Hey Everyone 👋🏽😁

On Wednesday, April 15th Transition Para-Professionals will be delivering large storage bins to some students homes.  These bin are met to store all of the hands on activities that have been delivered to your homes.  So you and your parents can keep supplies all in one place and return the bins back to Transition at the end of the school year.  Staff hopes this will be convenient for parents to keep track of school materials.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact your students individual case manager.
Thanks & Take Care! ~ Teaching Staff

Transition Materials Bin

Making Your Own Face Mask 😷

Sarah Kramer made her own face mask at home!  The staff at Transition are very proud of you Sarah, for taking the initiative and using your skills to create your mask.  Thanks for protecting yourself and others!🙌😷
Here is a link from Time if anyone would like to try making a face mask over the weekend with or without a sewing machine and video's of how to create are included. https://time.com/5816956/how-to-make-a-face-mask-coronavirus/
 Be safe everyone this weekend! ~

Nice Job Sarah! 🙌

Student Assignments & Materials Delivered To Homes

Margo, Michele, Reggie & Nance

Hi everyone 🤗

More material and hands on activities will be delivered to your homes on Thursday April 9th by our Transition Para- Professionals!!  Thank you to all of our student support people who are hard at work at school and delivering to homes in the community.  Much appreciated!!

Patricia Pawelski 

Jacki Beedle

Daily Morning Meeting With Jon Is A Hit🤓

Way to go everyone on getting up and logging in to the 10am daily Morning Meeting with Jon Matel!🖥 It's wonderful to see and hear everyone plus, checking in on how we are all doing with our distance learning.  Keep up the excellent work! ~The Transition Staff