Papa John's Pizza For Graduation Picnic

John Lindeberg and Daniel Donahue completed their work training experience with Papa John's Pizza this week. One last request was to make 10 pizza's for the transition graduation party. Dan and John were up for the task! A special thank you to June Christopherson owner and operator of Papa John's Pizza for the continued support of our program!

Adam Potter Working At River Market

Adam Potter has been participating in a 6 week training program at River Market Coop. in downtown Stillwater. Adam has been weighting, labeling and packaging various deli products. As well as handling the recyling and deli clean up under the supervision and guidance of job coach Nancy Schoenecker. Adam loves to learn new tasks at school and his worksite. He is always willing to try new opportunities to grow. Nice work this year Adam!

Skills USA State Competition Winners

 

Chazz Massey, Nevyn Pflugradt & Juan Malon

Students from our transition program placed 1st (Nevyn), 2nd (Chazz) and 3rd (Juan) in the statewide employment application competition hosted by Skills USA.  It was a clean sweep in the medal round for these 3 young men.  The SKILLS USA state competition was online this year due to COVID-19.  It is a yearly state event that students across Minnesota compete against each other in employment categories.  As well as attending the transition program these 3 young men work part time jobs in the community.  Juan has worked at Kowalski's Market for the past 4 years.  Nevyn works at Papa John's Pizza.  And Chazz is employed at Holiday Station Stores off Hwy 36. 

The staff is very proud of these students hard work in the classroom and community!  Congratulations!!

Papa John's Training Worksite

June & John Christopherson own and operate Papa John's Pizza located at 1501 Stillwater Blvd. North in Stillwater. For the past 2 years Papa John's has provided a job training site for our students to participate and learn what is required of maintaining employment at a local business.   Students complete job tasks required of employees and learn to overcome any obstacles they may encounter during their training.  A job coach is provided by the transition program to assist students in problem solving and monitoring student progress.

Currently, John Lindeberg and Daniel Donahue are completing the 6 week training program. Nevyn Pflugradt and Jaden Phelps also completed the training program this school year.  Thank you Papa John's for the commitment to training young adults in the world of employment in our community!

Jaden Phelps Work Experience

 

Jaden has participated in 2 community worksite experiences this year.  Staff and students would like to celebrate his success this year in the Transition program.  Jaden's first job skills training was at Papa John's for a 6 week training period.  This job included skills such as stocking the pop cooler, box construction, dishwashing and pizza dough prep.   

Jaden's second job skill experience was at ECFE in Stillwater in which he maintained the Honor Store. This job included stocking the snack and beverage options, collecting the money and recording the money management for the store.  

Jaden reports his favorite job was the stocking the giant pop cooler at Papa John's.  Jaden attends school daily, has a positive attitude and is a hard worker.  

Great work Jaden! ~ Transition Staff  

Bird Seed Is BACK

 

Lift Bridge Industries is back in business and making our Bird Seed Blend.  If you would like to order a bag, here is a link to our order form:

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0tzh04vS9vg2LffClsbrBPPHj0tTK06SOCarOjYDmoXRkuQ/viewform

Please Make Checks payable to SAHS and write “Bird Seed: in the memo. 

Thank You!

Thank YOU ALL for the SUPPORT!

Hunter Starts Cosmetology at 916

Hi my name is Hunter Marcaccini and this is my first year in the program. I joined 916 a month ago at the start of second semester and I'm doing Cosmetology. I started the class with the unit on Nail Technician and I really like it so far.  I am doing the class online, because I want my parents to be safe. My mom has asthma and my step dad has diabetes. I just want them to be safe so they don’t get COVID-19.

Cosmetology is really good so far and I really like it a lot because, then I can do my artwork with nails. If I work really hard then I can do great with my artwork and art is my passion. I really want to be an artist. And next year I want to do Cosmetology Hair and Skin class for the year. I want to try new things that I have never done before, so I want to do it. I like trying new things in life like Cosmetology because it is challenging. I am also having fun with it and working really hard. Here are some examples of my work so far this year. And if you are a student and want to learn more about the class click on the following link to learn more! https://careertech.916schools.org/programs/beauty/cosmetology-nail-technician

Designs by Hunter

Life Lessons At The Transition Program

Hello there! My name is Mackenzie Hietala and this is my third year at the transition program. When I first came to this program I didn’t have a job and I felt really insecure about it until Michael Albers, one of the teachers at the transition program helped me get my current job that I’m working at.

You may be asking yourself “Mackenzie if you still have a job? Why are you still here? I thought this program is just supposed to help you get a job?” This is where I am going to explain how this program can be beneficial to me by telling you what my classes are and what I learned so far.

The first class I have in the day is Personal Finance. So far this year I have learned about how a checkbook works and how to handle one. I now know what car to buy that would be beneficial to me. I also know now how mortgages work and how much money you should save for a house, if you are looking at buying one. Another important item I learned about was how to protect yourself from identity theft.

After that class the next class I have next is Replicated Reality, which I learned about how to behave in a workplace. As well as how to search for a job and how to maintain an employment portfolio. This quarter we have a new teacher for this class. So currently we are going over Driver’s ED for people who are looking to take their permit test or driver’s test.

The last class of the day for me is Independent Living, in this class we go over cooking such as being given a recipe to try to make at home, learning about certain types of food groups and their nutritional value. Also how to prepare larger meals for friends and our families.

This program has taught me so much about what it's like out in the real world. Honestly without this program I probably still wouldn’t have a job and have to navigate through life the hard way. ~Mackenzie

Retirement For Jacki Beedle 🌻

 

Jacki Beedle has been with Stillwater Public Schools for 23 years!!  Her service with students and teachers across the district has touched many lives.   Jacki is wrapping up her career in education as a Paraprofessional at the Transition 18 to 21 Program located at Oak Park.  Jacki worked for years at Stillwater High School in the Special Education Department.  

We at the Transition Program will miss her dearly!  Jacki has always been dependable, hard working and upbeat no matter what circumstances we have faced in the classroom and life this past year.  We all wish you well on your next chapter in retirement Jacki.  Enjoy it you certainly deserve it!!!  

Thanks again for all you have done for students in the district all these years!      ~Transition Staff

January Back To School

 Monday to Thursday in person classes resume at Stillwater Transition at oak Park building.  We are in session from 7:45am to 2pm.