LABBB Career Directions Parent night exhibit

On Wednesday, October 21, the LABBB Vocational Program held its annual Parent Open Night which includes all LABBB Programs at the Lexington High School and Minuteman Technical High School and the LABBB worksites.  One of the exhibits was our Career Directions Program which is located at Minutemen Career and Technical High School in Lexington.  One of the Highlights of the Career Directions exhibit was the Civil War presentation by Brenda Wells, Classroom Assistant Teacher.

Parent Night Open House: Career Directions Civil War exhibit

More Career Directions Civil War exhibit

Career Direction Staff: Pictured from L to R: Brian Walsh, Classroom Teacher; Brenda Wells, Classroom Teacher Assistant; Dianne Costello Program Site Coordinator; Steve Thompson, Vocational Teacher, Ken Moeller, Vocational Teacher Assistant

Career Directions Civil War exhibit

LABBB John Glenn Middle School Welcome Back

Please Click on Link for our John Glenn Middle School welcome back Presentation.

John Glenn PowerPoint Presentation

LABBB Behavioral Intervention Program (BIP)

On Friday, October 23rd, the LABBB Behavioral Intervention Program (BIP) held its first professional day workshop. One of the speakers for the workshop was LABBB Behavior Consultant Lisa Gurdin, who is also a Professor at Northeastern University.  The Workshop was on Foundations of Behavior Analysis.

LABBB’s Behavioral Intervention Programs are located at Arlington High School, Ottoson Middle School in Arlington and the Wellington Elementary School in Belmont.  The BIP programs work primarily with students on the Autism Spectrum.

Please click on the link below to listen to a short clip of Lisa’s workshop for our BIP Staff .

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Click here to view Lisa Gurdin’s PowerPoint Presentation

Brain Frames

Bonnie Singer was back for our Brain Frames training this year. The focus was on using Brain Frames for Reading comprehension.  This is the first Professional day for staff from our Lexington, Bedford, Belmont and Career Directions High School programs, and our Chenery and John Glenn middle school programs.

Below are some examples of Brain Frames that were done by LABBB staff

Bonnie Singer

Francis Wyman Elementary School Playground Grand Opening

On September 18th, Francis Wyman Elementary School in Burlington had its grand opening ceremony for their new state of the art playground.  This has been in the works for the past three years, organized by Mary Sweeney, Susan Astone, Francis Wyman Principal, and people in the Burlington community

LABBB Collaborative has 3 Classrooms in the Francis Wyman Elementary Program, our 2 multi-handicapped classrooms (IDEAL) and our Developmental-K classroom.   Classroom Teacher, Maria Cormier, was a big part of working with the architects of the playground to make it accessible to all LABBB students.

The Francis Wyman playground committee dedicated a Maze for Marisol O’Brien, a LABBB student who passed away last December.  Marisol was a student from Lexington who attended the LABBB IDEAL Program at Francis Wyman Elementary school.

Below is a video of Mr. O’Brien who spoke at the ceremony.  This was a very emotional speech which I wanted to share with you.  Please listen I think you will find it very moving. The Audio is a little hard to hear at some points in the video but most of it is clear.

Susan Astone, Francis Wyman Principal, introduces Mr. O’Brien.

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2009-2010 LABBB Collaborative School Year

Please click on the video below.

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2009 LABBB High School Graduation

On June  18 , 2009 LABBB helds its high school graduation ceremonies.   The LABBB Graduation is an evening “Dinner Dance” where students, families, friends, and LABBB staff enjoy the graduation ceremonies, a formal dinner and then celebrate with dancing.

The LABBB graduation Dinner dance is one of  highlights of the LABBB events  during the year.   LABBB had 27 High School graduates this year.   The ceremonies began with speeches from three LABBB graduates and a keynote speech by Joseph O’Connor who has been working for the collaborative for 31 years.

LABBB Class of 2009

LABBB BIP Wellington Duck Tour

A Ducky Day on the Duck Tour

By Michelle Collins

BIP– LABBB Arlington had its annual trip into the Science Museum for the Famous Duck Tour. The elementary classrooms as well as two students from the middle school went on Monday June 8^th and had a blast!

The classrooms rode through Boston listening to our tour guide “RED”. Our Duck boat was green and boy oh boy did we quack! Quack, quack, quack!!

After touring Boston we went into the water.  All of the children that wanted to drive the boat got a turn. Once “RED” showed the children where the horn was, that was it! I think the children had more fun with the horn than the driving!!

LABBB Chenery Middle School Graduation

The LABBB Chenery Middle School Graduation was held on June 10th 2009.  The graduation was attended by LABBB staff, Chenery Middle School staff, and the Best Buddies from Chenery.   The keynote speaker was a student from Belmont High School where LABBB also has a program.  Her talk was very impressive as she spoke about her interaction and involvement with the LABBB students and how she struggled with her own learning disability.

The Best Buddies program at Chenery Middle School  is always a highlight of the graduation ceremonies.  All the Chenery best buddies attended the graduation and their support of the LABBB students is tremendous.   We want to thank all of the best buddies for their work with the LABBB Collaborative Program.

Anthony Fulciniti and Teacher Lisa Etsell at the LABBB Chenery Graduation

Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Chaisson’s class trip to Boston

 

Written by: Ross, Lindsey, Jake, Tony, Cole, John, Katrina, Katie, Erika, Franklin, and Charlie of Mrs. Dickson and Mrs. Chaisson’s class

Our Trip to Boston

Our class went into Boston on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.   We took the bus to the subway station and put money on our Charlie Cards.  We rode the red line into Downtown Crossing and walked to the Prudential building.  It was a very long walk.  Some of us even complained a little about our feet hurting.

At the  Prudential building we ate lunch in the Food Court.  The food was delicious.  Then we went to the Skywalk on the 50th floor. We saw beautiful scenery around us.  The class saw the airport, Fenway Park, Boston Hatch Shell, tall buildings, subway trains on the street, the Public Garden, and the Boston Common.  Everything was so small, they looked like toys.

On our way back to school we had to switch trains. We went from the green line to the red line and took the bus back to school.  We had a great time in Boston.  It was the best field trip we have ever been on.