Foden Road 5K

Kevin On The Roof 2017

TOPS

 

TOPS wrapped up our 6-week Extended School Year program this month.  Each of the 13 students who will attend TOPS in the 2017-2018 school-year took part in the summer program to help guide them through the transition and maintain the skills from their sending schools.  The summer session is designed to help students learn the expectations in TOPS and serves as a review of topics that will be further discussed throughout the year.  This summer, our students worked on transportation skills, health and wellness, grocery shopping and budgeting and community participation. We also worked on physical fitness, healthy habits and social skills! The students got to know one another and jumped right into the STRIVE Community! 

TOPS begins full time on August 30th with the typical Monday through Friday schedule.  We are looking forward to our the beginning of our third school year!

TOPS is a transition program for high school students in their 13th and 14th year of school.  Partnering with 16 school districts in York, Cumberland and Androscoggin Counties, TOPS is a leader in transition preparation for students as they work toward independence.  For more information, please contact Kelly Frey, TOPS Transition Specialist, [email protected] or 207-774-6278. 

Every day at STRIVE Bayside we have a morning and afternoon meeting. We use this time to check in about what we have been doing outside of program, if we have been keeping up with chores, eating healthy and doing social activities. We keep track of how many 'points' everyone has and at the end of the month the person with the most points is awarded MVP! There are 24 hours in one day and only 4 of those are spent at STRIVE Bayside which is why it is so important for us to work on our skills at home too! We have recently added a new question to our meeting, we have to break down what we ate for dinner into different food groups, if we know the correct food groups we get more points! Congratulations to Matt, Kris, Siobhan and Tyler for being the MVP/VIP last month, thanks for all your hard work at Bayside and at home!

 

STRIVE Bayside is a unique community supports program that is dedicated to exploring and increasing independence. Some of the goals we work on are grocery shopping, budgeting, cleaning, navigating the community, cooking and social skills. We run five days a week, Monday through Friday and have two daily sessions, 9:00-1:00and 1:00- 5:00. We offer full time (Monday- Friday) and part time (Tuesday, Thursday -or- Monday, Wednesday, Friday) options. We operate out of an apartment in down town Portland to simulate actual apartment living. If you would like more information about our program, or to schedule a tour please contact: Caroline Cole at 774-6278 or [email protected].

Camp STRIVE   

Camp STRIVE is about to start it's final week on Monday! We can't believe how the summer has flown by. We had some amazing trips this month- we saw the animals at York's Wild Kingdom, checked out a bunch of local farms, saw a Sea Dogs game, went to the Topsham Fair and more, all while making new friends. Before camp comes to a close, we want to give an enormous thank you to our incredible camp counselors Emily, Deanna, Carly, and Lauren! We also had an intern with us all summer long named Katie. Each one worked so hard to make our summer camp into the fun, safe and amazing experience that it was. Thank you so much, ladies! 

Our next vacation camp will be in November, so stay tuned for details this fall!

Camp STRIVE provides tween, teens and young adults, ages 11-24, with a supportive, safe, and active program during school vacations and throughout the summer. During each camp session, campers participate in activities including cooking, community trips, arts and crafts, games and physical fitness and of course social time! Campers are supported at all times by professional staff who have completed PSL's full training and are certified Direct Support Professionals.  

Aktion Club 

STRIVE U Open House

STRIVE U is having our annual open house Sunday, October 1st on our campus in Portland. Keep us on your calendars as you make your fall plans, and share with anyone you know who may be interested in finding out more about our program.