Staff & Student Spotlight
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Ms. Donath started her career at Pathway in November of 1996 and for the past 22+ years she has been teaching both art and music. She was trained in classical piano, plays the guitar and harp. Ms. Donath brought to Pathway a diverse background, including her gift of music, and experience designing watches, jewelry, collectibles and giftware. She has taught in the public school system as well as the Montgomery County Cultural Center.
Along with teaching in the classroom, Ms. Donath has been an instrumental part in the formation of
The Pathway Players
, working with Drama Coach and Theater Arts Program Coordinator, Pete Pryor, in the production of countless plays over the years. Mr. Pryor says Ms. Donath has been his mentor and credits her as the reason he came to Pathway. He said, “Ms. Donath’s unique, unabashed, unbridled laughter has been part of our rehearsals since the start. She cares very deeply about the students at school and is a natural exemplar of the PATH* acronym. She has given her all to this school and yet still has lots to give.”
Thank you, Ms. Donath for guiding and inspiring students every day to reach their potential. You have certainly made a difference!
*PATH represents the school’s behavioral expectations including: Participate, Accept, Thrive and Help Out.
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Eric enrolled in Pathway during September of this 2018/2019 school year and has made consistent academic gains throughout his first semester. He is eager to learn and gives 100% during both small group and individualized instruction. If there is an assignment he struggles with, he will request help. He has expanded his sight word vocabulary, reading comprehension skills and is enjoying reading his new books to both teachers and family members. Also, Eric’s math computation and money handling skills have improved significantly.
Eric enjoys spending time with his friends at recess, playing group games such as tag and freeze tag. Eric’s positive demeanor and million dollar smile are just a few reasons his classmates enjoy his company and seek him out as a friend.
Congratulations, Eric on your achievements as a new student at Pathway. We look forward to your continued success in the rest of this school year and beyond!
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Pathway Players’ Present:
Lion King Experience, Jr.
The lights dimmed and the stage came to life as the characters chanted to African rhythms. This story, a favorite with young and old, presents the struggles and triumphs of the young lion, Simba, as he learns about trust, friendship and the inevitable circle of life. Coincidentally the lessons learned in this tale are also pertinent to children and youth at the Pathway School.
On January 8
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and 9
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The Pathway Players presented three performances of the Lion King Experience, Jr., an adaptation of this popular Broadway musical. The productions were held at Norristown’s Theatre Horizon, where each performance had the audience laughing and cheering as the seven actors portrayed a variety of roles within the one hour play.
The costumes were clever hats which, when donned, transformed the actor into the role and clearly led the audience through the fast paced story of adventure, jealousy, danger and ultimately good over evil. The Pathway Players owned the multi-level stage with their song and dance and once again created the magic which makes a profound story speak to every heart!
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Students Participate in Holiday Gift Wrapping at Macy’s
In late October, Macy’s General Manager, Jason Young discussed opportunities that Macy’s could offer to our students with Career Education Supervisor, Kay Drevyanko. With the holidays fast approaching, the idea of students providing gift wrapping services to customers seemed like a perfect fit. In early December during the store’s Friends and Family event several students, along with their job coach worked at the store wrapping gifts for customers and wrapping fragrance gift sets for the store.
Quite a few students had an interest in this opportunity to learn gift wrapping skills, while interacting with the Macy’s employees and customers.
Pathway’s partnership with Macy’s is continuing to evolve and we are so grateful for the generosity of their time volunteering, their support of the Career Education Program, as well as the financial contribution toward the 2018 Legacy Gala. We are looking forward to continuing this partnership in 2019!
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PJM Interconnection Welcomes 14 Pathway Students
As part of Pathway’s efforts to explore STEM and STEM-related careers, a site visit took place on December 5
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with executives at PJM’s campus, just a few miles from Pathway’s campus. As noted in previous newsletters, PJM is a long-standing corporate friend and Pathway has hosted many volunteer events with them over the last eight years. Because this company manages the electrical grid for 14 states + the District of Columbia, much conversation has occurred over the years as Pathway developed a STEM Program and will soon begin the renovation which will result in the STEM + the Arts Innovation Center. PJM’s engineers, scientists and technicians were intrigued and the notion that they may have career insight which could inspire Pathway students gained momentum.
After months of planning, PJM was ready to provide a closer look at several job functions which keep their business effectively managing power for the Northeastern United States. Fourteen students and four staff members interacted with PJM’s HR Director, Director of Security, IT Specialists and Engineers over the course of three hours. Learning more about the management of power was important, but more importantly, having a better understanding of how math, science and technology work together in this work environment brought STEM to life for our attentive students.
If you have career insight that you would like to share and help to inspire a student, we would love to hear from you.
Please contact Louise Robertson to discuss:
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PA State Treasury Representative, Karen Carr Visits Pathway
On January 9
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Mrs. Carr met with Pathway’s Transition Coordinator, Angela Powell and Transition Assistant, Chelsea Miller, to offer information about the PA ABLE program. PA ABLE is a savings program specifically designed for people with disabilities and their families
to save money and pay for disability-related expenses, while still maintaining important government benefits such as SSI, SSDI and Medicaid/Medicare.
Mrs. Carr meets with schools, government related agencies and organizations serving children and
adults with disabilities. She educates families on PA ABLE and other savings pr
ograms offered by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department.
For more information on the PA ABLE program go to
www.paable.gov
or call 855-529-2253.
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Do you shop on Amazon? Did you know that Amazon has a foundation which allows customers to select a charitable organization to receive donations made by the foundation, not the customer, every time a customer makes a purchase online from Amazon? There is absolutely no cost to customers! Through their foundation, Amazon Smile, Amazon makes a donation equivalent to .5% of the purchase price to the customer’s selected charity. Here’s how it works.
When visiting AmazonSmile for the first time go to
(
Amazon Smile
) you will be prompted to select a charitable organization. Search for and select Pathway School in Jeffersonville, PA. It’s a simple as that. Once you make this selection, every time you shop on Amazon – and be sure to shop at
www.Smile.Amazon.com
– your purchases will help The Pathway School at no cost to you. By the way, the shopping experience is exactly the same at Smile Amazon as when you visit Amazon’s regular website. All of your account information and shopping history is the same. It’s painless, seamless, and you will be helping our school! Thank you for using
Smile.Amazon.com
to help The Pathway School!
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