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• Autism Awareness event was a celebration and a chance to come together

  Students, staff ‘Light It Up Blue’ on Rye Lake Lower Campus

  A sea of blue flooded the Decagon building on the Rye Lake Campus as students, staff and parents celebrated Autism Awareness Month.

  The ‘Light It Up Blue’ event provided engaging activities and a unique opportunity for those in the AIIM program to come together in an engaging social event that parents said they appreciated.  

  “Our parents are so supportive of our program, and our team is dedicated to providing fun and engaging social opportunities like this for their students,” Principal Julia Dolan said. “This is more than a celebration of autism awareness. It’s a celebration of our students and all they are accomplishing throughout the school year.”

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• Spring has Sprung, begun last year, returns bigger than before

  Spring fling at Rye Lake Lower Campus a learning opportunity, seasonal celebration

  A “Spring has Sprung” event provided instructional opportunities disguised as a celebration of the change of seasons at Rye Lake Lower Campus. Students interacted and engaged with their teachers and one another, playing games, hunting eggs and getting their faces painted, among other activities. There was an underpinning of academic substance they might have missed for all the pastel-tinged revelry.

   “The purpose is to celebrate spring,” Principal Julia Dolan said, “but it also gives us the opportunity to build social skills while practicing how to maintain conversations, stay on topic, request, respond to ‘WH’ questions, use descriptive language, and take turns.”

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• Campus adds fifth section of TSP-I program for elementary students

  Meeting a need, Rye Lake Lower Campus program continues to grow

  The TSP-I program at Rye Lake Lower Campus, which serves students with greater needs for social-emotional support, is growing as demand increases and Southern Westchester BOCES is looked to for its leadership and high-caliber programming. The campus added its fifth section in mid-February, and students are already well acclimated within an instructional setting that meets their needs. 

  "It's really a reflection of the fact that we are providing the supports and services students need, and our families and districts recognize that," Principal Julia Dolan said of the growing program. 

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