District 88 Transition Program Extended School Year students experience community-based learning opportunities

Throughout June, students enrolled in the District 88 Transition Program Extended School Year (ESY) experienced a variety of community-based learning opportunities, which are listed below.

Top left: District 88 Transition Program Extended School Year (ESY) students and staff members pose with Village of Addison Mayor Rich Veenstra (front row, center) during a visit on June 10 to Addison Village Hall. Top right: Village of Addison Community Relations Director Don Weiss (center) gives the students and staff a tour of the building. Bottom left and right: Veenstra (standing) shares a laugh with the group.

Top: District 88 Transition Program Extended School Year (ESY) students and staff members pose outside the Addison Historical Museum during a visit on June 10. Bottom left and right: Addison Historical Museum Coordinator Susan English gives the students and staff a tour of the building.

• On June 10, the students visited Addison Village Hall (pictured above, top). They spoke with Addison Mayor Rich Veenstra, observed court in session under Associate Judge Michael W. Fleming of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court of DuPage County and toured Village Hall and the Addison Historical Museum (pictured above, bottom).
  
  
• On June 19, the group toured the Addison Police Department.

• On June 25, the students visited the Addison Consolidated Dispatch Center (pictured above).

• On June 27, the students attended a luau to celebrate their efforts and achievements through the ESY program (pictured above). Students shopped for the ingredients and items needed to prepare the luau meal, and they also participated in luau-themed fitness and leisure activities.

The District 88 Transition Program helps individuals ages 18 to 21 who have disabilities learn life skills, obtain job training in a community setting and transition to life after District 88. For more information, contact Transitions Department Head Jack Andrews at jandrews@dupage88.net or 630-458-4512.