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Snacks with Purpose; Student-Managed Snack Carts Reinforce Math and Social Skills for Special Programs Students

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Students in Hawes Elementary School’s SAIL program bring their new snack cart to staff within the school, offering pre-packaged food and drinks for sale. The snack cart program is new to the program this year and teaches the students valuable real-life social and financial skills

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Ridgewood NJ, seltzer, coffee, snack bars, and chips are just a few of the items stored in small pantries and on snack carts in classrooms at Ridgewood Public Schools as students in the Special Programs classes organize their inventory. Part of a successful, long-time district program, the snack cart project continues to expand, with students in the 18-21, high school, middle, elementary, and even pre-kindergarten classes now running small snack cart businesses.

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Ridgewood’s School Transition and Employment Program for Student Success, aka STEPSS Program Has a New Space in Central Business District

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Public School District is proud to announce that our 18 to 21-year-old program has moved into a centralized location within the community.  Ridgewood’s School Transition and Employment Program for Student Success, aka STEPSS Program, is now located at 30-38 Oak Street, the original home of the village’s Post Office & News Building.

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