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February 05, 2008
Carroll Center Summer 2008 Youth Programs: Newton, MA
Information and applications are now available for the Carroll Center Summer 2008 Youth Programs:
- CarrollKids/Teens: July 7 - August 15
CarrollKids/CarrollTeens is an academic and social enrichment for visually impaired and blind students between the ages of 6 and 16 years. - Youth in Transition: July 21-August 22
This five-week residential programs for students ages 15 to 21, enables students to strengthen organizational skills, independent daily living skills and travel abilities through classroom activities and interaction with peers. - Real World Work Experience: July 7-Aug 8 or July 14-Aug 15
Let us find your "first summer job" and help you make it a rewarding experience. - Transition to College: July 7-August 3
You have the academics; now get the College Life Skills in this program that combines personal and vocational skill building. In the first two-weeks you will fine tune your independent skills in travel, information management, and personal care. The remaining two-weeks will be spent living and learning on a private college campus partaking in orientation type seminars. Eligible students must have a GPA of 2.5 or better, completed their junior or senior year and pass a computer on-line quiz (or partake in the two-week computer course). - Computing for College: In two- weeks, students advance their computer skills in internet access, email, and research, word processing tasks, and scanning with various formats.
June 11 to June 22 or July 9 to 20 or August 13 to August 24If you want an application packet sent to a student, please contact Dina Rosenbaum, Carroll Center for the Blind at 800-852-3131.
Posted by Nancy at February 5, 2008 10:32 AM
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