by Cristina Gilson | Nov 7, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
Homecoming is an exciting time of year for many high school students. It’s a week of celebration, group activities, and pep rallies all leading up to the coveted football game and dance. Often, though, the students participating in these festivities are part...
by Cristina Gilson | Oct 31, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
Dressing up and going to a party are typical activities high school students partake in on Halloween. This year, the Cypress Bay Social Skills class organized a party of its own. The event was scheduled at Tarantella’s Ristorante at Weston Town Center on...
by Cristina Gilson | Oct 15, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
The Cypress Bay H.S. Social Skills students are on their way to being good money managers. This week, the entire class went to the Bank of America branch at Weston Commons to officially activate their bank accounts. Earlier in the month, Bank of America staff met with...
by Cristina Gilson | Oct 3, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
Saturday, October 3 was an exciting day for our Social Skills Project class students. Most of them visited and met with Bank of America executives who were kind enough to give their time to Cypress Bay’s ESE department on a Saturday. These executives sat with...
by Cristina Gilson | Sep 25, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
On September 25, 2015 the HDS Foundation, along with executives from Bank of America, hosted a lunch workshop related to bank accounts, ATMs, and learning to manage money for students. Bank of America collaborated with the students, explaining the types of accounts,...
by Cristina Gilson | Sep 9, 2015 | B.R.I.D.G.E.S.
This past month, the HDS Foundation had the opportunity to collaborate with the ESE Social Skills project class in a ‘getting to know each other’ lunch event. Cristina Miranda, President of the HDS Foundation, together with Ms. Donna Mansollilo, Mrs. Kathleen...
