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Students are learning to make use of the local community for recreation, shopping, laundry and other purposes.

Students who live in apartment complexes make use of the laundry and recreational facilities offered there. Many students like to swim or play tennis and basketball.

Most of our students participate in community outings to stores, movie theatres and restaurants. Some also enjoy special outings to events such as the Harlem Globetrotters and the Monster Jam concert.

Students in our transitional program are employed in local businesses such as Chili’s, Friendly’s Ice Cream Shoppe, Wendy’s, Stop and Shop, Jiffy Lube, Manhattan Bagel, Mulberry Day Care Center, and a barber shop. One student volunteers at the Brockton Animal Shelter. Currently there are a number of students who are looking for employment in the community. During the employment application process they put skills learned in the classroom to practical use.

Some students attend classes at Blue Hills Vocational High School, where they take courses such as Woodworking, Small Engine Repair, Graphic Communications, Culinary Arts, Auto Repair, Cosmetology, Drawing and GED classes.

One student has taken the GED class at Massasoit Community College and another is enrolling there in an MCAS Prep course.

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