Students in Ms. Botica-Marquardt's Transitional Employment Program (TEP) recently made over 500 holiday cards and sold them to staff across all four district schools.
Students were responsible for helping design the card, use a Cricut to cut out the materials for the project and individually assemble each card. Students delivered the cards to staff and managed the sales for the project. Future plans for this project include students making a seasonal card quarterly to distribute and sell to the district staff.
TEP is intended to further prepare and develop workplace skills and employment opportunities. Students are from all four district schools and attend TEP at South Suburban College Oak Forest Campus.
Additional staff involved in creating this initiative include Mike Klimson, Amy Morrissey, and Reema Haddad. The students who were involved in the project are:
Zachary Bulow (OF)
Sabrian Carter (BR)
Omarion Collins (BR)
Valiyah Gordon (TP)
Kylen Hales (BR)
Camayah Hill (BR)
Julian Ochoa (OF)
Aron Rosales (TP)
My'Aire Taylor (BR)
Mya Townsend (BR)
Kyle Aldridge (BR)
Felix Barajas Mar (BR)
Dominique Brown (HC)
Ceylicia Dean (HC)
Devon Holloway (BR)
Kevin Luklan (HC)
Deven Mahone (HC)
Nicholaus Rodriguez (BR)
Monique Smith (BR)