Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Local kids spent a year working on performance slated for April 27.
The students in the Pathways for Exceptional Children Rock Band will showcase a year's worth of work during a community concert on April 27. The concert will be held in the Montville Township High School auditorium from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Pathways for Exceptional Children is a Montville-based program that promotes inclusion of children of all abilities in activities and has been inspiring kids for more than 10 years. "The Pathways rock band is made up of children both with and without disabilities and has worked for over a year to put on this concert that celebrates showing how every child can make a difference," Pathways President Melinda Jennis said. DJs and dancers who are part of the Pathways program will also perform during the …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Pathways for Exceptional Children to benefit from Mockingbird grant.
Pathways for Exceptional Children is the recipient of a $5,000 grant from a foundation formed by a coalition of Phish fans, the Mockingbird Foundation announced. The grant money will be used to fund various expenses for Pathways' music programs, which are set to expand this year as the group is planning to open a new creative space in Montville. The Mockingbird Foundation is a nonprofit organization run by volunteers inspired by music of the rock band Phish. Phish's following has spanned three decades, the band's concerts continuing as one of the largest live acts in the country. The Foundation was formed in 1996 and has distributed more than $700,000 in grant funds to organizations throughout the country to support music education for …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Local organization receives $35K grant to expand programs in new space.
Participants in the Pathways for Exceptional Children programs will soon have a new space to let their creativity grow after the organization recently received a grant to purchase space for a creative studio. Pathways has the former Montville Township Board of Education offices in mind for the studio space, although nothing has been finalized yet. Founder Melinda Jennis said she thinks the studio should be open by the end of the month, at which point a grand opening will be held. Jennis said the Montville-based organization was awarded a $35,000 grant from the Kessler Foundation, which works to provide employment opportunities to people with disabilities. Pathways promotes inclusion of children of all abilities and ages through more than …
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Program that began for children with disabilities now teaches all children about including others and leadership.
For ten years, Pathways for Exceptional Children, a Montville-based program that promotes inclusion of children of all abilities in activities and programs, has been inspiring kids. Pathways will be celebrating its decade anniversary on Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the back parking lot of Montville Township High School with special performances from several kids involved in the program, carnival-type activities and more. Melinda Jennis, president of Pathways, said she started the organization because of her personal experiences with her multiply disabled son. "I had a son with multiple disabilities and there was no place for him to go or things for him to do at all," Jennis said. She organized a group of parents who began developing …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Montville's former football coach teamed up with Pathways for Exceptional Children to start a football program that paired high school athletes with children who have disabilities.
A dozen children and young adults with disabilities took part in a new five-week football program held at Montville Township High School this fall that paired them with high school student buddies, mostly members of the football team. They studied the difference between offense and defense. They stretched and ran the 20-yard dash. They practiced passing, punting and receiving, all under the direction of Gerry Gallagher, a high school physical education teacher and former college and high school football coach who retired as Montville's head coach last year. Gallagher teamed up this fall with Pathways for Exceptional Children to start a football program that paired high school athletes with children who have disabilities. Gallagher said he …
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