Judi Hall, one of our occupational therapists started a very creative and innovative program for some of our students. She takes our students shopping at the Jackson Stop and Shop every Tuesday so that they can shop for the ingredients for our weekly salad bar. Each student has a list of what they need to […]
Continue readingOn January 24th at 7pm the Brick Elks along with Ambucs presented a therapeutic bike to Gavin and his family. Gavin is a student at the Alpha School in Jackson. This specially outfitted bike will allow Gavin to ride a bike in his neighborhood and to improve his gross motor skills. His physical therapist from Alpha, Beth […]
Continue readingStudents Hunger Challenge Congratulations to all our students, staff and families for another wonderful and successful year for our Students Change Hunger Challenge. Since the start of SCH (12 years ago) Alpha School has won the Division 1 Award for very year for the past 10 years and we have been honored to receive the Special […]
Continue readingAlpha School was on News12! Blessing Bag Brigade 2019 The students of Alpha School’s Career Education classes have been volunteering with The Blessing Bag Brigade for the last three years. Kevin Garrison, who established The Blessing Bag Brigade has been dropping off necessities for the homeless for our students to sort and put in bags so he can […]
Continue readingSpecial Olympics Bowling The Alpha School Special Olympic Bowling Team had their first tournament on Saturday, January, 11th at Ocean Lanes in Lakewood. They have been practicing with their coaches, Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Wiggins for weeks. They had a celebration lunch the day before the event with pizza and cake. The event on Saturday […]
Continue readingSanta came to Alpha School on Thursday, December 20th. He arrived in the morning and spent a few hours visiting with us. Santa got some help from the firefighters at Jackson FMBA Local 86 in Jackson. They helped by giving Santa $500 to help his elves up at the North Pole with presents for our […]
Continue readingAlpha School Holiday Show Alpha School students and staff have been very busy preparing for their annual Holiday Show. They had Dress Rehearsal the day before the shows so that all the students and staff could watch each other perform. All that practice really paid off. Every class did a great job. There were some […]
Continue readingAlpha School once again had the honor of having Holiday Express visit our school. The volunteers brought lunch for all the students and staff. Then we went down to the gym for a dance party in the gym. There were musicians and signers there to provide entertainment for all of us. We had a whole […]
Continue readingEach year students from Alpha School participate in the Special Olympics of New Jersey in a number of events including bowling. In preparation for the event later in the year students attend Howell Lanes to hone their bowling skills. Below you can see some of our kids in action. This group in particular are students […]
Continue readingWe are so happy to share the success of one of our graduates, Dalton Biasi. Dalton was a student at our school from the age of nine till eighteen. He was not a big fan of Alpha when he started but over the years he grew to love our school and became a much loved […]
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