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CLS students gain work and life experience
Dillon Maestrejuan gets ready to wipe down an exercise mat at Flex Fitness Gym on Thursday morning after instructional aid Cristina Cuevas sprays the cleaning solution. Maestrejuan and some of his classmates help out at participating Winnemucca businesses to build life and work skills.
Dillon Maestrejuan gets ready to wipe down an exercise mat at Flex Fitness Gym on Thursday morning after instructional aid Cristina Cuevas sprays the cleaning solution. Maestrejuan and some of his classmates help out at participating Winnemucca businesses to build life and work skills.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 1:00 AM
Lowry High School’s Comprehensive Life Skills (CLS) students are looking for Winnemucca businesses that need a little helping hand.
The CLS program helps students with special needs build independent living and vocational skills. A student in the Special Education program can receive services from the public school system until age 22. There are programs to help people with special needs find enriching work, but certain skills are needed to move from high school to “the real world.” CLS students preparing to exit public school services are learning some work skills through the transition program.
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