2010 Lead
Mentors of Pathways
Eileen
Ceconi, Zach Certner,
Stephanie Jennis, Ryan Kehr,
Nayna Shah, Adin Vashi, Rusty Van Riper, Eden
Weinflash,
Allison Werner, Kelsey Werner
The
2010-2011 Lead Mentor application is available.
Deadline to apply is September 15, 2010.
Click here to download it.
Include Me!
“Children with disabilities and children
without make up the future of New Jersey and
the future of America. And the partnership
between them will have started in the
classroom.”
–
Nayna Shah, Lead Mentor, 1/20/10
Lead
Mentors from Montville Twp, Morris Plains, and
Cranford testified on January 20, 2010 before
the State Board of Education in Trenton, NJ.
Their mission –– to promote
"authentic” inclusion of all students in their
communities and schools. Their yellow t-shirts
had "Include ME!" written on the front. To read
one of the speeches presented at the meeting,
see our
February 2010 newsletter. To read their
written testimony,
click here.
The KIC-Start Award Goes to...
At Pathways'
Dream It Forward Conference in November
2009, Lead Mentors Stephanie Jennis, Rusty Van
Riper, and Nayna Shah presented their 2009-2010
Kids Inspire Change Award to
Dr. Roberta Wohle and Mr. Robert Haugh of the
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for
Dare to Dream, a statewide leadership and
advocacy program for children with special
needs, run by the New Jersey Department of
Education.
Lead Mentors Speak
about Inspiring Change
In December 2008, the Lead Mentors were invited to speak
to mentors from Morris Plains, NJ about the work they
are doing in legislation, advocacy, and new programs.
The photo shows Stephanie Jennis giving a presentation
on leadership to the Morris Plains mentors at
Powerhouse Studios.
Morris Plains
Receives Lead Mentor
“KIC Start Award”
Pathways
Lead Mentors
raised money to award to a
community
for designing a recreation program
for children with disabilities
in keeping with
Pathways'
Children
Teaching
Children
model.
This
award, called
the “Kids
Inspire Change
(KIC Start)
Award,”
went to
Morris Plains,
NJ for starting a Friendship Circle as
part of their Kids Helping Kids program.
Melissa Gibson
(in red)
is shown
receiving
a
$2,000
check
from
the Lead Mentors
in
November,
2008. Read
about the
Friendship Circle on page 2 of our
September 09 newsletter.
The
program is run by
Morris Plains Recreation
while the
Morris Plains Municipal Alliance
coordinates
the mentor
side.
