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Nine interns from Project Search turning their tassels on Friday as they graduate from the program and move into the next chapter of their lives.
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The Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen took the stage at the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center on Sunday night. Before the curtain went up, the show’s sponsor hosted a VIP party that highlighted the talents of local students.
Leigh Taylor, who is the instructor and coordinator at Project SEARCH, stopped by the Lima Kiwanis Club to shed light on her program and its importance. She also shared how she and others at Project SEARCH work towards their goal of providing students with disabilities with the skills and experience necessary to transition them into the workforce through an individualized education plan.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Apollo Career Center, Mercy Health, and the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center came together to give students an …
Students of Project SEARCH will embark on three 10-week internships throughout the school year. They will participate in 22 internships at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, where they will learn work and life skills to help transition out of high school. Eleven students with developmental disabilities are enrolled this year. In the past, there has been an 89% job placement rate after the program, and even in a world of COVID, they are staying optimistic.
Ahead of the Blue Man Group making an appearance in Lima, Mercy Health-St. Rita's sponsored an art event. Members of the Project SEARCH team were invited to create art projects through different techniques, like throwing paint onto a spinning canvas. The art will be showcased before the Blue Man Group's opening night later this year. St. Rita's is once again sponsoring the Lima Civic Center's Broadway series to bring arts to the Lima community.
A group of hardworking Apollo students are ready to hit the workforce as of Thursday. A total of seven young adults celebrated their completion of the Project Search program, a nine-month training to prepare students with developmental disabilities for the workforce. Each student was matched up with an internship that was geared to his or her skills and personality traits. The students were decked out in their caps and gowns and were awarded special parting gifts to accompany them before they start their careers. Apollo started working with project search this past year and calls the partnership a success.
A program at St. Rita’s Medical Center is designed to help high school students with disabilities learn what work is like in the real world.