LAKEMARY CENTER RECENTLY HOSTED A RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE TO INTRODUCE ITS NEW AIM PROGRAM. LAKEMARY IS A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND THE NEW AIM PROGRAM IS A POST-GRADUATE TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AS THEY PREPARE TO LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AIM STANDS FOR ACHIEVING INDEPENDENT MILESTONES TO SUCCEED. SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR AREA HAVE A POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE WANTED TO CREATE ONE FOR MANY YEARS,” SAID TEDDI HERNANDEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT AT LAKEMARY CENTER. SHE SAYS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA HAVE A POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM, AND LAKE MARY HAS WANTED TO CREATE ONE FOR MANY YEARS. SHE SAYS THEY ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT WILL BE THE AIM BUILDING AND 13 STUDENTS WHO WILL BEGIN THE THREE-YEAR PROGRAM THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
THE AIM BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 5 SUNRISE CIRCLE ON THE LAKEMARY CAMPUS, AND THE OPEN HOUSE AND RIBBON CUTTING TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST.
