By: Jennifer Holder

At the Orchard Park ESE program, we like to reward our students for participating in the ESE program each day and making the program a fun-filled and exciting place to come after school. Each day when a student is picked up from ESE, he/she gets to take an E-Market dollar for participating in the program that day. If a student is demonstrating extra responsibility and can locate and scan their ESE scan card, they get to take an extra E-Market dollar for that day. ESE participants can also earn extra E-Market dollars by winning the "clean up challenge" at snack time, as well as, at other times throughout the week.

During each 8 week session, the ESE staff will set up an E-Market store and allow the students to purchase toys, books, etc. with the money that they have earned. Students can spend the money each session or they can save to purchase something worth more E-Market dollars next time. There will also be additional ways for students to spend money throughout the year. The E-Market store will usually be set up on a Friday and will be held during program hours. Students who do not attend the program the day of the store will be able to purchase something upon returning to the program. The 1st E-Market Store at OP will be Friday, September 16th.

By: Jennifer Holder

Please join the OP ESE staff for our 1st Site Celebration of the 2011-2012 school year. At the end of each 8 week session, the staff at ESE likes to show our appreciation by having a celebration to say thank you for a great session here at ESE! This time the staff at ESE would like to invite the parents/guardians to celebrate along with us.

The theme for the 1st site celebration is a "Fiesta Pitch-In" and will be held on September 30th from 6-8PM in the Orchard Park cafeteria. All current OP ESE participants for the 2011-2012 school year are invited to attend and must have a parent or guardian with them for the duration of the Fiesta. We will have sign-up sheets located at the ESE parent table for families to sign up to bring a food item for the pitch-in.

After dinner, we will take turns swinging at the piñata and participating in other fun activities! This is a great way for parents to get to know the ESE staff, as well as, other Orchard Park families who utilize the ESE program. We always have a great time celebrating with the students and spending a little extra time with each family. We look forward to seeing everyone on September 30th!