Pendants With Purpose by John Paul II Center for Special Learning

Pendants With Purpose by John Paul II Center for Special Learning Non-profit school organization activity promoting responibility and social interaction. The money ra

The focus of the program is to provide real world, hands on functional life skills. These skills are reinforced daily and teacher supported based on each individual student and their personal needs. Each student in the program has specific goals and outcomes depending upon their ability level. In addition there is a focus on School Wide Jobs:
•There are 21 different jobs throughout the school.
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Students apply for jobs monthly, mock interview and complete the jobs for one month’s time.
•Each job can easily transfer to community and into the home life.
•Promotes responsibility and positive self-growth.
•Technology is utilized for independence. The Work for Independence Program and our Community Work Sites:

•Promotes responsibility, exposure to different work environments, social interactions with a variety of ages and appropriate socially acceptable behaviors with proper support.
•On site learning, a hand on learning equals success and independence.
•Community work sites can results in employment after graduation or volunteer opportunities.
•We have 9 community based volunteer experiences throughout the community.
•All students are accompanied by our job coach and supported for a successful and meaningful experience while working at each placement. Transition and what does it mean?
•Each family will work one on one with a transition team to assess and determine what life may be like once a student leaves the JPII Center.
•Each student works to develop a Resume, cover letter and picture portfolio upon graduation.
•Planning for the future of a young adult with special needs is an ongoing and in-depth process.
•The transition process is very individualized for each JPII student.
•For life skill students, it means getting ready for post school life.
•It involves all skills from low level (which may never be mastered) such as dressing and selecting the appropriate clothing in the morning to more complex skills like holding a job in a community setting.
•Each student is an individual with many individual needs. Transition is giving a student a chance to try a job to see if they like it. If you ask any of the students what they are planning to do after graduation, they will tell you they want to work at one of our JPII work sites.

Secondary transition made all the tasty cookies and treats! Year 20 in the books of master cookie making.🤍🎄🤍
12/23/2025

Secondary transition made all the tasty cookies and treats! Year 20 in the books of master cookie making.
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Join us!
12/23/2025

Join us!

This year’s Christmas Program will begin as always with each classroom performing a fun song highlighting their strengths. The Christmas Story will follow…

Yesterday, was a busy dat. Nathaniel helped me set up the Advent Retreat so that everything would be ready bright and ea...
12/14/2025

Yesterday, was a busy dat. Nathaniel helped me set up the Advent Retreat so that everything would be ready bright and early for the retreat today!

Today Cynthia, Nathan, Dominic, Luiz, Miss Arianna, and Miss Elena helped serve an amazing spread for the Woman’s Advent Retreat for the Diocese of Allentown. Over 250+ attended this beautiful event. This all happened at Saint Francis of Assisi in Allentown. Team work really does make the dream work!
Happy start to the third week of Advent!

Just dropped off the JPII wreath at Glick’s.Nature’s Blessings is the theme this year. Can’t wait to see what Glick’s do...
11/26/2025

Just dropped off the JPII wreath at Glick’s.
Nature’s Blessings is the theme this year. Can’t wait to see what Glick’s does for the show. I am sure it will be absolutely beautiful! 🎄🎄🎄

Every picture and item on the wreath is from the JPII garden. We love Mary’s garden and we love our garden friends that keep it amazing.♥️

Love David’s Cleaning!
11/22/2025

Love David’s Cleaning!

There is still time to shop and eat! Stop out and see us.
11/22/2025

There is still time to shop and eat! Stop out and see us.

Be sure to stop out and see us tomorrow! Always a fun time with meaningful work. Start your local Christmas shopping ear...
11/22/2025

Be sure to stop out and see us tomorrow! Always a fun time with meaningful work. Start your local Christmas shopping early.

Tonight was Julianna’s first craft fair working. She did a great job with Melissa as her guide. Thank you Mel and Julianna.

All this in a weeks time! An awesome soup sale, transition council lunches, cupcakes, cookies, special staff salads, pen...
11/08/2025

All this in a weeks time!

An awesome soup sale, transition council lunches, cupcakes, cookies, special staff salads, pendant work, lunch program, new school wide jobs for the month of November, and so much more. This is top notch transition skills! Always evolving and becoming so much more. JPII is just the best.

We are busy, busy, making amazing new items to restock our Pendants store! Be sure to pick up your soup orders this Thur...
11/04/2025

We are busy, busy, making amazing new items to restock our Pendants store!

Be sure to pick up your soup orders this Thursday and Friday!

We are here until 3:00! Yuletide market at the Reading Museum. Beautiful handmade items from so many vendors.
11/02/2025

We are here until 3:00! Yuletide market at the Reading Museum. Beautiful handmade items from so many vendors.

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10/26/2025

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Soups on! This a wonderful fundraiser for the JPII Center lunch program. Please consider ordering today. Great cause.Plu...
10/08/2025

Soups on!
This a wonderful fundraiser for the JPII Center lunch program. Please consider ordering today.
Great cause.
Plus you get a great product.
Win Win!

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Shillington, PA
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