Clover Community School

Scholarship application opening May 31st!

GREAT NEWS!
Succeed Scholarship Program will be accepting new student applications for the 2022-23 school year beginning May 31, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. until June 6, 2022, at 4:30 p.m.

Online portal: http://ow.ly/tEXC50JhQef

If you have any questions please call our office at 501-244-9028 or email us at [email protected]

Producing and
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Clover kids on the move! What else to do on a hot day in May than hike to the nearest watering hole for a little toe dipping and exploration!

Peer to peer teaching is a great way to reinforce content!

🏵🌻🥕 Got some plants in the ground today before the next rain! These kids ❤ working in the garden.
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📝🧮Area and perimeter review with crackers! A yummy math day indeed😋

Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids | The Reform Alliance

Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids | The Reform Alliance Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program provides resources for families who need access to additional education options.

I saw this on another FB page. Looks like Sunshine School will be offering some summer hours.…..

🏀🏀The students have a new favorite play space...the basketball court! Thanks to all our recent volunteers who made this dream come true!
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Timeline photos

🍀🌷Our hoop house is looking good thanks to these hardworking kids!
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🐖🍀Penelope REALLY wanted breakfast! She forged the very deep creek before we could cross the bridge to see her 😂 thanks Ms. Erin for capturing the moment!
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Hey folks! Last minute call for some strong and mighty people to help us unload some swings from a freight delivery TODAY 4-14-22 Thursday at 3pm. Our guy Jacob is beside himself that the equipment is finally here and though he is strong, we don’t want him to do it all! (After all, he did save his money for his beloved swings!)

I’ve followed Cammie McGovern’s family for years, and her writings strongly influenced me in the decision to open Clover. Yet again, she makes me ponder next steps.
My boy is 17 yo and craving the next phase of his life. Renting an apartment, getting a job that makes enough to rent an apartment, dating and marriage.
Tell us your stories and your plans for this generation of kids. This April, let’s move beyond autism awareness and autism acceptance and into autism action planning!
Kimberly

Here’s the thing: As your child gets older, you can’t stay home all the time and you can’t make up reasons why everything he wants to do isn’t possible for him. You see it more clearly with every passing year. He’s not a child any more. He’s a teenager and then, he’s not even a teenager any more, he’s a young adult. He wants to participate in the world around him. He wants a job. He wants to walk into town by himself. He wants the same friendships and relationships he sees on TV. Your child wants a life.

And it’s terrifying.

Photos by Jo Sittenfeld
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Another birthday in the books! Karaoke today!

Photos from Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County's post

Thanks so much to everyone who donated!!! We have met our goal AND won a $250 from NWA Gives via First Security Bank!!! Check it out around the 5:00 minute mark!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!

NWA Gives Today is the day! Help us build a robust, upper school program for our older students!🍀🐖🐐
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Thank you for all your early giving! If you haven’t donated yet, there’s still time to put us in the running for a prize!

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Our kids have heart! 💜 Please will you make a small donation today to our NWAGives campaign?

https://www.nwagives.org/organization/Clovercommunityschool

Nature School | Clover Community School Nature school for different learners in Northwest Arkansas

Support Clover Community School Upper School Program on NWA Gives

Support Clover Community School Upper School Program on NWA Gives An individualized education which will enable all learners to lead productive, independent lives of purpose as adults.

Don’t forget!

Parents:
Renew your scholarship before April 8th!

You can fill out here: http://ow.ly/KytE50Im3V9 and email to [email protected] or you can use the online system here: http://ow.ly/CLZP50Im3V8

Please contact our office if you have any questions! 501-244-9028

We are excited about ! Are you!!!!????

So many big feels! This group served our school today and yesterday, driving all the way from Cedar Hill Texas to do so. We will share more photos and stories in the upcoming days, but tonight I (Kimberly) need to share a personal one.
My son cannot really throw or catch a football. CP, autism, brain damage - all conspire to deny him this pastime. But tonight he is talking about how much fun he had today with “the kids from Texas” throwing a football. As he put it “Mom, they really filled my bucket because they just kept giving me another chance and they liked me even if I couldn’t catch the ball. I think they liked me mom”.
All of our beliefs, our hopes and our dreams for our students, were brought to life by these “kids from Texas”. We so appreciate their hard work building and cleaning up our school. But mostly, as a mom, I appreciate their hearts and their spirits and their kindness.

Thank you….

Get Excited!

Look at these rock stars - we are so thankful for their help!

We are so thankful to these youth for choosing to spend their spring break serving our little school community!

Guess what is right around the corner!!???

A safe and secure connection between a teacher and a learner is absolutely essential to the educational process. It is only after this connection will the true learning begin.

This is so true.

We need to meet a child where they are, and to ensure the connection is safe & secure it MUST be child-centred. Otherwise it’s not meaningful.

Using Bruce D Perry’s trauma responsive theory it’s essential any work that is done with children is:

1.Relational – the relationship must be familiar and safe.

2.Relevant – the communication must be age appropriate and relevant for the situation

3.Repetitive – the connection must be patterned, so expectations are clear and both sides of the connection are confident in the other party

4.Rewarding – it must be fun and pleasurable, not sterile and ‘forced’

5.Rhythmic – there must be a resonance, with neural patterns (walking, dancing, singing, breathing…)

6.Respectful – it’s essential that respect is paid to the child, their family, heritage, core beliefs and culture

7.(Bonus one) Reciprocal – a hugely important part of every-day life: reciprocity. It’s a two-way process.

We will be exploring CO-REGULATION in our webinar on Tuesday evening, if this is of interest then do join us! You can book your ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/247223962527

Here are some pics of the work the wonderful crew at completed for us! So grateful for the face lift! Check out that gravel work and fresh mulch💜❤and that truck🛻!!!

Another shout out to and his crews for making our farm look happy and refreshed. Fresh mulch, old fence removal, driveway fixed with rock and new railroad ties, trees taken down and trimmed....I could go on and on. Thanks from ALL of us!!!!

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We were so fortunate to have Alff Construction’s crew on our property this week to clean up our grounds and help us look all spring pretty! Annnnd - they fixed our sweet little farm truck! Volunteers and donors make such a huge difference to our little community!