Pull Back the Prompts … PLEASE
The CCP curriculum is all about teaching the students' job training skills in order for them to obtain employment after graduation. These skills are teaching our students to be independent…
No Words, Just Body Language
The CCP students are working hard on what body language tells our friends, family, teachers, and potential employers. This is not an easy task for this group of students. The…
Practice Makes Perfect
Justin and Andrew are role-playing different real-world work scenarios as part of the Coffee Cart Program curriculum that teaches them important job skills. These job skills do not just help…
CCP – Getting Ready for Starbucks
Our students at the Cotopaxi High School Coffee Cart Program are gearing up for their real-world work experience at the Canon City, Starbucks. The students will work the drive-thru, clean…
Finding Time to Have a Laugh at Ourselves
Grace and Victoria are both seniors at Cotopaxi High School and both are students in the Coffee Cart Program that is designed to teach special education students job skills in…
Wash, Rinse, Sanitize, Dry and Repeat
Every parent of a special education student knows that it can be hard during the long break off of school for our kids (as well as those parents with typically…
Nico is a changed person since joining the CCP says his mom
Today was a special day, not just because our Coffee Cart Program ("CCP") students got the opportunity to work at the Little Red Hen Bakery ("LRHB"), but because a mother…
Little Red Hen Bakery Makes an Impact on our CCP students
Owners Emily and Andrew Walker of the Little Red Hen Bakery ("LRHB") recently visited our CCP classroom and awarded Justin the Student Employee of the Month honor (blog article). We…
Happy Cup Coffee Company – People with Potential
When I first asked Jeffrey Sherman, owner of the Happy Cup Coffee Company out of Portland, Oregon, to partner with our students in the Coffee Cart Program at Cotopaxi High…
Little Red Hen Bakery Surprises Student of the Month Justin
Justin is a junior in the Coffee Cart Program this year. He has been training as the barista, stocker, and team leader. Justin brings a great attitude to class and…