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The school board last week took time to recognize the Hanger, a PUSD program that just earned a Dreammakers and Risktakers award from Innovation Tri-Valley.
In operation since January 2016, the Hanger is a vocational skills classroom and donation center at Village High staffed by special needs students who learn job skills while also helping residents in need. The students sort, fold and wash clothing, so far donating over 4,100 bags of clothes to local families.
Their efforts have been recognized by the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group, which presented students and staff with a Dreammakers and Risktakers award at an Oct. 5 luncheon at the Palm Event Center in the Vineyards. Award recipients were chosen for “using technology and innovation to change the world and improve our future,” Innovation Tri-Valley officials stated.
Several students and staff turned out at the Oct. 10 school board meeting, where trustees and administrators presented them with a certificate of recognition.
“I like to describe the Hanger often as a big ball of love because it’s meant so much for my students,” teacher Paige Giglio said at the meeting. “It’s given them a place. It’s taught them skills. It gets them out in the community, and it helps them to serve their community.”
For more information on the Hanger, visit their Facebook page or contact PUSD’s special education department at 426-4293.
Well done! Many thanks to the district and the students who gave so much effort to create a great program.