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CADES Community Updates

Welcome to our new Community Updates page! This is where you will find things like our monthly newsletters, special-guest Blog appearances, and more!

The CADES Courier - Issue #34
June 2026

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier, and the last of our school year! Which means a whole lot of school happenings, including: Our 2026 Graduation Ceremony, our Prom and our Middle School Dance, some special guests for two outstanding assemblies and fun and educational field trips. Our Adult Day Program is building the foundation for an entrepreneurial enterprise, we celebrate our fourth cohort of newly NADSP certified Direct Support Professionals as part of many staff shout outs, and make our very first announcement CELEBRATING OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY! We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #33
May 2026

We look back at April and highlight exciting events from early May, including our Annual Plant Swap celebrating Occupational Therapy Month, Star Wars fun at GCMS on May the 4th, Kentucky Derby activities in our Adult Day Program, movement-focused events like Move and Groove Field Day and the Springfield YMCA All-Abilities Dance Session, a calming visit from the Park Avenue Center, this year’s Designer Bingo, and special recognition for teachers, nurses, and our latest employment milestone achievers. It’s a packed issue of this month’s CADES Courier — we hope you enjoy it!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #32
April 2026

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier! We look back at the month of March, including: Read Across America Week! From cooking to Irish Dancing to snarky leprechauns around St. Patrick's Day When curriculum comes to life... as well as a surprisingly poetic troll! An inspiring message while learning about adapted sports 2 new CADES Video Spotlights A recap of our latest fundraiser- Spare Some Love! and more!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #31
March 2026

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier! We recap our latest Putt Putt Palooza, which featured an incredible 17-hole mini-golf experience inspired by a love of Philadelphia! Love was in the air in our Adult Day Program. Our George Crothers Memorial School embraced the Winter Olympics, with a school-wide lighting ceremony, with each classroom adopting a country to support! Speaking of the Olympics, we returned to the ice to skate with the Little Flyers and were met by returning Winter Olympians! And we passed the 100 Day mark for the school year! A lot to look at and enjoy, and we sincerely hope you do!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #30
February 2026

In this issue, we look back at a wonderful (albeit cold) month of January that included visits to IceWorks in Aston, skating with the Little Flyers, a trip to a popular new spot for some limitless self-expression, our annual visit from the Strath Haven Middle School 8th Grade Chorus, and more! We have our first video spotlight of the new year- our CEO Julie Alleman, and an update on Putt Putt Palooza, which will be back in two weeks! But first, we start with a great story from our CLA! We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #29
January 2026

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier, and Happy New Year! In this issue, we recap the holiday season at CADES, highlight the work being done in our transition program, welcome a long-standing partner back for their annual luncheon, and hold up our amazing student-artists for once again representing CADES at the annual DCIU Art Showcase! We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #28
December 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier- the last of 2025! Plenty to celebrate and enjoy from CADES in the month of November, from our first ever Homecoming, to once again being a part of a world record breaking cup stacking effort in the STACK UP challenge. We took in some tap-dancing lessons with the Park Avenue Center in Swarthmore and hit the road to visit our friends at Episcopal Academy, enjoying their middle school musical while getting to go backstage and see the inner workings of a live production. We saw celebrations across all of our programs full of gratitude and companionship. We look back at a successful Giving Tuesday (the work goes on!) and look forward to our events in the new year!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #28
October 2025

We look back at what was a wonderful celebration of all the fall has to offer, from trips to our local orchards, to fall festivals and candy crawls. We hosted tours with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon and WSSD Superintendent Dr. Russell Johnston, were visited by Keep Music Alive and their Musical Petting Zoo, the Swarthmore Police and Fire Departments, and our friends at the Park Avenue Center! Courageous Pacers returned for its 19th year and will provide huge benefits to our student population and their physical therapy. And so much more!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #27
September 2025

September was a busy month here at CADES, as our wonderful George Crothers Memorial School (GCMS) students returned for a new school year, our Adult Day Program (ADP) honors two amazing program participant heroes, we look back at DSP Appreciation Week, and our Community Living Arrangements started their own hair and nail salon! And so much more!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #26
June 2025

As school gets ready to begin, we look back at the summer that was here at CADES.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #27
May 2025

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier! In this issue, we take a look back at the month of May, including our second Meet the Author Celebration and a return of the 501st Legion in GCMS. We honor our 2025 graduating class and dance the day away at our Adult Day Program in Newtown Square at their Oscar-themed Prom. We got out into the community and learned more about our local businesses in Swarthmore and joined Field Day at St. Francis of Assisi. That and a bunch more!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #25
May 2025

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier, and Happy Spring! In this edition, we look back at the month of April here at CADES, including some incredible classroom adaptations happening while we celebrate Occupational Therapy Awareness Month, some wonderful trips into the community, a fantastic Move and Groove, and pictures from our Middle School and Secondary School Proms! We also have a number of staff and Video Spotlights.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #24
April 2025

In this issue we review some more of the things that happened here in March, including a food theme across our programs (like our pilot episode of CHOPPED- Aston, our opening-day hot dog lunch for the Phillies' home opener!), St. Patrick's Day, Read Across America week, and a new class trip location- JK Gymnastics! We look at what's coming up in our Adult Day Program in April, and look forward to our latest Designer Bingo, which supports the work of our GCMS Parents Group, and our annual Plant Swap in honor of Occupational Therapy Month!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #23
March 2025

Hello from CADES, and welcome to our latest monthly newsletter! In our latest issue, we look back at our activities around CADES in February, which includes a whole host of class trips, some fun Valentine's Day activities, our school year passing its 100-day mark, and our support of World Encephalitis Day. We honor our latest staff employment milestones, including an employee celebrating his 35th year at CADES, our newest spotlights, and we start to looking forward to our next event- Designer Bingo, sponsored by our George Crothers Parent Group!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #22
February 2025

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles on winning the Super Bowl! As you can see below, we never had any doubts! In this edition of the Courier, we highlight several exciting events and partnerships, including Adult Day’s collaboration with the Community Arts Center in Wallingford, a special skating event with the Little Flyers and a winter concert bringing together CADES and the Wallingford Swarthmore School District —along with even more updates and stories to share!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #21
December 2024

Happy New Year from CADES! In this issue of our CADES Courier, we look back at some of the things happening in and around CADES in the month of December, including a wealth of holiday celebrations and activities (if you kind of miss the holidays, this issue is for you!). We have a copy of our latest Impact Report for our current fiscal year and look at more great experiences with our community partners like the Delaware County Intermediate Unit, Janice's Danceworks, The Swarthmore Rotary Club, and more.We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #20
November 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! We look back at a very busy month, including our end of October Fall Festivals, our tribute to our troops on Veteran's Day, our latest attempt at a cup-stacking world record, and some wonderful visits into our communities and the lovely fall weather. And that's just a taste of what is in store for you in this month's newsletter! There is a lot to look at (over 290 pictures in all)! We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #19
October 2024

Welcome to our latest edition of the CADES Courier! In this issue, we look back at September and October across our programs at CADES, as well as and our very first CADES Video Spotlight!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #18
Summer 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! Welcome to our latest CADES Courier! To say that CADES was a little busy over the summer would be kind of an understatement.... Enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #17
June 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! Its the end of the school year, and that means Prom and Graduation for our secondary school students along with some fun activities to wrap up a fantastic school year. We highlight what is happening in our Adult Day Program in June, and much more. We hope you enjoy our last Courier of the school and fiscal year!... Enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #16
May 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! This picture is from a pretty interesting moment here at CADES during the month of May, read the full story! The Human Library returned this month, GCMS had some wild assemblies and kicked off prom season, our Adult Day Program is making a difference in the community and getting in their exercise, and we have a new inclusive piece in this month's edition... Enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #15
April 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! We have an issue packed with more CADES content than ever, with some new features: Stories of Impact in Early Intervention, Monthly Previews from our Adult Day Program, and our first ever GCMS student submission to our newsletter!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #14
February 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the CADES Courier! This month we have our usual January review from our programs across CADES, some great stories from our work in the community, some important learning about implicit bias, some department updates, and a whole host of upcoming events and more.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #13
January 2024

Happy New Year from everyone here at CADES, and welcome to our first CADES Courier of 2024! As you will see, December was a busy month; so much so that we may have to bring a few things into our next issue!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #12
November 2023

Welcome to the latest issue of the CADES Courier! We take a look back at all of our Fall Celebrations throughout our programs here at CADES bring back our CADES Spotlights with three outstanding staff members, and look at ways that CADES gives back through things like the Veteran's Day Coin Drive and the work CADES at Aston's is doing in the community.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #11
October 2023

Welcome to the latest issue of the CADES Courier! Some of our staff were able to get together for a staff photo wearing our CADES finest. In this issue we take a look back at all of the exciting things happening in September and Early October.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #10
September 2023

Hello, and welcome to the The CADES Courier Summer Wrap-Up: 2023. In this issue, In this issue, we look back at an incredible summer here at CADES, including GCMS's extended school year and its participation at the Life Rolls On event in Wildwood NJ! Some of the families were kind enough to share a little about their experience watching their kids surf, and what it meant to have so many staff members there to share in the event!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #9
July 2023

Hello, and welcome to the July Issue (or the June Issue Part 2!) of the CADES Courier! In this issue, we put a wrap on all of our happenings in June, including GCMS Graduation (which included the wonderful Ousmane Balde, pictured above), Adult Day Dancing under the Stars, the Immersive Experience, and some CLA Birthday Fabulousness.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #8
June 2023

Welcome to our latest issue of the CADES Courier! So much happened in May and June here at CADES that we have enough content for two issues... which might not be a bad idea! Look out for our July CADES Courier in just a few weeks to see pictures of our GCMS2023 Graduation, the incredible Immersive Experience (with some wonderful pictures from Edwin!), Dancing Under the Stars in Newtown Square, as well as what we hope will be a regularly -scheduled CLA Picnic in the Pavilion.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #7
May 2023

Welcome to our latest issue of the CADES Courier, and long live the Empire (if you are a Star Wars nerd like your director of communications)! Aside from the usual cuteness (and there was plenty), April and May brought some well- deserved awareness and recognition: Occupational Therapists Month, National Nurses Day and National Nurses Week, Teacher Appreciation Week, National Volunteer Recognition Day, Better Speech and Hearing month, just to name a few.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #6
April 2023

That's Steph with Peter Cottontail (we confirmed that is not Lead Program Coordinator Bridget Finn in a bunny suit) over at CADES at Aston. Everyone got their picture taken and was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what happened here at CADES!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #5
March 2023

Welcome to our March issue of the CADES Courier! Lots happening and lots coming up at CADES! This is a picture of GCMS student Alex during Adapted Physical Education. Alex and his class were learning about how the heart works from Ms. Bern, and of course his teacher Ms. Julissa and his paraeducator Ms. Jackie couldn't pass up getting a picture like this for Valentine's Day! We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #4
February 2023

We decided to shift some things around this month. We will start with some employee news and resources, followed by some updates and some highlights from all of the programs from January. We hope you enjoy!
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The CADES Courier - Issue #3
January 2023

Welcome to our latest issue of the CADES Courier! Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a great holiday season. In this issue, we get to look back at all of the wonderful things that happened here at CADES during the month of December.
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The CADES Courier - Issue #2
November 2022

If you are not familiar with these two lovely individuals, this is Jeanette and Paul, and they attend the Adult Day Program at Newtown Square.
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CADES Courier - Issue #1
Fall 2022

Welcome to the first version of our brand-new staff newsletter!
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