Mary Cariola Center

03/06/2026

Any way you slice it, our staff is supreme… and today we’re serving appreciation by the slice.🍕🍕 Celebrating the best staff around on Staff Appreciation Day!!👏👏🫶💙

03/05/2026

Cheesing…then beaming with pride! 😀📸💙💛

03/05/2026

There’s a reason they’re called the BUSY Bees 4‑H Club Classroom — they’ve always got something exciting buzzing! Today, they were thrilled to welcome Former Monroe County Legislator Tracy DeFlorio and Leslie Pude from Monroe County 4-H Youth Development who stopped by to read to our students in celebration of the 4‑H Club’s Read Across America Week.

It was a wonderful visit filled with stories, smiles, and a whole lot of 4‑H spirit.☘🐝

03/04/2026

Join us in Albany for a rally at the Capitol Building on March 10th at 11:30 AM as we come together to call on our lawmakers to take action. There is power in numbers, and we need you standing with us. Let’s fill the Capitol and make our voices heard! 👉 RSVP now if you haven’t already: https://bit.ly/4qkfZIy

03/03/2026

Our friends at the Rochester City Ballet wanted to share this opportunity for our Mary Cariola families to see a sensory friendly performance of Cinderella on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM in the RIT Panara Theatre. The event is FREE but does require a reservation. Reserve your seats at the link below!

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSet5hod4YwgTdFjwCG8dxOemvPDRMG8hNyfk7o1-vbHyew8zA/viewform?usp=header

03/02/2026

Nearly 70 parents, providers, and experts in the field of vision loss joined us for our 2‑day seminar, “Understanding Cortical Visual Impairments in Students with Multisensory Loss.”

We extend our sincere thanks to our co‑sponsor, New York Deaf-Blind Collaborative, and to Cariola parents Sharon Sahfrir and Kathleen Zimmerman, who shared their experiences during the Parent and Professional Panel discussion.

Together, we continue to learn, grow, and strengthen the support we provide to students and their families.

02/27/2026

A fully engaged audience showed up for the beginning of our two day conference, “Understanding Cortical Visual Impairments in Students with Multisensory Loss.” with thanks to our friends and co-sponsors at .

02/27/2026

02/26/2026

Huge shoutout to our own Occupational Therapist Nikolle Van Stralen, Head Coach of the Rochester Ice Cats, for championing inclusive hockey at the Friendship Festival! We couldn’t be prouder! 💙💛

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A weekend celebrating athletes of varying abilities kicked off at the Tim Hortons Iceplex on Saturday. Over 900 athletes participating in the Special Olympics New York Stat…

02/25/2026

Students in our Monroe County 4-H Youth Development East Avenue campus classrooms got their hands dirty today—literally! They explored live worms and learned how these tiny soil-makers help keep our earth healthy. The kids were digging the lesson. 🤣🐛☘

02/25/2026

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