Community School

10/31/2025

10/30/2025

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You say “po• ta• to”.
We say “Hallo-week is our favorite.”
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10/30/2025

🎃 Wednesday has come & gone.
🧙🏼‍♀️Halloween is almost here, kids.

10/29/2025

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES occur across the lifespan. They don’t stop when you become an adult. It’s important to understand the phases most of us experience during each stage of life in order to prepare ourselves the best we can!

🌸 Meet our friend.🌸
Recently she became one of the first two graduates to ever walk the stage at CS. Since achieving this major milestone, she has been exploring her options after high school.

She strives to continue sharpening her skill sets. Her daily studies continue on, but at this stage, she is able to really explore areas of interests that SHE CHOOSES! Tours of local community colleges and visits to job shadow professionals are some of her current plans.

She continues to learn more about who she is as an emerging adult. Emerging adults are in a stage of development that is all about IDENTITY. Young adults explore socially, as well as occupationally. Sometimes they’re in limbo, living at home with parents or maybe a roommate. Nonetheless, all emerging adults report feeling “in between”… not a child anymore but not quite an adult. Remember that feeling?

This young lady is asking herself the same questions we all did! It’s our job to safely guide her to the resources and opportunities that open doors to these reinforcing life experiences. We’re just so glad that she lets us be witness to all that she achieves!

Here’s to us launching our first adult program:
THAT COMMUNITY LIFE!

10/28/2025

🌟Our grand auditorium will be open soon.🌟
People can walk the original 1938 floors, sit in the chairs that so many have before, & swoon over the gorgeous stage. As we begin scheduling workshops, we were wondering…

💭 What topics would you like to learn more about? What questions would you like answered?

💭 What questions do you have about living with a diagnosis or the process of receiving one?

💭 Would you want to learn more about ABA or how it works hand in hand with special education?

💭 Would you be interested in having guest speakers monthly who can share their resources or offerings with you? (We are.) If so, we would love recommendations!

The good news? We have the time & space to do it all! Leave us a comment. Message us privately. Shoot us a text. We want your input. Our workshops will often be open to the greater community, so chime in!

10/27/2025

🎃 We totally have deja-BOO.

These two were best buddies since the day they met. It’s fun to watch their friendship change over time as their language & social skills blossom. Just making sweet childhood memories together…

10/27/2025

👟👟 We’re running into this week like…

📸 Pictured: A past Centenary intern extraordinaire who flew back home from California! She came back to see her friends who had grown & matured so much. While we miss her dearly, she is off doing amazing things in the special needs community (and her sweet friends, too)!

10/26/2025

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Community School was proud to be a part of the annual National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD) conference. Held in Washington D.C., this conference brings rare patients, organizations, scientists, doctors, & clinicians together from all over the world to share critical information regarding treatment & cures.

Our Director, Kelly Rouse, sat on a panel discussion about Medicaid funding for rare patients. As the Chair of the Louisiana Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC), Kelly knows the value of supporting those with rare conditions in our state.

Community School is proud to serve over a dozen learners with rare conditions. Not only does our Director have a son with an ultra rare disease, many of his classmates at CS are also diagnosed with rare diseases. In fact, 1 in 10 people are diagnosed with a rare disease in their lifetime!

It is our greatest joy to be part of their journey. We know that these children are one-of-a-kind! Many of our CS learners are active participants in scientific studies that will change the future of medicine forever. ❤️

10/26/2025

When our high school interns come to visit, our little ones SHOW OFF big! Their excitement cues all sorts of spontaneous language, social skills, & pretend play.

What else could we ask for?! Learning at its best… and they’re oh-so-happy doing it.

10/25/2025

Everyone is getting BOO’ed at Community School (the good kind 😉). We love this fall season together! 👻

10/24/2025

💬 We are loving our new schoolhouse.

The sight of our building reminds us of how blessed we are to be here. The ornate designs, the open yard space… it’s a beauty of its own.

The smell of our building reminds us of our own childhoods… like old library books.

The sounds of giggling and chatter echo in the hallways like many generations before. The sounds of growing pains caused by learning new rules & routines remind us that we, too, as grown-ups must adjust to new seasons with patience, grace, & gratitude.

The feeling you get when you walk in the doors is security, stability, & true belonging… just like HOME.

Oh, if these walls could talk…