by Katy on March 17, 2012
Howdy all!! Just wanted to update you all on how things are going here at school 
Things are going great!! We have a slightly different schedule now because they deceided to open up a few after school clubs which are Choir and Basic Training (Exercising), and scrapbooking. I am doing Choir on Monday and Basic Training on Wednesday and the students in my basic training class are working up to walking a 5 k (3 miles i think) in May!! Really excited about it!! Love having virtually no homework and loving the time in class to get it all done!! Thank you all for your prayers!!!
by Katy on January 17, 2012
Heyy All!! Thanks for all your prayers throughout the first semester!! It went great!! It was awsome to be home for my christmas break in NJ Now I am back in Wisconsin in the full swing of a new semester. They changed the teams along with the team colors!! So I am now on the gold team with my friends Joe, Miranda, Brian, Sean, Lindsay and Bethany. Will miss my friends DeeAnn and Codi since they won’t be back this semester. My classes are pretty much the same with Intro to Christianity taking the place of Personal Bible Study that i had last semester. Am really excited about going to my first hockey game in a few weeks with a bunch of my friends. This is pretty much what my school schedule looks like during the week:
Monday- Chapel, Math and Money Skills, Roots of Faith, and Daily Living Skills (DLS.)
Tuesday- Computer Skills for 2 hours, Language Arts, Study Skills and DLS.
Wednesday- Personal Development, Language Arts, Roots of Faith and DLS.
Thursday- Intro to Christianity, Language Arts and Study Skills, and Intro to Culinary!!
Friday is Money Skills, Personal Development, Language Arts and Roots of Faith!
Oh and not to forget Study Hall in there too Mon-Thursday! Please pray I will keep up with my homework and have an awsome Semester!! Hope you all are doing well!!
Katy
by Katy on November 5, 2011
School is going fine!! Not sure if you all heard but we recently had an Accredidation team come to check out the school and see if we could be accredited and we passed!! They recommended full accredidation!! Classes are going well. Recently just did midterms which i am confident i did great on!! Am looking forward to a visit from my mom, dad and sister Thursday-Saturday!!! Soooo looking forward to seeing them!! 1 month 11 days till Christmas break!
by Debbie on October 28, 2011
Shepherds College
Congratulations to the Shepherds College faculty & staff! Their committed work in developing & maintaining an outstanding program for people with intellectual disabilities has resulted in Shepherds College being the 1st post-secondary school for people w/intellectual disabilities being recommended for full accreditation by the NCA and, as far as we know, any accreditation board. For this and so much more, we give God all the thanks and praise.
by Katy on October 9, 2011
Hey all!! Sorry to have taken so long to post a blog!! Was busy getting in the swing of things here at school!! I am loving it!! My classes are: Language Arts, Personal Development, Study Skills, Math, Roots of Faith, Computer Skills, Personal Bible Study and Daily Living Skills. They are all going well!! Recently had a Math test and got 107 on it!! Math is becoming a favorite class of mine!! Have also had Intro to Horticulture too….my class is so big they had to split us into two groups so my group has had intro to horticulture the past 5 weeks and the other group has had intro to culinary. Next week i believe we switch 
Can’t wait to get into the grind of Culinary. Weekends there is always something fun to do!! Gonna go for now!! Will post another one soon!!
by Debbie on September 16, 2011
“School is going fine am in Computer Class now. Half day today since today is a Preview Day for perspective Students. Oh and I forgot to tell you I was asked to be the student host for the girls J Meant to tell u the other day but forgot! Going shopping this afternoon. Am really excited about going to the Civil War reenactment next weekend! Have to get up 6:30 and leave by 7 am will be gone all day!!
by Debbie on September 9, 2011
“Thanks for sending me to Shepherds College. I love it!!”
by Debbie on September 9, 2011
Katy has made it to Shepherds College! The first couple of days were filled with moving into the dorm, meeting new friends, meeting her roommate, and just plain meetings. Scott and I came away from the weekend sensing what really makes Shepherds so special are the staff and faculty. What a wonderful group of servant-hearted people! And because of them, we are very encouraged that our daughter is in the best place possible to encourage her development and meet her unique needs.
by Debbie on August 30, 2011
Packing Up . . .
by Debbie on August 26, 2011
I came across this movie trailer on the blog of one of Katy’s new classmates Daniela. I wanted to share it with you. No matter your age or your disability you can still make a difference…
“In Wretches & Jabberers, two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, Tracy Thresher, 42, and Larry Bissonnette, 52, both faced lives of mute isolation in mental institutions or adult disability centers. When they learned as adults to communicate by typing, their lives changed dramatically. Their world tour message is that the same possibility exists for others like themselves. At each stop, they dissect public attitudes about autism and issue a hopeful challenge to reconsider competency and the future. Along the way, they reunite with old friends from the USA, expand the isolated world of a talented young painter and make new allies in their cause.”
