Alexandra Orellana
@vlachakisalex
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Educator & founder of a learning center for Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities. We are empowering lives through inclusive education.
North Palm Beach, FL
Joined September 2009
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and we’re celebrating by spotlighting some of our Spark2Ignite clients. Meet Sophia — an autistic educator in Spark2Ignite’s workforce program. By teaching and supporting other autistic clients, she’s found her passion: becoming a special ed
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April is Autism Acceptance Month, and we’re celebrating by spotlighting some of our Spark2Ignite clients. Meet Sheka — she has Down syndrome and is a proud part of our Spark2Ignite community. With guidance and opportunity, she’s now working and thriving at Culver’s. She’s proof
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Have you seen all the incredible things our IDD adults can do? At @Spark2Ignite, there are no limits to what we can achieve. Every week, we strengthen our mind, body, and spirit to live a healthy life full of opportunities. https://t.co/yOwxSJcsWI Come visit and see what our
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Watch Kyle, a nonverbal artist, in action as he creates art: https://t.co/fmMjAWAPFV
#Entrepreneur
#GrantWinner #Autism #Nonverbal #art
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Huge congrats to our client Kyle for receiving a $5K grant to launch his business! Check out his work on the site he built while studying art and entrepreneurship at @spark2ignite
https://t.co/uNmhWjnBYW Big thanks to @hbwfund ! We can’t wait to see his business take off!
kylesautisticart.godaddysites.com
Meet Kyle
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🐸It's been a summer of science & coding fun! Check out this week at #Spark2Ignite — we explored the remarkable transformation of a tadpole into a frog, by building robot tadpoles and watching them transform into frog robots #robotics #coding #iddawareness #autismawareness #IDD
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In 2023 we will launch our first Networking, Computer Science, and Manufacturing Model Pathways.
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Students enrolled in the Health Science Model Pathways will have the opportunity to get 15 dual credits, work based learning and enroll in CPS' first youth apprenticeship program their senior year.
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This #podcast highlights the design process my team and I used to launch our first eight Model Pathway schools in Health Science. @ChiPubSchools @EdSystemsNIU @ECCECPS @JosemtorresM
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It's championship week for our return to school student re-engagement #Minecraft #ChitownShowdown! One lucky team will take home our championship trophy. Thank you @iitesports for hosting us! @ECCECPS @ChiPubSchools @JosemtorresM @susietinker5 @laylah #minecraftedu
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Supporting the development of high-quality college and career pathways is core to our mission. Our new Pathways School Readiness Framework and Tracker helps schools and intermediary organizations design and implement #pathways. Learn more & download: https://t.co/4fyraclOdt
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Shoutout to @District214 @STEMLdr @D214Kelly and @ChiPubSchools @mdeuser @vlachakisalex for sharing your lessons learned and best practices with us.
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Amazing #Esports program at @ChiPubSchools led by @vlachakisalex! I can't wait to see what they built! 👏
An all-girls team (new to #MinecraftEDU) were super surprised when they won 1st place at our #ChitownShowdown @newEnglewoodST1 today! You would've been super proud @laylah 😊 #STEMChicas #esports @ChiPubSchools
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An all-girls team (new to #MinecraftEDU) were super surprised when they won 1st place at our #ChitownShowdown @newEnglewoodST1 today! You would've been super proud @laylah 😊 #STEMChicas #esports @ChiPubSchools
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Check out our Minecraft medals for our #summer #ChitownShowdown winners. Good luck to all the teams next week! #eSports @laylah @ChiPubSchools
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Our first #ChitownShowdown #Minecraft #eports championship starts next week @VonLinneElem! Students coached by @JodiMahoney1 will be racing to make the best builds. Good luck to all the teams! #excited @ChiPubSchools @ECCECPS @cs4allcps @JosemtorresM
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With the guidance of educators like @Taft_HS’s Ms. Muro and Ms. Zucchero this past school year, CPS students earned 169 business certifications and a better understanding of programs like QuickBooks. #TheBestAreWithCPS
https://t.co/N4UVoZ9tJk
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