Teenage years
Splashes, Scoops, and Smiles: How Our Annual Dunk Tank and Ice Cream Truck Made Our School Year Sweeter
The first few months of a new school year can feel like a lot — new classrooms, new faces, new routines, new teachers to meet and new expectations. For our students at the Tempe Campus, especially our teens who have autism, those early weeks carry an extra weight. That’s exactly why our Parent Partnership Program…
Read MoreTransition Fairs: Connecting Students and Families to Life After High School
The Transition Fair Season of 2026-27 Has Begun! Every year, transition fairs bring together students, families, and community resources at multiple campuses to answer one critical question: What happens after high school? For Denise Sanetra, Transition Specialist at Autism Academy, organizing these fairs across the four campuses that have high schools — Tempe, Gilbert, Glendale,…
Read MoreStudent Council Election Results: Tempe Campus Students Take the Stage
They wrote the speeches themselves. They made their own posters. Then they stood up in front of the whole high school and made their case. The Tempe Campus student council election wrapped up this month, and the process started long before anyone reached the podium. Back in August, students came to an information meeting, asked…
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