This year, FCSN decided to award a scholarship fund of $5,000 each to three youth volunteers, who have given their all to FCSN and the entire special needs community. Ashika Kuchhangi, Charis Ling, and Rachel Huynh are prospective students with promising futures, who have certainly proven their dedication and commitment to FCSN. Read more about these amazing youth volunteers. Continue reading FCSN’s Very First Scholarship Fund of 2021
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Senior Angela Jiao, co-founder and president of SVSY; junior Andrew Yuan, co-founder and vice president; and senior Raymond Shao, the Director of Curriculum, along with several other instructors, garnered the donation money through tuition fees for their virtual science lessons held over the summer of 2021. They hope that the money from the donation will enable FCSN to provide a more extensive array of materials for their science department, such as computers or chemistry kits. Through this greater availability of resources, they hope that special needs students can more thoroughly explore STEM subjects and discover their interests. Continue reading Three Lynbrook High Students Donate $5000 to FCSN Over The Summer
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) living in the US are 40% more likely than neurotypical children to become overweight or obese. Because of oversensitivity to certain textures and tastes of food, those with ASD also tend to be picky eaters. After learning about these nutrition-related health challenges that individuals with autism face, FCSN volunteer Rachel Huynh realized a dire need for special-needs students to build healthy lifestyle habits. As a nutrition major at Brown University, she decided to design a nutrition curriculum for students with special needs. Continue reading Nutrition in My Life: FCSN Class Aims to Empower Students to Make Healthy Choices
On 6/5/2021, FCSN celebrated its 25th Anniversary and we held our 2021 FCSN Volunteer Award ceremony. Congratulations to all award winners, and our sincere appreciation to each and every FCSN volunteer! Your caring effort really makes the difference! Continue reading Kudos to FCSN Volunteers! 2021 FCSN Volunteer Awards
Youth volunteer Jennie Wang shares her story teaching violin to her special needs student through FCSN’s SNTutoring Program. Continue reading Connecting through Music with SNTutoring
FCSN Youth Volunteer Natalie Hsia was teaching arts at South Bay Family Gathering but had to move her lessons online after the pandemic began. Even though she had no previous experience recording video lessons, Natalie took on the challenge so that she can continue to teach students. Continue reading Teaching Art from Home โ creating fun art videos for FCSN
The year 2020 was an exceptional year as shelter-in-place forced FCSN to convert many in-person programs to virtual programs or online learning classes. The efforts of our outstanding volunteers vastly improved the quality of life for many special needs children and adults. Here are the winners of the President’s Volunteer Service Award 2020. Continue reading Presidentโs Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) 2020
Teaching a class of special needs students can be nerve-racking, and even more so doing it over Zoom. Andria Luo shares her experience co-teaching a virtual dance class, and tips on how to make a virtual class fun and engaging for everyone in class. Continue reading My Experience Teaching Dance at FCSN
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