Pam Walker has taught in the classroom at PEP for 41 years. When asked why she has stayed so long she laughs and says she would be bored anywhere else. She’s right about one thing: PEP classrooms are not boring. PEP Day Treatment Centers provide integrated special education and mental health services for students with
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PEP Phoenix Students Win National Leadership Award Last year, when a group of PEP Phoenix upperclassman competed in a national contest that awards grant dollars for the best service project ideas, they hoped they might win. At the same time, they tried to stay realistic. The contest, called Lead4Change, is open to all 6th-12th grade
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Supporting Young People Experiencing Back-to-School Anxiety Before the 2023-2024 school year ended, we talked to four PEP Hopewell middle and high school students about summer vacation and the inevitable back-to-school anxiety that would occur in the fall. They had a message for the adults in their lives: school is really hard. Sometimes overwhelmingly so. It’s
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2024 Graduation at PEP PEP is proud to announce that this year we have 20 high school seniors graduating and 24 students reintegrating to their home district. We celebrate their accomplishments and recognize the family, staff and community who helped them along the way. We are so proud of all of them and look forward
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