• Best Buddies @ Puma Pals:

    What is Best Buddies?

    • This year for the very first time Puma Pals will be a part of the internationsal organization Best Buddies.  Best buddies is the largest organization dedicated to ending the soical, physical, and economic isolation of the two million people with intellectual and developmental disabilites (IDD).
    • Being a part of Best Buddies now means that all pals and partners in Puma Pals will be partnered in one-to-one friendhsips.  Being in these friendships means having contact and being a part of each other's lives for more than just th eon hour we meet a week, but continuously.
    • Best buddies also hosts several events around the area such as walks, field days, dances, and more that we can now be a part of.
      • Club Fee:  $25 covers t-shirt and Best Buddies fees

     Contact Alexis Myers for additional infomation. 480-224-2847 or click her name for email.

    Check out this student made video explaining what Puma Pals is all about:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/zrutcdoc6odblep/Puma%20Pals.mp4?dl=0

  • Virtual Puma Pals:

    • Since we cannot meet in person for the foreseeable future, we will be utilizing Google Classroom and Google Meet.  Through both of these platforms, students can post and view getting to know you activities, games and video call other Best buddies through a monitored Google Meet.
    • All Best Buddies will be matched in their one-to-one friendships virtually through surveys and getting to know you activities.  Once they know their pairing they are welcome to communicate through any platform that works best for the, along with attending Best Buddies Google Meets and/or Google Classroom activities.

  • Peer Facilitators:

    • Sign up with your counselor to assist in a functional academic class.
    • Full year elective.
    • Work with students with varying disabilities on daily living skills, money skills, job skills and much more.
    • Work closely with the classroom teacher as a facilitator to the students.
    • Confidentiality is super important.
    • Students LOVE to work with their typical peers in their classes.
    • DIFFERENT from a TA because you will be working 1:1 or in small groups with students with varying disabilities.
    • Build relationships with students with varying disabilities.