Fellow Blog Post – Week 7
July 24, 2024
This week, I began working on Bridgeway’s annual report for the 2023-2024 fiscal year and I started by mapping out the content that I wanted to incorporate into the report. I decided to dedicate a two-page staff profile that highlighted our Crisis Stabilization Program manager and the program itself. I want this portion to feature […]
Fellow Blog Post – Week 6
July 16, 2024
This week, I continued to work on the charity regatta social campaign. The idea around the campaign was for our boat to make its way around Bridgeway, but viewers needed to guess the boat’s location. Every week, a riddle will be posted to our social media that hints at the location of the ship. Viewers […]
Fellow Blog Post – Week 5
July 10, 2024
Since the holiday was weekend was coming up, week 5 was more relaxed. I solidified and started working on the Kiwanis Charity Regatta social media campaign and started working on a social media campaign to help Bridgeway win Columbus CEO’s Best Large Nonprofit title. Here are the graphics that I worked on for the campaigns! […]
Fellow Blog Post Week 4
July 2, 2024
During this past week, I learned more about Bridgeway’s peer model program and finished the social content piece surrounding it. I wanted to try something different than my past videos for this piece and film a more casual recording to showcase the day in the life of one of our peer models. So, using only […]
Fellow Blog Post – Week 3
June 24, 2024
Hello everyone! My third week at Bridgeway has been more relaxed but full of planning and coordinating for the week ahead. I started to brainstorm for our Kiwanis Charity Regatta social campaign. The Kiwanis Charity Regatta is an online fundraiser where people can donate to non-profits through votes. Each vote costs a dollar, and that […]
Fellow Blog Post – Week 2
June 17, 2024
Hello everyone! My name is Gia An Thach and I am one of the Columbus Foundation’s summer fellows this year. The summer fellowship program at the Columbus Foundation places eligible students with Franklin County nonprofit organisations for a 10-week period. The fellowship program allows students to receive experience at their host sites, while nonprofits benefit […]
Fellow Blog Post – Week 1: New Beginnings at Bridgeway
June 11, 2024
Many new things are in the works at Bridgeway. As we start off strong with the beginning of our summer program and planning ahead for our upcoming 20th year anniversary of our organisation, we are embracing the changes with creativity. The Bridgeway summer program spans over a period of 8 weeks. Lead by our staff […]
#BridgewayPride 2022!
June 28, 2022
June 28 is LGBTQ+ Pride Day. The first pride march happened in New York City 52 years ago, on June 28 1970. The 51-block march ended in Central Park and commemorated The Stonewall Riots that had taken place a year earlier. A group of Bridgeway staff, board members, and friends participated in this year’s Stonewall […]
Small Pieces Can Create Amazing Things – The Bryan Moss Residency Project
May 10, 2022
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas If you’ve visited our building recently, you’ll notice a new sculptural piece hanging in our lobby. This project was made possible by a generous grant from our partners at Art Possible Ohio. Bryan Moss was selected as the project’s teaching artist. […]
Teagan’s Journey from Cover to Cover
March 17, 2022
By Emily Walker, RBT – Transition Specialist, Applied Program As our students at Bridgeway Academy get older and are ready to expand upon their employability skills, they can participate in the Community-Based Job Training (CBJT) program to gain real world experience at a job site. Transition Specialists work to find community partners that are willing […]
Introducing… Valemee!
October 18, 2021
Introducing Valemee®! Bridgeway Academy has begun a new program called, Valemee®! This new program was made possible because of a generous grant from Autism Speaks. What is it? Valemee® is a personal fitness program that many of our middle school and high school students are participating in on a weekly basis. The physical therapy department […]
AAC Research at Bridgeway Academy
September 10, 2021
Did you know… …that scientific research takes place within the walls of Bridgeway Academy? Staff members Lindsey Paden Cargill, CCC-SLP and Samantha Lyle, CCC-SLP were recently published in The International Journal of Speech Pathology. This research was done in collaboration with Allison Bean and Alison Baker from OSU Department of Speech and Hearing Science. ABSTRACT: […]
Celebrating The New Ohio Autism Scholarship Increase
July 1, 2021
Bridgeway Academy is thrilled to share that the newly-approved Ohio State Budget includes $31 million in new funding for children with autism, to be provided over the next two fiscal years. Along with others, Bridgeway Academy staff members and families have been advocating for increased funding for the last several years, and we are over […]
Better Speech and Hearing Month – 2021
June 1, 2021
Compiled by Emily Schrader, M.A., CCC-SLP As the month of May comes to a close, the speech and language therapy team at Bridgeway Academy wanted to share some informative, fun, and possibly surprising insights regarding National Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM). Check out this engaging interview with the “speechies” here at Bridgeway as […]
OT Month Wrap-Up
May 10, 2021
By Jordyn Perry, MOT, OTR/L April was Occupational Therapy Month! But, what exactly is Occupational Therapy – or OT? Our team of 13 Occupational Therapists are an integral part of our students’ and clients’ lives. Occupational Therapy involves much more than just handwriting and sensory needs. It is defined by the “occupations” that make our […]