Kid’s Christmas Store

Kid’s Christmas Store

Thanks to the generosity of donors and volunteers, each Christmas season, each student who participates in our programs gets an opportunity to shop for gifts for their parents and caregivers. Volunteers set up the gifts to create an organized shopping experience, shop...
Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving each year, staff decorates the cafeteria, and students and staff share in a special Friendsgiving meal, complete with festive placemats, mashed potatoes and gravy, and pumpkin pie for dessert. Students have the opportunity to be...
STEM Night 2025

STEM Night 2025

Students explored the science of materials by making kinetic sand, experimenting with the recipe to achieve the perfect consistency and learning how small adjustments can lead to big discoveries. They also created slime, observing chemical reactions and proudly taking...
A Visit from Volunteers

A Visit from Volunteers

On August 20, over 140 volunteers from Edward Jones and California Closets spent the day serving at Shepherd Community. These incredible volunteers served in Shepherd Community Academy, cleared outdoor trees and brush along the Shepherd property, walked the...
Back to School

Back to School

On Friday, August 1, we welcomed our Shepherd Community Academy students back to school. As students walked through the doors in their new uniforms, smiles and cheerful greetings filled the halls. The energy of the new school year filled the halls of Shepherd with...
Reading Night

Reading Night

On Tuesday, April 8th, the school was transformed into an exciting soccer themed adventure for students! They rotated through stations around the building, reading instructions to make a snack and a fun craft, dribbling a soccer ball through a sight word maze as they...