Students utilize Special Education breakfast space
Café 159 ½ teaches new skills
The Special Ed department sells donuts and coffee before school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Special Ed students utilize a new iPad to calculate the transactions.
December 19, 2019
According to senior and Café 159 ½ manager Hailey Martinson, the students helping out at the café have an enjoyable time.
“We have a lot of fun when we are here and we goof around,” Martinson said. “I have learned a lot about counting money and math skills.”
Sophomore Ryan Prohofsky said Cafe 159 ½ is convenient for students to use.
“The Café is pretty simple, they have a couple things and it’s easy to pick and decide,” Prohofsky said. “It’s pretty nice to come to school if you haven’t eaten breakfast and be able to get donuts and coffee, (it’s) is pretty sweet to have.”
Sophomore Zana Hultman said she appreciates the café mission helping create career paths for the Special Education students.
I like how (the) Special Ed kids learn social skills. It could really help them with their future jobs or careers.
— Zana Hultman
Sophomore staffer of the café Destiny Windom said the inclusion of an iPad has sped up the process of sales.
“We have added an iPad which helps us with our money counting and speeds up everything we do. It really helps out with some kids who have trouble with mental math,” Windom said “We were taught in class about how to use the iPad.”
Martinson said all the iPad has made helping out at the café easier.
“(The iPad) has made it a lot easier to count the money instead of counting in your head, so we added the iPad,” Martinson said. “Everyone who helps out at the cafe know how to use the iPad.
Cafe 159 ½ sells donuts and coffee from 8:20 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in room C159 ½.
