In addition to classroom and community-based instruction for career exploration, Pepin provides classes for social emotional functioning skills, self-determination and self-advocacy skills, employability, and independent functioning skills for adulthood.
Pepin’s Mission
To empower young adults with learning disabilities to explore vocational pathways and develop independent living skills for a successful transition to adulthood.
Vision
To cultivate an inclusive community for young adults with learning disabilities to achieve independence, build confidence, and become productive members of society.
Values
To serve, teach, and model restorative practices and student empowerment through the values of respect, responsibility and integrity within our school community.
At New Life Village, these young adults are learning maintenance and landscaping skills through hands-on experiences to help them launch a career in these trades. Many Village children attend Pepin Academies charter school for 3-12 schooling. Several are projected to attend the Transition Program.
New Life Village has partnered with the Pepin Family Foundation to launch a Capital Campaign to build the Village’s 3rd Phase, a Multi-purpose Program Building which will also be home to the Pepin Academies Transition Program. The building will have a state of the art learning lab, office space, a therapy and sensory lab, art and music rooms as well as a culinary teaching kitchen and Pepin Campus Café where Pepin’s Culinary students will service residents, staff and visitors to the Village Campus.
