The time has come to welcome you all back to school! Together, we have been navigating the uncharted waters of education and maintaining a new sense of community, while providing quality educational and therapeutic services to our students and support to our families – something we have been doing for the past 30 years as leaders in special education!

We have welcomed each other into our homes virtually, supported each other, and created new and innovative ways of engaging our students. I continue to be honored to be part of such an amazing and innovative learning community.

As you can imagine, this year is going to look very different than years past. Some of us will be in school in a weekly A/B hybrid and some will be 100% virtual. We continue to be in close communications with our local health department and are following all the guidance provided by the NJDOE and Governor Murphy.

It is exceptionally fitting that this year’s theme is Resilience, which means, “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.” Resilience also means toughness, flexibility, strength, hardiness, and adaptability. All of these words clearly define The Phoenix Center community. It also reminds me of the Disney movie, Finding Dory – one of my favorites! When faced with adversity and challenge, Dory and her friends just kept swimming.  It is my pleasure to “just keep swimming” with all of you.

This year, I am especially grateful for—and proud of—this amazing educational community we call The Phoenix Center. I am excited to celebrate 30 years of excellence with all of you!

Please join me in wishing a Happy Birthday to TPC! Our virtual door is always open to you. Please call or email us with any questions you may have.

With gratitude,
Julie Mower, M.A.Ed.
Executive Director

PS Please remember that you can support the initiatives and programming not covered by tuition dollars by donating through our DONATE page here.