Community School

02/28/2026

🦓 We are so thankful to serve so many wonderful rare children at CS. We find it an honor to know them, learn all about their unique qualities, & seek out the treatments that give them the best quality of life.

To the families that war for their rare loved ones, keep fighting! Medical providers are listening, awareness is growing, & we pray for more accessibility to treatments. We’re in it with you!

🌍💜 Today we stand with the 300 million people living with a rare disease. We are united with their families, friends, caregivers, advocates, and the medical professionals, researchers and organisations that working tirelessly to build a more equitable future for our community.

Together, we’re showing our colours, raising awareness, and inspiring change by talking about what equity means to us.

Thank you to everyone who’s taken part, whether you’ve lit up your home, shared your story, joined an event, or supported someone you love. By standing together we’re proving that our community is strong, united, and truly more than anyone can imagine. ✨

👉 Learn more and discover ways you can still get involved: https://go.rarediseaseday.org/NEWS

02/27/2026

Save the date! We can’t wait to see you there.

🔹April 2nd is World Autism Day.
🔹April 2nd is our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to celebrate our expansion & new location.
🔹April 2nd, Community School is opening our doors for visitors to see our historic 1912 school building.

02/26/2026

Give it a listen! 🎧
Tell us your thoughts. 💭

LSU Health Shreveport Podcast – Episode 1In the very first episode of the LSU Health Shreveport Podcast, host Mark Klein sits down with Dr. M. Frampton Gwyne...

02/26/2026

🌟 It’s a month of celebrations! 🌟

Yesterday we celebrated this amazing guy. Watching him grow up has been the best experience. He LOVES learning, his school friends, his books, & his instructors.

We love him back more than he will ever know! So proud of our little man!

HBD week is in full swing. 🎈

02/21/2026

Saturdays are good for reflecting…
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We must frequently remind ourselves of what our core mission is. We must remind ourselves of our PURPOSE because that informs our PRIORITIES. Those priorities direct our PLANS.

Our mission at Community School is to unlock the unique potential of every learner through a collaborative model of clinical excellence & academic innovation, providing a holistic & unified environment where education & therapy work in harmony. The science of applied behavior analysis informs HOW to teach, while education informs WHAT to teach.

🎗️Isn’t that a wonderful mission to be tasked with? We consider it a privilege & honor to be the doers.

02/20/2026

Just a glimpse into our LIFE TOGETHER at Community School on this Friday…

Education happens together.
Therapy happens together.
Life happens together.

…And we love it that way. ❤️

02/20/2026

What do you think?

Watch the episode now on YouTube. Battle Fatigue: The Fight for Inclusive Education | RSS.com Show Notes About the Guest(s): Dr. Priya Lalvani is a professor of Disability Studies at Montclair State University, where she also coordinates inclusive education graduate programs. Holding a PhD in develo...

02/18/2026

🎖️We are so thankful to our friends at Rotary Club of Shreveport for blessing us with this gift yesterday!

These community leaders do so many great things for the people of Shreveport-Bossier. We are so proud to be the recipient of this grant! Every penny goes directly to purchasing educational curricula for our CS learners.

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02/17/2026

We may be taking a trip to NY soon. How cool is this?!

A one-of-a-kind museum chronicling disability history is reopening after a five-year hiatus in a new, bigger space that's hundreds of miles away from its previous home.

02/14/2026

💗 Happy Valentine’s Day 💗

What the world needs now is LOVE. Kindness, joy, togetherness, & love. Here at CS, we make it a point to love one another & others. Our guys & gals are our best teachers. They exude love.

We are passing along this beautiful moment from 🌟Night to Shine🌟 last night. The event was planned in LOVE. The room was filled with LOVE. This handsome guy is LOVED & shows LOVE to others unconditionally.

💗 Everyday is Valentine’s to us.

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02/12/2026

💗 Kids like this one…

Kids like this one defy the odds.
Kids like this one never accepted ceilings put on them by those who did not understand his beautiful mind.
Kids like this one are changing the way people perceive life on the spectrum.
Kids like this one are thriving in life.

💗 Most importantly…

Kids like this one bring insight and new ways of thinking about the world around us. When he inquires about how things work & why people do what they do, we begin to wonder about those things, too. We find that his perspective on life is typically pretty on point, and it challenges us to question the things we grew up thinking were “truths”.

Kids like this one love others unconditionally without judgement. He asks questions directly to the person when he isn’t understanding their viewpoint or actions (like we all should). He accepts others who are different than him (like us neurotypicals who sometimes get lost in the social nonsense of the world). He doesn’t care for meanness, division, or fighting without cause; however, he does care about learning about others & why they think the way they think.

Kids like this one exude love for his people daily. Isn’t this what Valentine’s Day is all about?

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Love others around you for FREE… without expectation of what they can do for you… and everyday will feel like Valentine’s Day.
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02/11/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Black History Month!
For 100 years, each February we celebrate those who’ve left their fingerprint on this nation & fought for freedoms we have today. Listen closely to Lois’ story…

🇺🇸 Lois Curtis grew up with intellectual & developmental disabilities in Atlanta, GA in the 1970’s. Her mother was a housekeeper & her father was a trucker. She had two sisters. Lois experienced difficulties with schooling. Lois created challenges for her family, such as eloping from school. All so relatable to many of us. These issues would result in over twenty years of her being incarcerated in jails & psychiatric hospitals starting at the age of 11.

🇺🇸 As a result of her life experiences, in 1999 Lois Curtis was a plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States case of Olmstead v. L.C. The court held that the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities is an act of discrimination, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act. In fact, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ruled that:

"…confinement in an institution severely diminishes the everyday life activities of individuals, including family relations, social contacts, work options, economic independence, educational advancement and cultural enrichment."

🇺🇸 Lois was an advocate, an artist, & a true hero! We must protect these rights that she and others fought so hard for! People with developmental disabilities come in all shapes & sizes. What’s right for each one is different. The CHOICE is theirs & their loved ones (or should be). Those that went before us warred for our rights. Now it’s our turn to protect them. 💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾