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Orchard Farm R-V School District is a proud member of the Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Project SEARCH Partnership in St. Charles County.  Project SEARCH is an internationally recognized school-to-work transition program for 18-20 year old young adults with developmental disabilities.  The desired outcome for all students is full-time competitive employment.  During the one year program, students from four participating St. Charles County school districts participate in up to three individual ten-week internships at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital.  They learn job skills that are systematic, but routine, and are in their areas of interest.  In addition to job training, all students receive job development services, job coaching, and follow-along and retention services when they become competitively employed.
 
Project SEARCH sites are located in several countries, and in over forty American states and the District of Columbia (with sites in both the Department of Labor and the Department of Education in Washington, D.C.).  The BJSPH site is the first in the state of Missouri, and as such, has received positive notice from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  The St. Charles County team has been invited to present at the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education Fall Conference in September, 2011, and presented in July, 2011, at the National Project SEARCH Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
As the school district fiscal agent for the BJSPH Project SEARCH, Orchard Farm School District employs Project SEARCH instructor, Regina Wade-Johnson, and employment advisor/job coach, Beatriz Amaris. Through their hard work, and their dedication to young adults with developmental disabilities, and the hard work and dedication of many others, opportunities for competitive employment are opening up for persons with developmental disabilities.
 
For more information on the BJSPH Project SEARCH, please view the video link here.
 
Project SEARCH partners are Orchard Farm R-V School District, St. Charles R-6 School District, Frances Howell School District, Wentzville School District, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Life Skills of St. Louis, the Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of St. Charles County, and the Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.   
 
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In accordance with law, the Orchard Farm R-V School District strictly prohibits discrimination and harassment against employees, students or others on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs, activities or in employment. The Board also prohibits retaliatory actions against those who report or participate in the investigation of prohibited discrimination or harassment. The Orchard Farm R-V School District is an equal opportunity employer.

The Orchard Farm R-V School District also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and other designated youth groups in accordance with federal law.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the Orchard Farm R-V School District’s non-discrimination policies:

Marianne Doll, Director of Special Services
2165 Highway V
St. Charles, MO 63301
636-250-5202