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Community Based Transition Program

CBTP grad

Sumner-Bonney Lake School District’s Community Based Transition Program (CBTP) teaches job skills to special education students ages 18 to 22.

To help with the transition from high school to employment, the District partners with local businesses and organizations to offer internships for CBTP students.

From making copies and collecting recycling to washing dishes and setting up for events, we’re thankful to our partners for offering these valuable opportunities that give students the skills and experience needed for a successful life after school.

The Community Based interns spent approximately 9,825 hours working at local businesses and organizations in 2023-24 school year.

Thank you to our 2024-25 partners:

  • Grocery Outlet
  • Sumner Food Bank
  • The Market (Bonney Lake Food Bank)
  • Pacific Community Center
  • Sundance Horse Therapy Barn
  • Prairie Ridge Community Center
  • Young Hearts Horse Barn
  • SBLSD Maintenance & Operations
  • Windmill Gardens
  • Goodwill
  • RoundTable Pizza
  • City of Bonney Lake
  • Sumner Postal Store
  • Old Cannery
  • SBLSD District Recycling
  • Dillanos Coffee Roasters
  • City of Sumner
  • Puyallup Food Bank
  • SBLSD Transportation
  • Sumner Veterinary

CBTP by the numbers:

  • 25 years of CBTP program
  • 250 interns helped over 25 years
  • 29 interns for 2024-25 school year
  • 18 partners for 2024-25 school year
Mentor helps intern with a project
Interns shelve items at Grocery Outlet

Interns shelve items at Grocery Outlet

News

CBTP 2024 Graduation

CBTP 2023 Graduation Celebration

CBTP 2022 Graduation Celebration

March 2020

Community Based Transition Program earns Silver Spoon Award

We congratulate our Community Based Transition Program (CBTP) for earning the Emergency Food Network’s Silver Spoon Award!

The reason for the honor comes from a partnership with Emergency Food Network's Mother Earth Farm. CBTP interns helped build seed trays, composted the orchard, and worked on perennial gardens. The interns’ work directly supports Mother Earth Farm’s ability to donate over 100,000 pounds of organic produce to Pierce County food banks, and through their efforts helped be a more productive place.