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March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Oregon School for the Deaf Newsletter
Table of Contents
Academics .......................................................... 1
Elementary News ........................................... 1
Helen Keller National Center Expert Visits
OSD................................................................. 2
Communication Corner .................................. 2
SBC Valentines ............................................... 3
Interning at Capitol Auto! .............................. 3
Poetry Out Loud 2016 .................................... 4
Community ......................................................... 5
The Diary of Anne Frank................................. 5
National Theatre of the Deaf ......................... 5
Tchoukball ...................................................... 6
FOSD Benefit at the Pentacle Theatre ........... 7
Academics
Elementary News
By Robyn Brown
The Elementary Department has had a delightful
week celebrating Read Across America and
honoring Dr. Seuss! Many thanks to Ms. Kayla
Meese, Ms. MaryEllen Graham, Mrs. Michelle
Hardey, and Mrs. Laine Fisher-Gayle for their
hard work in bringing so much fun to our
students!
On Monday, our staff and students participated
in an interactive retelling of Go, Dog, Go! Get a
copy of the book and ask your student to show
you in which pages they were actors! Dog party
hats are coming home today!
Tuesday was pajama day! Robert Rich, our
Director of Instruction, read The Lorax to the
students in the morning. In the afternoon we
watched the movie, The Lorax and Laine (our
dual language specialist) led us in identifying the
similarities and differences between the book
and the movie. Thanks to the MANY PARENTS
and STAFF who came and read with our students
at the end of the day. Watch for more
opportunities to come!
On Wednesday, Dr. Sharla Jones, our school
Director, read The Cat in the Hat! Parents, you
might want to read this one with your student
and ask them about what happens in YOUR
house when you are gone! As you saw, Thing #1-
19 came home to you all! Thanks to Dr. Patrick
Graham who share The Cat in the Hat Comes
Back! with us in the afternoon. Then, guess who
stopped by?
On Thursday, we watched an ASL presentation
of Would you Rather be a Bullfrog? Check it
out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX4Z
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
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U-TmYGA The story was followed up with
several graphs where children made their
opinion known! Ask them (and tell them your
preference!)
Would you rather be a cat or a dog?
Would you rather be a bat or a ball?
Would you rather live in a tent or an
igloo?
Keep reading! Let YOUR kids catch YOU reading
too! Do not forget to check out the Panther
News… you might recognize some familiar little
people!
Helen Keller National Center
Expert Visits OSD
By Sharla Jones
Two of our students, CF and DD, met with
Dorothy Walt, a DeafBlind person from Seattle
who works for HKNC – Helen Keller National
Center. Dorothy is an expert on resources for
people who are DeafBlind and was able to help
educate our transition counselor Anne
Harrington and our Director Sharla Jones. She
brought a lot of great information on several
programs available in Washington as well as the
HKNC headquarters in New York. She also
explained two new means of communication for
DB people: Haptics and Protactile. This is the
concept of providing visual information to a
person on their back, mapping out locations in a
room and letting DB people know who is signing
in a group, tapping signals to convey agreement
and to continue. We just scratched the surface
on what is available for DB people these days!
Student CF & DD meets with Dorothy Walt
Thank you for your visit Dorothy!
We are also grateful for our volunteer mentor in
ATP – Lorie Rich, who is working with students
on extra life-skills building.
Sharla Jones, PhD
Director
Communication Corner
By Laine Fisher-Gayle
Hello to all parents and family:
Thank you to all of the parents who have
downloaded and signed up for the program
SeeSaw. I hope you have enjoyed seeing your
elementary students hard at work in their
Language Lessons and Spoken Language time.
High school and middle school students with
communication time will begin using this app
too; parents, feel free to download the
app. Here is the information:
It is a free app that, when accessed, will give you
insight on what your child is doing in their
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
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Language Lesson or Spoken Language times with
me! Here is what you do:
1. Email me at laine.fisher-
gayle@osd.k12.or.us to tell me you are
interested!
2. Download the FREE app: SeeSaw Parent
Access
3. Once I hear from you, I will add you to our
class list. You will then get an email on
instructions to view our activities!
Again, this is FREE (did I say that already?) and
will provide you instant access to what we are
doing!
Let me know if you have questions! And thanks
for investing in your student’s learning!
SBC Valentines
By Cherie Ulmer
On Friday, February 12, the Middle School
Student Body Council delivered flowers and
valentine cookies to various staff and students
here at OSD. Some ODE employees purchased
cookies and flowers to have delivered to co-
workers.
SBC delivering Valentines at ODE
The SBC travelled to ODE and delivered the
sweet smelling and delicious valentines. We met
our former OSD Employee Monique Murphy
there and she helped us find the people who
were the recipients of the flowers and cookies.
We are looking forward to next year when we
can again spread the heart of OSD all around!
Interning at Capitol Auto!
By OSD
Congratulations to Cristian on interning at
Capitol Auto! He makes us proud!
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
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Poetry Out Loud 2016
By Gayle Robertson
Our seventh Poetry Out Loud competition at
OSD provided some hot competition this year.
Seventeen young people competed in the first
round. That means seventeen out of # Oregon
School for the Deaf high school students stood
on a stage all alone, in front of their friends,
family and educators and recited a poem.
Seventeen individuals now have a poem inside of
them that will stay with them for life. This is why
I love Poetry Out Loud.
Wanuna Rakin reciting The Ocean by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
It seems a bit strange to have competition
around poetry. But when I see students walking
down the hall reciting beautiful poetic works;
when I see them develop inside jokes that
include lines of famous poetry; when I see them
stand on that stage with brave hearts glowing, I
am dazzled. I am inspired and I am humbled.
The five top-scoring contestants, according to
our wonderful panel of judges, advanced to the
second round. There they have to learn an
additional poem in a short amount of time and
perform that and their first poem. The first- and
second-place performers become the School
Champion and Runner-up. This year, for the first
time in seven, we had a tie! Lupita Nava-Pena
and Austin Robertson had to recite the poem of
their choice for a tiebreaker.
I am pleased to announce our 2016 Poetry Out
Loud Champion is… Lupita Nava-Pena!
Congratulations to her and our runner-up, Austin
Robertson. They were so close! Both of them
performed beautifully in all three rounds and
both deserve our congratulations and support.
Lupita Nava-Pena and Austin Robertson
Lupita is advancing to Poetry Out Loud, Regionals
here in Salem this Saturday. She will bring three
poems selected from the official Poetry Out Loud
website. She will be competing against all of the
School Champions in Central Oregon. She will
likely be the only Deaf performer at the
competition. This is bravery beyond bravery. If
she advances from Regionals, she will go to
State, and then the State Champion will go to
Nationals in Washington DC. Go Lupita!
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Community
The Diary of Anne Frank
By Cherie Ulmer
The Friends of OSD (FOSD) is sponsoring a
benefit performance of Pentacle Theatre’s THE
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK on Wednesday, March 9.
Two excellent ASL Theater Interpreters will
provide interpreting for the play. Tickets are
$25.00 each.
WHY YOU SHOULD GO: THE DIARY OF ANNE
FRANK is a very important play that provides a
human element to the horrors of the Holocaust.
The play is based on the actual diary of Anne,
who lived in hiding with her family and others for
over two years during WWII. We learn so much
more when we can identify with real characters
who lived through these events in history. As we
read the news and see what is happening
currently, we are reminded that the idea of
discrimination and violence based on race or
religion is still a very real problem in our world.
There will be an exhibit in the lobby from the
Anne Frank Center in New York which gives an
in-depth visual history of the time Anne Frank
lived.
WHY YOU SHOULD PAY $25.00 TO SEE A PLAY:
The Friends of OSD is sponsoring the event as a
benefit for their excellent work. FOSD’s mission
is to provide funding to OSD staff to support
enrichment and learning for OSD students. Your
$25.00 gives you an evening of profound theater
with ASL interpreters. It also provides FOSD
funds to help OSD students. The money you
spend on the play has a double benefit!
HOW YOU CAN BUY TICKETS: Char Iliff will be in
our library on Monday March 7 from 2:30 to 3:30
or, before March 7 contact Cherie Ulmer,
Cherie.ulmer@osd.k12.or.us.
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE FOSD BENEFIT
PERFORMANCE OF THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK!
National Theatre of the Deaf
By Betty Beekman
This summer the National Theatre of the Deaf is
offering our second annual Theatre Immersion
Program (TIP) to high school students, grades 10
through 12. TIP is an all-encompassing, ten-day
summer program for young theatre enthusiasts.
It offers deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing
students theatre training opportunities
specializing in NTD’s ‘theatricalized’ American
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Sign Language. The program engages students in
classes, workshops, script development,
rehearsals, and performances with the actors
from NTD and special guest lecturers, ultimately
resulting in a sample tour to venues in the state
of Connecticut. Participants greatly benefit from
this hands-on, annual opportunity to eat, sleep,
and breathe theatre!
We will be utilizing our own script “It’s in the
Bag!” as the basis of the performance.
Participants will have a hand in developing what
the final performance product will be. Students
will lodge at the American School for the Deaf
campus in West Hartford, Connecticut, and
perform a small tour at several different venues
in the state.
From the arrival day on August 8th, to the final
show on the 18th, students will be immersed in
theatre. With help from our hearing and deaf
actors, they will experience the steps in creating,
performing, and perfecting a theatrical piece.
The National Theatre of the Deaf is the longest
continually-touring theatre company in the
United States, with a history of prestige and
inclusion that spans nearly fifty years. It is our
honor to provide this program for the second
year in a row, and we are excited to see what the
summer brings.
If you have questions, please contact us
at tip.ntd@gmail.com or bbeekman@ntd.org.
Sincerely,
Betty Beekman
Tchoukball
By OSD
What is a good way for staff to unwind after an
arduous week? TCHOUKBALL! Many of our staff
members enjoyed the team building activity.
Thanks to Scott Pfaff, our fearless PE teacher, for
putting together this fun event!
Mike McDaniel attacks!
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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FOSD Benefit at the Pentacle
Theatre
By Friends of OSD
An ASL interpreted performance of "The Diary of
Anne Frank" will be held to benefit Friends of
OSD on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:30
PM at the Pentacle Theatre. The Pentacle is
located at 324 52nd Avenue NW, Salem, OR (just
off Highway 22 between Salem and
Dallas).
All tickets are $25, and are all general admission.
Tickets are available for purchase on the
Pentacle Theatre web site:
https://tickets.pentacletheatre.org/TheatreMan
ager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent261.html
Tickets are also available for purchase from the
Board Members of Friends of OSD. Please
contact me for more information
(char.iliff@gmail.com). You can also buy tickets
by going to the Pentacle Box Office (145 Liberty
St. NE, Salem), Monday through Friday, 10:00
AM-4:30 PM.
Proceeds from this event will help provide
innovative educational opportunities for
students at the Oregon School for the Deaf.
Please feel free to share this with your friends.
Thank you!
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Videophone – (503) 400-6180
Fax – (503) 378-4701
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Videophone – (503) 400-6180
Fax – (503) 378-4701
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Videophone – (503) 400-6180
Fax – (503) 378-4701
March 3, 2016 Oregon School for the Deaf Bi-Weekly Newsletter Volume 4, Edition 07
The Oregon School for the Deaf is a community that fosters lifelong learning, encouraging individuals to become self-fulfilled, productive citizens.
Oregon School for the Deaf
999 Locust ST NE, Salem, OR 97301-0954
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Voice – (503) 378-3825
Videophone – (503) 400-6180
Fax – (503) 378-4701