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From the EditorWelcome, I hope you enjoy the stories portrayed in this Issue. We are always looking for interesting articles for our magazine. If you have a TSD story, community event or person that could be interviewed, let us know. Thank you.Want to find past issues or more information? Please visit us online: www.tsd.state.tx.us/lonestarE-mail: [email protected] South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78704

Table of Contents3 ��Message from the Superintendent4-5 ��Family Weekend Retreat 6 �� TSDFoundation News7-9 �� Graduation 201610 ��Two Brothers Reunited at TSD Graduation11 ��Sean Berdy (Emmett) Visits TSD12 ��Summer Programs 201613 �� DeafTec STEM Camp14-15 �� Deaf Awareness Week: We Are TSD! 16 �� Statewide Conference of Education of the

Deaf and Hard of Hearing 17 ��Communication Skills Workshop18-19 �� Master Plan for TSD20 ��Strategic Planning and CEASD Accreditation21 ��Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano

Becomes Gallaudet’s 10th President21 ��TSD Volleyball: Spike Out XVIII Champions22-23 �� TSD Summer Swim Team

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Lone StarEditor: Avonne Brooker-Rutowski

Art Director: Fernando MuñozContributors:

Claire Bugen, Lisa Crawford, TSD Foundation, Connie Potersnak, Stella Egbert, Avonne Brooker-Rutowski,

Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Russell O.West, Michelle Halvorsen, Twyla Loftin, Chris Hamilton and Nick Bannon.

Special thanks to: Cynthia Foss and Diana Poeppelmeyer.

Photography:Fernando Muñoz, Amelia Hamilton, SportsMX, Nick

Bannon, TSD staff, students and contributors.

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AdministrationClaire Bugen

Superintendent

John A. SerranoDirector of Academic Affairs

Wilmonda McDevittDirector of Student Life

Russell O. WestDirector of Support Operations

Justin WedelChief Financial Officer

Governing BoardEric Hogue,

President

Shawn P. Saladin, Vice President

Angie Wolf, Secretary

Sha CowanRyan Hutchison

Tyran LeeSusan Ridley

David Saunders

J O U R N A L O F T H E T E X A S S C H O O L F O R T H E D E A F

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Front CoverValedictorian Jasi Kennedy, and Salutatorian Braden Hamaker�

TSD Board recognizes TSD Varsity Volleyball team for their accomplishments. (From L-R, top to bottom): Tyran Lee, Claire Bugen, Susan Ridley, Jaelene Etkie, Ryan Hutchinson, Kaci Ketchum, Billie Muñoz, Leila Sicoli, RJ Kaufman, Brooke Sipek, David Saunders, Marlene Etkie, Sha Cowan, Chris Hamilton, Shawn P. Saladin, Eric Hogue, Kameron Kinast, Emma Gunitoli, Ella-Berri Kornkven, Clarissa Cantu, Sunita Schmidjorg, Ashlene Etkie, Elina Rubinshteyn and Mia Upchurch.

2 Lone Star • Summer-Fall 2016

Dear TSD Community,The signs of fall are everywhere---Homecoming 2016 in the record books, Spooky Skedaddle and the Deaf Club Halloween celebrations in the rearview mirror and Thanksgiving is on the horizon. Though pumpkins, scarecrows and turkeys abound Austin’s version of Mother Nature still thinks it’s summer!

The start of a new fall semester is always a good time to look around the campus, take stock of our successes and prepare to head into the New Year. We have had a fall to remember with very successful Deaf Awareness Week events, our Spike-Out Championship win and the Master Plan milestones. It is so gratifying to see that the spirit of creative learning is pervasive as students prepare for the Middle School play “Hansel and Gretel”, showcase their talents at a Halloween bilingual literacy event by sharing the emotions of a favorite character from something they read, or being named to the Chick Tech Austin Class of 2016-17 with peers from local public schools.

I am also excited about the upcoming CEASD Accreditation visit. As we put the final touches on our self-study for accreditation, we look forward to showing our visiting team all the amazing things that happen on this campus. These dedicated individuals serve as peer review volunteers so please be sure to give the team a big Texas welcome. Members of the team include:

Jane Mulholland, Chair

Retired Superintendent and Educational

Consultant

My thanks and congratulations to all the creative teachers, staff and students featured in this issue, and to all of you who engage our students in active learning each day.

Yours very truly,

Claire Bugen

Luanne Barron

Assistant Superintendent,

Kansas School for the Deaf

John Cool

Assistant Administrator,

Iowa School for the Deaf

April McArthur

Elementary Principal &

Bilingual Services Director,

Washington School for the Deaf

Traci Snow

Administrator of Instructional Services, Florida

School for the Deaf and the Blind

Journal of the Texas School for the Deaf 3

By Lisa Crawford

Family Weekend Retreat 2016 was held at TSD and at the St Edward’s University campus during the weekend of June 10-

12, 2016. This annual event for Texas families with deaf and hard of hearing children drew 66 families and over 250 people. The theme was “Bright Futures!” and the weekend focused on how to support our deaf and hard of hearing students so they can reach their highest potential and look forward to bright, successful futures. Families gained support from meeting other families similar to theirs, meeting deaf and hard of hearing adults and children and learning from the presenters and exhibitors. The weekend also provided an opportunity for 29 college students studying Deaf Education and Sign Language Interpreting to receive community service hours in their fields of study.

Camp-like programs for children and teens were offered throughout the weekend with 135 children participating. A special SibShop was also offered to 9-13 year old hearing children with deaf and hard of hearing siblings. Trained and certified SibShop instructors offered this nationally known and respected program. While the children were having fun and getting to know

each other throughout the day, parents and other family members enjoyed keynote presentations and their choice of 20 breakout sessions covering a variety of topics, including a strand of workshops presented in Spanish. There were two keynote presentations on Saturday morning, one presented in Spanish and one presented in English and American Sign Language. Genelle Sanders (Adjunct Professor of Communications at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and an American Sign Language/Interpreting Studies instructor at Del Mar College) shared her life story as a deaf child growing up in a hearing family and the importance of planning for a bright future and communicating with and involving deaf

Family Weekend Retreat 2016:

JUNE 10-12, 2016 • AUSTIN, TEXASBRIGHT FUTURES

Children’s programs at FWR.


children while planning for their future. Nannette Serrano (former parent-infant teacher at the American School for the Deaf and Florida School for the Deaf outreach program, current deaf education elementary teacher and parent of a deaf adult) presented in Spanish on raising a successful Deaf son. Jonathan Leach (Guide By Your Side Deaf/HH Guide, Clinical Coordinator for new wearable technology for the Deaf and ASL instructor) closed the weekend by sharing his personal experiences growing up deaf and emphasizing how he has succeeded in both the hearing and deaf worlds.

This year we also were fortunate to have a wide variety of exhibitors who shared resources with parents. Texas Hands & Voices/Guide By Your Side, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) Deafblind project, Educational Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD) (featuring Family Signs and Shared Reading Program staff), DARS Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Gallaudet University Regional Center – South, Educational Service Center-Region 13, and Dallas Hearing Foundation all provided representatives and information tables during the parent lunch on Saturday. A big thank you to all of them!

Families enjoyed social time in the evenings either at the pool, at the Texas Hands & Voices ice cream social, playing family games, attending our variety show with deaf mime, JJ

Jones and other deaf performers, or just getting to know one another. The weekend offered opportunities for friendships to be formed amongst the children and the adults and it provided unique access for hearing parents to meet and get to know a variety of deaf and hard of hearing adults and children. Family Weekend Retreat strives to offer a comfortable and welcoming environment where families can relax and learn at the same time.

As families left on Sunday morning they exchanged emails and phone numbers to stay in touch with their newly established friends and expressed thanks to the Family Weekend Retreat staff. Here are just a few of the comments shared by families: “Loved it”, “Great experience!”, “Love Love Love Love”, “This retreat is such an amazing connection for parents”, “This was our first time here and it was a total enjoyment. Will be back again.”

We are looking forward to next year (June 9-11, 2017) – please help spread the word!

Special thanks to our TSD staff and supporting partners, Texas Hands & Voices/Guide By Your Side (GBYS) program, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and Education Service Center 13.

Claire Bugen, TSD Superintendent, welcoming parents to FWR16. Kellie Berger, Executive Director of TX Hands & Voices, leading a parent discussion group.

Jennifer Clark hosts an exhibit for Dallas Hearing Foundation. Kellie Berger and Michaela Hamaker (background) talk with parents at the TX Hands & Voices booth.

Parents enjoying an ASL class during FWR 16.


The TSD Foundation held its 10th Annual Diamond Gala on Saturday, May 6, 2016! Around 300 guests enjoyed the Under the Big Top themed event at the Downtown Austin

Hilton. Photographs from the past ten Diamond Galas were featured in a masterpiece of art in the lobby of the ballroom. After viewing the photomontage, guests proceeded into the circus themed ballroom under a bright pink tent! The circus theme continued throughout the ballroom with balloon animal and red and white circus centerpieces. During the cocktail hour, guests enjoyed entertainment by jugglers, magicians, and stilt walkers and had the opportunity to bid on the great silent auction packages!

Masters of Ceremonies for the evening were the always entertaining Jack Busenbark and Eric Hogue. Jack and Eric had fun with magic tricks on the stage and then introduced the chefs. The four-course gourmet meal was prepared by our TSD Culinary Arts students under the direction of Hilton Chef John Alan De Souza. Guests enjoyed each delicious course along with wines chosen by Ste. Michelle Wineries. After the delectable dinner, carnival games, jugglers, stilt walkers and magicians provided extra special entertainment for the guests.

Silent and live auctions as well as our fund-a-need helped the Foundation to greatly exceed our fundraising goals for the 10th Anniversary Diamond Gala.

On Saturday, October 29, 2016 the Foundation hosted the 5th Annual Spooky Skedaddle Halloween Festival! Around 800 guests enjoyed the 1K Fun Run, 4 great Austin food trucks, and over 30 fun and entertaining carnival games! New this year, was the first annual TSDF Car Show, presented by Motostalgia of Austin. We had around thirty cars participate in this inaugural car show. With the help of no rain in the forecast this year, we had a very successful Spooky Skedaddle Festival and Car Show!

We are very appreciative and grateful for the continued generosity of all of our TSD Foundation supporters! With the help of the Diamond Gala and Spooky Skedaddle guests, as well as those of you who are year round supporters, we are able to continue to bring access to language, literacy, and communication to the deaf children of Texas. For more information on the TSD Foundation and how you can get involved in raising funds that support TSD and its students, go to www.tsdfoundation.org or contact Carol Richards, Executive Director, at [email protected]

News!The 10th Annual Diamond Gala, and the 5th Annual Spooky Skedaddle Halloween Festival were a huge success!


By Claire Bugen

Another graduation ceremony is over and I am left with so many images of that afternoon in my

mind. Most memorable, is that every student who crosses that stage has a dif-ferent story that has brought him or her to Texas School for the Deaf.

Each has a friend, or a relative, or a teacher, who understood their need to be part of a greater community of peers where they could LEARN, GROW and BELONG.

Our Salutatorian, Braden Hamaker, set the stage as he reflected on his first day of school in Mr. Serrano’s (now Director of Academic Affairs) classroom. “A deaf teacher,” he commented, “this is the first time I have ever met a deaf teacher.” From there life took off for Braden. He gradually learned sign language, he was a member of the Middle School Math-Counts Team and in High School, the Robotics Team. And so upon reflection Braden says “TSD is more than just an education of me and a lot other people. It is a culture, a family, a way of life.”

Wes Singleton’s Video Production Class provided a tribute to the Seniors in their Wiz Khalifa “See You Again” video. Jasi Kennedy, our Valedictorian, talked to us about “choices”, the easy and the dif-ficult ones, how to strive for “greatness” and she advised us not to depend on others to recognize our greatness, but to believe in ourselves and the power of our dreams. “Imagine yourself as a waterfall,” she said, you hit bumps and rocks but you keep flowing toward your destination.” Jasi received her diploma from her Mom, former Board member and alumnus, Connie Sefcik-Kenne-dy—a reminder of TSD’s rich legacy.

We were honored to have the Honorable Senator Kirk Watson as our commence-ment speaker. He won over the stand-ing room only crowd with his opening comment in sign language, “How about Nyle!” The graduates gave him big hand waves! Senator Watson went on to tell us that Nyle didn’t accept labels and they shouldn’t either. “Labels don’t

tell the whole story---be biased towards taking action and be bold-- take more risks and don’t fear failing because all of us do at some point.” Senator Watson went on to pledge his continuous sup-port to what he called an “icon” of deaf education in this state—TSD.

The presentation of the diplomas had it’s usual fanfare of cheers, air horns and occasional cow bell as families hon-ored their graduates. Tasmanian devils donned the graduation caps and a vari-ety of parting messages were conveyed by the graduates to the crowd.

Jakiya Murphy brought the house down with her beautiful signed rendition of “Stand in the Light” by Jordan Smith while the graduates swayed to the mu-sic. Cue, confetti drop and another graduation goes into the history books.

I leave there each year, tired, but happy. TSD gains 59 new alumni, we all shed a few tears and I get some of the best hugs in my life.

Reflections on Graduation 2016

Salutatorian, Braden Hamaker

Valedictorian, Jasi Kennedy.

Superintendent Claire Bugen and Senator Kirk Watson.


David Alaniz Iris Alaniz Trevaughn Allen Brighton Anderson Alvin Anthony III

Ana Castillo Coronado Hipolito Cima Darius Coleman Brandon Colon Zaid Cruz Charlotten

Christian Gibson David Gomez Brandy Hallman Braden Hamaker § David Hernandez

Jesse Martinez Gregorio Mata, Jr. Lee McDuffie III Kolby McKay § Tãylor Mitchell

Anna Oberrender Julissa Parada Brendan Pena Armando RodriguezShani Resch §

Austin Sliva-Wynne § Joshua Solis Sophia Stein Dalton Taylor Niang Thang

Texas School for the Deaf

Elonzo Arellano Cameron Arrington Jose Barreto Jian Feng Bergeron Chandra Bishop

Mikaela Dennings Mei-Mei Deuschle Soncee Dever Daniel Fonseca Frometa Paul Garanzuay

Serenity Hinestrosa Diara Johnson Jasi Kennedy § Tanner Ketchum Marco Lopez

Leah Moore Kareena Mullins § Jesse Narcizo Christopher Normand Tommy Nouthavykoun

Corintia Rodriguez Connor Rosko Adrian Salazar Salazar Gunita Schmidjorg Keiara Sims

Marleisha Tyler Cody Upchurch, Jr. Miguel Varela Kassandra Villarreal

§ Honor Graduates

Class Colors: Orange & Turquoise

Junior Marshals: Rebecca Giuntoli & Lydia Kopp

Senior Sponsors : Mary Beth Harris, Traci Ketchum

& Michael Winchester

Class of 2016

Two Deaf Brothers Find Each Other Across the Globe

TEXAS

By Avonne Brooker-Rutowski

Who traveled the greatest distance to attend TSD’s 2016 Graduation?

Wu Lei, who flew from China to celebrate with his brother, TSD Graduating Senior Jian Bergeron. But the long journey of these two brothers is more amazing than the distance traveled.

I had a rare and wonderful opportunity to have a conversation with Lei and Jian and couldn’t wait to share this most heartfelt story with you.

Jian grew up in Nanjing, China and attended Nanjing Deaf School with about 300 Deaf students. When he was 14, Jian was adopted and moved to Texas with his new adoptive parents.

Until May of 2015, Jian didn’t even know that he had a brother, much less that he too, was deaf. Lei, on the other hand, being 7 years older than Jian, remembered that he had had a younger brother but Lei was raised as an only child by his parents in Zhenjiang, a city in Jiangsu province in Eastern China. Lei went to school with 50-75 other students who were deaf, blind, and had other disabilities. He had some negative experiences there and he was forced to try and learn to speak.

Unknown to Lei, Jian was attending

the Nanjing School for the Deaf, just a 30-minute train ride away from Zhenjiang. Jian feels that the school gave him a pretty good education. They even had one Deaf teacher! After he moved to Texas, Jian used social media to stay connected to old friends at the school.

Wu Lei had always wanted to find his baby brother and looked for him for years. Finally in May of 2015, Lei located his brother through the friends Jian kept in touch with at the Nanjing school. Through social media, Lei was able to contact Jian. At first Jian had a hard time believing this was really his brother. They talked and talked and then took DNA tests. The results confirmed that they were indeed related!

In October, Jian’s adoptive parents took him to Zhenjiang to meet Lei. Once there, they were also able to make arrangements for Jian to meet

his biological parents. Since Jian had no memory of either his brother or his biological parents, he felt like he was meeting them for the first time. After the trip, the brothers stayed in touch and eventually, the Bergerons arranged for Wu Lei to come to America to visit and he was able to attend Jian’s high school graduation in June. It was a very special celebration for both of them!

Brothers Make The Best Friends!


By Avonne Brooker-Rutowski

Sean Berdy, an actor who portrays Emmett from Switched At Birth was recently in town attending the Austin Film Festival

and asked to visit with Texas School for the Deaf students. As a Deaf actor, Sean has a keen sense of responsibility to inspire young deaf students. Sean’s informal and interactive talk with middle school aged students was a most unusual and motivating experience for our stu-dents. Sean shared his journey as a young actor in Sandlot 2 and how he landed a leading role in Switched At Birth only after first just being offered a role as a guest actor.

Sean shared with the students that often peo-ple dream about being someone else. Dreams are lovely but they are just dreams and do not happen just because we have dreamed them. Making dreams comes true requires that each of us use our own unique talents,

not someone else’s. It is hard work that creates change. Sean said he lost track of the number of his failures and said he had many auditions that lead nowhere. But failures are good teach-ers if you believe in yourself and know that one day your talent will get recognized.

During the visit, a lot of our students asked many questions and Sean answered them all in detail. It was as if our students were just having a conversation with him. One student shared her goal of becoming an author and had already had a story in her mind. Sean shared some tips on what kind of software she could start using when writing a story. This concrete kind of advice this student received was powerful and for other students who had questions, Sean delivered customized, personal advice. After his pep talk, a lot of students circled Sean and to talk about life in general, share deaf school notes, and try out different cool handshakes. All was followed by a lot of hugging and picture taking. It felt as if we had a reunion. The visit was very inspiring for our students and we thank Sean for thinking of us.

For Sean Berdy, the dream may be abstract, but the hard work and perseverance is real.

Sean Berdy (left) with the cast of Switched at Birth. ©Freeform

Emmett from Switched at Birth Visits TSD


We are very proud to announce that Summer Programs 2016 was fun AND successful! Altogether, we had over 250 Deaf and hard of hearing students attend. We wanted to take this opportunity to recognize the collaboration across the TSD departments that made this summer another hit. Transportation, the Health Center, the Business Office, Cafeteria, Security, Ranger Press, Interpreters, the Student Life team, Teachers, Teacher Assistants, Program Supervisors, and plenty more made Summer Programs 2016 a huge success and we thank you all! Here’s a glimpse of our summer programs, written by SND program supervisor, Connie Potersnak and DeafTEC STEM Camp program supervisor, Michelle Halvorsen. If you are interested in sending your child for summer programs, please reach out to [email protected]. We wish you a great school year!

Summer Programs 2016By Connie Potersnak- SND Supervisor

Summer Programs got off to a great start. Our theme this year was “The Art of Cinema” and each class/team was assigned

a different genre. The Elementary team chose Fairy Tales, the Middle School team chose a Western Comedy, one High School class chose Mystery, and the other High School class chose Science Fiction.

The students learned so much about how movies are made and how much work it takes to make a film. Students not only acted in their movie, they helped write the script, make props, choose costumes, and some students even helped with editing with iMovie. They learned that some things are not as they seem when you watch a movie. Middle School and High School students took part in a tour of Austin Studios and were able to see how props are made (rocks are made of foam, building facades are made of foam or cardboard, etc.). All the students had the experience of working with a special F/X make

up artist that showed them how scars, scratches, and burns are made to look real. However, the thing that impressed the students the most was the use of the green screen. All classes had hands-on experience with the green screen and the students were able to see how special backgrounds and scenes are computer generated.

In addition, the students saw a Special F/X show that explained how Science is a big part of what you see in the movies. The presenter explained how they manipulate fire, lift heavy things using pulleys, and make explosions. We also met a trainer who demonstrated how animals are trained for the movies. He even had a trained Macaw!

Finally, the students learned how to create animations with the help of “The Edge of Imagination Station.” All in all, we all had a great time. The students felt like celebrities by getting to ride in a limo and by earning academy awards for their wonderful and creative movies!!

Special Needs campers enjoy an afternoon at Hawaiian Falls.


Michelle Halvorsen- DeafTEC STEM camp supervisor

During the week of June 19-24, TSD hosted the 3rd annual DeafTEC Summer STEM Camp led by Michelle Halvorsen and Sean Moore. Campers from across Texas were engaged in various science, technology, engineering, and mathematics activities as well as labs throughout the fun-filled week. Monday began with a visit from San Antonio’s Geek Bus. Campers learned how to design simple video games and made stop-motion videos. In the evening, the students enjoyed a favorite camp activity - dissecting fetal pigs.

On Tuesday, campers spent the morning designing model homes that would be energy efficient and make use of solar power for warmth. Then, they were off to Corpus Christi for an overnight experience at the Texas State Aquarium. At the aquarium, campers learned about oceanography, ocean animals, and how the aquarium cares for their various animals. Campers were able to interact with and touch stingrays, hermit crabs and small sharks. They then spent the night surrounded by the beautiful ocean creatures.

Wednesday morning began with a beach walk, where campers discovered hermit crabs and lots of jellyfish. Then they enjoyed seeing more of the aquarium and a dolphin show before heading back to TSD. On Wednesday evening, campers were treated to a special event with various STEM professionals and students from the Austin area. Campers asked questions and the panel shared their knowledge, experience and wisdom.

Thursday, we visited two laboratories at the University of Texas. We were able to tour a “clean room” where graduate students design and test computer chips. We also learned about neuroscience and how tiny worms are being used to discover new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

The campers ended their week with a fun day of instruction on the technology of photography from local Deaf photographer Michael Samaripa. Campers learned about the science behind photography and then had some fun using this knowledge to take photos. Throughout this exciting week, campers gained new knowledge of STEM fields and careers, participated in numerous hands-on activities, and walked away with a new appreciation of the many exciting areas of STEM. We are already looking forward to camp next year, which will be hosted at TSD June 18-23, 2017!

By Twyla Loftin

Black History month has long been observed in February of each year with a variety of events, lessons and activities that help students achieve a better understanding of what it was like for African Americans throughout history. Teachers often struggle to find information that specifically relates to Black Deaf Americans, and they long for content to help students better understand various experiences and histories of other Deaf people in America.

Developing this type of unit and content requires much research and background knowledge. It is important to have the right people involved to ensure accuracy and the development of quality content and lessons. Recently, we were able to get the right person to meet these needs. Mr. Tim Albert, who is the President of the National Black Deaf Advocates, was at Texas School for the Deaf for Deaf Awareness Week. Having a person with Mr. Albert’s background, knowledge and experiences available was a gift so while he was here, the online resources team requested that he work with them on their project.

After spending time preparing to be filmed on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Mr. Albert chose key excerpts of this historic address and delivered them in American Sign Language. Once that was complete, Mr. Albert then gave a brief history of the National Black Deaf Advocates group and how it was established in 1982.

It was a great honor getting to work with Mr. Albert and see his passion for developing materials to give students and teachers access to one of the greatest speeches of all time.

The videos and unit materials will soon be available for use. We want to thank Mr. Tim Albert once again for his time and hard work on this project. His life experiences, his knowledge, and his expertise were priceless!

I Have A Dream.

TSD Hosts DeafTEC’s 3rd Annual STEM Camp

Tim Albert, President of the National Black Deaf Advocates.


By Stella Egbert

The second annual Deaf Awareness Week kicked off in a big way on September 19th, bringing the entire school together in the

Auditorium to highlight what TSD means to our Austin Deaf Community and the greater Austin community. Superintendent Claire Bugen and Academic Affairs Director John Serrano both graced the stage welcoming Convo to showcase their Austin Deaf Community video. In another video, we had a chance to see what our community partners on South Congress felt about TSD being part of the neighborhood. We closed the celebration with a video clip crafted by Gary Coats, showing a variety of our TSD students and staff saying, “I am TSD”—embodying and wrapping up the theme for the entire week: We are TSD. This was a start to our hashtag, #WeAreTSD, and it was further highlighted with the artistic piece our high school artists put together portraying what epitomizes

the TSD Deaf community — the eyes and the hands, and Ranger style.

On Tuesday, we had a captioned movie night showing The Jungle Book on a huge movie screen outside our football field, facing the city of Austin at dusk. Families and friends gathered to enjoy watching the movie together while sipping and crunching on snow cones. The idea behind showing a captioned movie or a movie featuring Deaf culture and ASL/English bilingualism is

The story of #WeAreTSD

John Serrano during the Kick-Off of Deaf Awareness Week 2016.

Theo S. was one of the TSD students and CODA children telling their stories through ASL at the Deaf Awareness Week Community Event.

The 3rd Grade Class of Ms. Brown-Thompson and Ms. Kolb at the Deaf Awareness Week Kick-Off.


to bring exposure to the importance of communication and awareness.

For the entire week, students and staff received daily bulletins with thought provoking information inviting reflection on Deaf Space, Deaf Gain, Deaf Ecosystem, Audism, and of course, American Sign Language. The platform for Deaf Space occurred on the following Wednesday, when Support Operations Director Russell West delved into the elements of Deaf Space and introduced a video of our students discussing, in response to our Master Plan proposal, what they would like in their space at TSD. Our Austin Deaf Community and the greater Austin community gathered for this opportunity of learning and reflection.

Our middle and high school students received the gift of having Tim Albert come to talk about cultural competency. Having Mr. Albert at TSD was the highlight of the week—he was truly inspirational and left a mark on our students. Mr. Albert was the first Deaf President of the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee at Rochester Institute of Technology. He was also a board member of Deaf Abused Women’s Network in Washington, DC. Currently, Mr. Albert is the Dean of Students at the Indiana School for the Deaf. With his wide array of experience as a Deaf Black

individual, he was able to impart wisdom and perspective to our students, which is what Deaf Awareness Week also entails: celebrating people who make a difference within our Deaf community.

On Friday, to close the entire week, the TSD community, the Austin Deaf community, and the greater Austin community gathered at Jo’s Coffee, just down the street from the campus. We had a variety of community and school members performing songs, stories, translations, and even had our

youngest TSD students and CODA children gracing the stage with their stories. It was the perfect way to close the week, bringing awareness to our Deaf culture and our TSD community to the greater Austin community.

Tim Albert presenting to students at Lecture Hall.

Families enjoyed the movie“The Jungle Book” at Gamblin Field.

Hudson W. and Mark Holcomb inviting people to get a Jo’s Coffee.

“I love you so much...” (left to right) TSD alumni Julissa Parada, with students Abilene Saucedo, Victoria Moran and Alissa Resch.

Jakiya Murphy performs a Song in ASL.


By Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, ERCOD Director

On July 18th-20th, 697 professionals and parents gathered in San Marcos for the 17th Biennial Statewide Conference

of Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SWCED) The theme was “Igniting the Flame Within: The Pursuit of Student Success.” TSD student, Gabriel Veit, designed the conference logo pictured below.

The Planners and Supporters

The Statewide Conference is one of the largest deaf education conferences in the country and comes together through the collaborative efforts of multiple Host Sponsors including:

• Texas Association of Parents and Educators of the Deaf

• Education Service Centers 4, 11, and 13

• Regional Day School Programs for the Deaf

• Texas School for the Deaf• Office for Deaf and Hard of

Hearing Services, DARS

Each of these groups contributes staff to the planning committee and/or provides workshop speakers, and countless hours of hard work on logistics. TSD alone provided 5 planning committee members and 15 presenters!

Additionally a number of Event Sponsors contributed to the overall success of the conference. They were Crossroads, DeafTEC, Educational Resource Center on Deafness, Texas

Association of the Deaf, Texas Hands & Voices, Connatser Consulting, Inc., and Callier Center for Communication Disorders/UTD. And last but not least, Texas Education Agency and Heights Printing provided additional support.

The Conference

A special Sunday preconference was offered for early birds interested in “Educational and Mental Health Implications of Language Deprivation and Deaf Children” presented by Neil Glickman, Ph.D.. Then the conference officially started on Monday with an opening General Assembly that welcomed all followed by announcements and congratulations to Scholarship winners and Special Recognition and Lifetime Achievement Awards*. This segued into an opening Keynote by Justin Osmond. Justin shared his life story that was the embodiment

of his presentation title, “Don’t Limit Your Challenges ... Challenge Your Limits!” Everyone was inspired, entertained and THANKED as Justin made sure that the audience knew they were instrumental in shaping positive outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing students.

Statewide Conference of Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, San Marcos, TX

David Coco, Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, Windell “Wink” Smith, Rachella Shephard and Mark Holcomb.

Diana Poeppelmeyer from ERCOD, receives the Life Achievement Award.


Conference participants then dispersed, for the next two days to workshops within 10 strands of content focused on:

Administration and Legal Issues

Best Practices

Evaluation

Family and Professional Collaborations

Instructional Technology

Listening and Spoken Language

Low Functioning Deaf/Transition

Multilingual Approaches

Parent-Infant/Preschool

Sign Communication/Interpreting

On the final day, the conference closed with a Keynote presentation by Wink on the topic of “Purposeful Ignition!” Drawing on personal experiences and masterful storytelling, Wink motivated us all to find our purpose and use that ignition to help students find their

own. Everyone left enthralled with his delivery and inspired by his message.

We hope that the conference keynotes, presenters, and networking opportunities will keep the flame ignited in each and every one of us until the next conference in Grapevine, Texas in 2018! Watch for more information on hotel location and program plans in months to come.

Scholarship Awards

• Dorine Cunningham Student Scholarship - Efren Flores

• Gary Curtis Student Scholarship - Juan Garcia

• Sha Cowan Student Scholarship - Alexis Villarreal

• Katherine Neely Student Scholarship - Garret Whitaker

• TAPED Student Scholarship - Oscar De La Torres

• TAPED Teacher Scholarship - Roxanne Zech

Special Recognition Awards

Outstanding Program Supervisor Angela Belding, Brazos River RDSPD

Outstanding Elementary Principal Kristin Bishop, Plano ISD-RDSPD

Outstanding Speech Language Pathologist

Nancy Sinclair, Birdville ISD-RDSPD

Outstanding Teacher of the Deaf Barbara Talamantez, Comal ISD-

RDSPD

Lifetime Achievement Awards

• Sandra Chance - Program Coordinator Northwest Harris County Cooperative for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Connie Ferguson - Program Supervisor, Bryan College Station RDSPD

• Mindy Lacour - Program Supervisor, Humble ISD-RDSPD

• Diana Poeppelmeyer - Outreach Specialist, Texas School for the Deaf

Communication Skills WorkshopsBy Wess Smith

The Communication Skills Workshops continue to be a blast from the past and a leap into the future. This year the focus was STEM and the trend was for

Educational Interpreters, Teachers of the Deaf and LOTE/ASL – Teachers & Parents to have an immersion experience that was informative, innovative, current and game themed. It did not fail to meet the expectations.

For over 25 years Educational Interpreters have been arriving on the TSD campus with an expectation of a Sign Language immersion experience. This year we saw 665 people come

to learn, grow and belong. With activities that improve expressive and receptive communication, and enhance learning of Deaf Culture, participants spent long classroom days engaged in interactive learning.

Evening activities were conducive to professional growth and application of material that was presented during the long days. The fun carried people through with the energy of our teachers and the motivation of the participants.

As always, participants left refueled with a skip in their step and new tools on their belt for working with our Deaf and Hard of Hearing kids across Texas.


Master Plan for TSD Stirs ExcitementBy Russell O.West, Director of Support Operations

In 2015, the 84th Texas Legislature allocated funds to the Texas Facilities Commission (TFC) to conduct a master plan for TSD.

TFC commissioned Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. (PSC) to undertake this exciting project. It was decided that the new Campus Master Plan would build upon the previous 1990s plan as the majority of buildings are structurally sound and TFC has been diligent in completing a number of deferred maintenance projects since assuming responsibility for campus facilities in 2014.

TSD, TFC and PSC have approached this project with great enthusiasm and cautious optimism. The key driving guidelines for developing the new campus master plan were:

Align facilities with the TSD strategic plan

Stakeholder input validated with evidence-based peer data

Improvements based on deaf space design principles

Preserve campus zoning for age proximity and safety

Maximize the impact of facilities on student achievement

Preserve the heritage of the campus architecture and deaf community

Long-term facility value for the citizens of Texas

In the spring of 2016, PSC met with several stakeholder groups including, but not limited to: TSD alumni, staff, and students, Governing Board members, neighborhood associations, City of Austin officials, businesses, and the Texas Historical Commission to solicit input and feedback. Several top concerns and needed improvements surfaced in these meetings, including meeting and flex space, academic learning space, centralizing student service space, residential commons space, DeafSpace Design and accessibility.

In addition, several historic buildings were identified for preservation and maintenance. These were the Heritage building (the oldest on campus - 1925), Clinger Gym (second oldest – 1928), and the two homes that currently house our Outreach Services and our Toddler Learning Center.


What is a DeafSpace Design?“Deaf people inhabit a rich sensory world where vision and touch are a primary means of spatial awareness and orientation. Many use sign language, a visual-kinetic mode of communication and maintain a strong cultural identity built around these sensibilities and shared life experiences. Our built environment, largely constructed by and for hearing individuals, presents a variety of surprising challenges to which deaf people have responded with a particular way of altering their surroundings to fit their unique ways-of-being. This approach is often referred to as DeafSpace.”

(http://www.gallaudet.edu/campus-design/deafspace.html)

DeafSpace Guidelines include five areas of focus:

Spatial orientation/line of sight

Clear visual communication

Circulation and gathering spaces

Attuned to deaf eyes

Reduce reverberation and background noise

Sensory Reach

Space and Proximity

Mobility and

Proximity

Light and Color

Acoustics

The new plan incorporates numerous recommendations and DeafSpace design guidelines. While the plan is complete, its execution depends on further action by the Texas legislature, which will need to appropriate sufficient funding to carry out the plan’s three phases. The estimated construction period would run from 2018 through 2025.

A Snapshot of the 2016 TSD Master PlanPhase 1: A central services building would be constructed to free up academic space in the elementary, middle school and high school to accommodate increasing student enrollment. A new multipurpose/theater facility would replace the current auditorium and accommodate larger group education, meetings, conferences, banquets and theatrical needs. Spaces in the Ford and Pease buildings would be repurposed. Parking and site improvements would be included for the new buildings.

Phase 2: A flex learning/student center would be built next to the multipurpose/theater facility. Consequently, the combination of these two facilities would serve as a common space or hub for the entire campus. Seeger Gym would get additional indoor activity space and dressing room additions. Upgrades and improvements would be made to the athletic fields.

Phase 3: Improvements would be made to zoning areas for student ages by building transitional student (older) housing at the south end of the campus whereas younger students would reside at the north end of the campus. A student learning commons would be added between Lewis and Koen Halls. Repurposing of spaces would be addressed in all academic spaces.

As mentioned above, this exciting campus master plan is dependent on funding by the 85th Texas Legislature Regular Session, which will commence on January 10, 2017. Although recurring themes of financial limitations are emerging for the upcoming session, we remain hopeful and optimistic that funding for the plan will make it into the new state budget.

DeafSpace applied to Office & Work Spaces.

DeafSpace applied to Student Life Spaces.

DeafSpace applied to Academic & Meeting Spaces.


By Claire Bugen, Superintendent

School ImprovementStrategic Planning and the Self-Study for CEASD Accreditation are part of TSD’s landmark school improvement processes. We conduct them together because so many of the guiding principles of each are the same; aligning mission, vision, beliefs and resource to critical issues or goals, doing a thorough internal and external assessment, and developing action plans for school improvement.

Stakeholder InputWe started on these paths in the spring of 2015 and today we are inching closer to our Site Visit scheduled for November 27-30, 2016. We could not have made this journey without your critical input and involvement. It would be virtually impossible to recognize all the people whose “voices” weighed in on this process. Each of you helped us reflect candidly on our strengths and our opportunities for improvement by involving yourselves in our surveys, our Standards review focus groups, our School Community Planning Committee, and our Strategic Goal Teams.

New Five-Year Plan and District Improvement PlanWe have already turned our Strategic Priorities into both a Five-Year Strategic Plan and this current school year’s District Improvement Plan (DIP). While the Five-Year Strategic Plan’s goals and objectives remain a source of guidance and focus, the implementation plans in the DIP delves into the messy work of getting the job done! They include the

resources for implementing the plan; people, time, space, technology and funding.

The ProcessFrom my vantage point of many five-year planning endeavors, I found this one to be richer and more robust in part due to our talented planning consultant, Jeanne Marie Ellis. Her excellent facilitation skills allowed competing voices and priorities to reach consensus in a seemingly effortless manner. Another improvement in our current process is our commitment to review the effectiveness of both the Five-Year Strategic Plan and the District Improvement Plan. The successes and the setbacks in achieving our goals and objectives are just as important as the goal setting process so we are going to work hard in managing the plans.

Assembling the Self-StudyThese past two weeks we have been finalizing the documents for our self-study, which will be submitted to CEASD and the Visiting Team by early November. To be meaningful the self-study should tell a story about who the school is, its students and its community. It should highlight broad and inclusive participation of stakeholders and identify strategic priorities. It must also establish the relationship between the 12 CEASD Standards for accreditation and the school’s mission, vision and programs. Another component involves providing evidence to support the

story we tell about our school and the process we conducted. It will include samples of things that are referenced in the self-study document and involve everything from samples of student work to personnel handbooks. We are also preparing some introductory videos to welcome the team to TSD.

Peer ReviewThe peer review on-site visit scheduled after Thanksgiving is our opportunity to shine. Our review team will be focused on validating our self-study, ensuring there was broad community involvement and assessing our compliance with the 12 Standards for accreditation. We will be focused on the great things we do here every day.

If you have questions about the process or your role in it, please be sure to attend our next Town Hall Meeting and contact any member of the Core Team: John Serrano, Russell West, Twyla Heslop, Diana Poeppelmeyer or myself.

Strategic Planning and CEASD Accreditation

CommunicationAcademic

and Personal Achievement

Staff SupportData-Driven

Decision-Making

Outreach for Maximum Statewide

Impact

Campus and Facilities

Strategic Priorities

TSD Staff, Parents, Students and Community were involved in the Strategic Planning process.


H O M E O F T H E

By Chris Hamilton

On October 7 & 8, 2016, we traveled to Indiana School for the Deaf for the 18th Annual Spike Out Tournament. Six different schools participated -

California School for the Deaf-Fremont, California School for the Deaf-Riverside, Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Wash. DC, Maryland School for the Deaf, Indiana School for the Deaf, and Texas School for the Deaf.

TSD went undefeated in pool play, enabling us to be seeded #1 in bracket play. We opened against Fremont in semifinals and won 2-0 (25-10, 25-15).

We then played against Maryland for the championship. It was a see-saw battle all throughout the match. We took the first set, 25-16 but Maryland won the 2nd set, 21-25. The third and last set, we came away with 15-13, giving us the championship! Congratulations to our girls!

In the past few years, we have always had a strong team and this year is not much different. We lost only 1 starter from last year’s squad. I think our winning edge was that our girls have gained so much more game-playing experience.

Our particular strengths this year are our DEFENSE, our attacking schemes and serving. We defeated Indiana and Maryland with our defense because we were able to deflate their game of power hitting. When they started to dink and roll hits, that’s when our hitting game started to step up a notch.

Following a remarkable Spike-Out Tournament with a tournament title, DeafDigest Sports Editor, Barry Stras-sler, named the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) Rangers DeafDigest Sports’ 2016 Volleyball Team of the Year!

Varsity Volleyball at Spike Out XVIII

By Claire Bugen

Beyond the historic first of being the first female deaf president at Gallaudet University, President Cordano

brings a unique approach to governance to the beloved Kendall Green campus that is near and dear to many of us in the Deaf community. The community, from coast to coast and worldwide has welcomed her warmly. From the perspective of someone actively involved in the Gallaudet search for our 10th President, I am not surprised. Bobbi has an extraordinary passion and once you meet her up close and personal, you understand that very well.

She was not a traditional university presidential candidate. We weren’t looking for one. Bobbi, who is deaf, and the child of deaf parents (both of whom are Gallaudet alumni) came to us with a background in non-profit executive level leadership, a former state assistant attorney general and a co-founder of a nationally regarded charter school for deaf and hard of hearing children. Her message for Gallaudet was powerful and it brought a sense of unity and hope to the campus community.

During the first year of her presidency, she has engaged the Gallaudet community in a series of courageous conversations about things that are critical to Gallaudet, re-defining the bilingual mission, addressing diversity, equity and inclusion, Sixth Street Development and a new Strategic Plan for Gallaudet that builds on our legacy but launches us forward with a new and renewed vision built on the core values of the community.

Bobbi is the right person for the right job and without question she will ensure that future generations of Gallaudet graduates connect, discover and influence the world beyond Gallaudet.

Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano Becomes Gallaudet’s 10th President

Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano (Photo: Zhee Chatmon)

Interim BoT Chair Duane Halliburton, President Cordano, Interim BoT Vice-Chair Claire Bugen and the three past Presidents of Gallaudet, I. King Jordan, Robert Davila and Alan Hurwitz.

(Photo: Amelia Hamilton)


By Nick Bannon

The 2016 TSD Summer Swim Team reached 54 swimmers, K-12, in its 5th summer swim season, which is the largest

ever at TSD!!! The summer swim team just keeps growing in popularity since its humble beginnings back when it first began in 2011 when it had only 7 swimmers. Each year it just grew and grew in numbers.

What might be the reasons for this exponential team growth from 7 swimmers to 54 swimmers? For one, many young elementary age students have been receiving swim instruction through TSD’s PE Swim Instructional Program where they swim on Friday’s throughout the school year. Up to 80% of TSD’s Elementary students are able to swim safely. Secondly, swimmers who are already on the summer swim team are inviting their friends to join the team. Some who are not on the team, come by to watch their friends compete at swim meets, then they say, “I want to do this next summer!” Friends also see the colorful ribbons that their swimmer friends receive for personal best effort and for placing, 1st through 6th place at swim meets. Then they join!!!

The TSD Summer Swim Team includes mostly TSD Elementary, Middle School, High School, and SND students. What makes this a unique program at TSD and the only one like it where

hearing brothers and sisters of TSD students can also swim on the same team. It certainly creates for a great and memorable family experience. The children of TSD staff, whether hearing or deaf, TSD students or non-TSD students, may also join the summer swim team.

Speaking of the TSD Summer Swim Team being a great family experience, all family members are expected to volunteer to assist the team in some way. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, family friends have all helped by doing such things as meet set-up/take-down, helping with getting the swimmers to the ready bench and into their swim lanes for their swim starts at swim meets, setting up the team tents, etc. It has become a great family event, in addition to the swimmers competing.

The 2015 Summer Swim Season was TSD’s best one ever, not just because we had the most swimmers in team history, but because of how well our swimmers have done. Swimmers continuously make their personal best swim times each week from meet to meet and for that they earn a personal best ribbon. Swimmers who place 1st-6th at each swim meet will also receive a ribbon. Swimmers are so proud of themselves they post their ribbons on their bedroom walls and the space gets filled up pretty quickly!!!

TSD Summer Swim Team Swimmers compete in 10 swim meets altogether. TSD hosts up to

Gets Ready for 6th Season in 2017!

TSD Summer Swim Team Makes Big Waves in 5th Summer Season

Holden Ewan displaying his medals.

Proud Xiovan Tomlinson.


4 pre-season swim meets, some of which are Intra-squad meets, which only involve the TSD swimmers competing against one another to set bench mark swim times. It is these swim times that each swimmer improves on as the season progresses. Also during the pre-season, TSD competes with other swimmers from different schools/clubs like San Marcos Academy and the Capitol City Summer Swim League Teams such as the Granada Hills-Western Oaks Summer Swim Club. The pre-season swim meets get the swimmers ready for the 6 regular season meets, which occur on each Saturday from the beginning of May and conclude with a league-wide swim meet in late June.

The TSD Summer Swim Team is a 4-year member of the Capitol City Summer Swim League, which includes neighborhood teams from the Southwest Area of Austin and nearby local towns. Neighborhood teams include: Circle C Seals, South Austin Area Barracudas, Travis Country Sharks, Shady Hollow Sting Rays, Hays Tidal Wave, Belterra Marlins, Granada Hills Western Oaks Dolphins, and TSD Rangers. There is a good chance that many of TSD swimmers and students live in these very same neighborhoods!

The TSD Summer Swim Team was established by current swim coach, Nick Bannon. He saw an opportunity for TSD students after his own two children started out on the Granada Hills Western Oaks (GHWO) Summer Swim Team. He thought that TSD students should also have this opportunity and experience. This is where the TSD-GHWO partnership began and still exists today. During the first year, TSD students were actually GHWO swim team members. Then during the 2nd season for TSD, because the number of TSD swimmers tripled, TSD decided to become its own separate team and practices were held at the TSD swimming pool. TSD still joins the GHWO swim team wherever they go for their swim meets. This upcoming summer, TSD will be expected to host at least one swim meet, which will be our first as a member of the Capitol City Summer Swim League.

In closing, it should be shared that our TSD Summer Swim Team athletes, for the first time in its short team history, have accomplished taking 1st place at the League-Wide Summer Swim Team Championship Meet which is held at large division 1 schools with good swim programs like Texas A&M and the University of Texas. This past summer the championship meet was held at the Texas A&M pool. In previous years, it has been at the Texas Longhorn pool and just might see a return to the UT pool in 2017. Both are world class, jaw-dropping facilities. It is truly an honor to swim in the same waters that US Olympians like Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin swim in.

At the 2015 CCSL Summer Swim Championships, TSD swimmers, Holden Ewan and Xiovan Tomlinson, became the first TSD Swimmers in their age-group to ever claim 1st place overall. Holden took first in Butterfly, Freestyle, and Backstroke. He also set a new championship league record in his age group for the 25 yard Backstroke. Xiovan took first place in the 25 yard Breaststroke. Other TSD swimmers also placed in the top 3 and the top 10, as well. In addition, we

had TSD swimmers, each standing on the 10 starting blocks at the Texas A&M pool, signing the National Anthem at the championship meet. TSD certainly made a community-wide impression at all the summer swim meets and especially at the championship meet with their strong swimming skills and sharing deaf culture/ASL with other swimmers and spectators. Yet, most importantly, the focus remained on swimmers improving their skills and their times. We have had 100% success in this area as each swimmer has posted personal records in each event.

At the end of the summer swim season, the TSD Summer Swim Team hosts an end-of-season awards celebration and each swimmer is recognized for their special attributes, especially what they contribute to the swim team. Each receives a special hand-made wooden swim kickboard trophy with their swimmer characteristic and/or significant accomplishments. Each swimmer contributes to the team in one way or another.

One summer swim team parent, April Vuorijarvi, recently commented on the TSD swim coaches after her daughter experienced being on a swim team for the first time in 2016. She said “The TSD Summer Swim Team coaches are extremely welcoming and forthcoming. My daughter has truly benefited from their warmth, continuous feedback, and positive encouragement. They have also created an environment that is not intimidating, but rather makes the experience feel inviting and fun for my daughter. This has resulted in my daughter’s new love for swimming! And now my daughter has joined a year-round swim club in the local Austin community.”

The TSD Summer Swim Team is coached by Nick Bannon, Kathy Cunningham, and Otis Kellam. The volunteer coordinators are swim team parents, Heidi MacGlaughlin and Lisa Svenningson. If you have any questions about the summer swim team experience, you may ask any of us or any other of the many swim team parents. Hope your son/daughter joins the team in the Summer of 2017!!!

The 2017 Summer Swim Season will begin practices in April and will continue until the end of June. If you are interested in having your son/daughter join the summer swim team, please contact Coach Nick Bannon by email to [email protected].

Texas School for the DeafPerforming Arts Program presents a Middle School Production

Stor y by Brothers Grimm ~ Adapted by Gabi Nocciolino

HanselGretel

&

Gabi Nocciolino, DirectorBrian Cheslik, Co-Director

Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.Friday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 a.m.

R.L. Davis Auditorium

Tickets:$8 Adults

$5 Students/Seniors Free Children under 5

Appropriate for all ages

All performances will bevoice interpreted.

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