 Programs
22 families will enroll in the Shared Reading Program and receive tutoring designed to improve parent/child communication and pre-literacy/literacy skills in ASL. Each family will receive 15 weeks instruction in their home by qualified tutors. Each week’s session will be one full hour. Children in the program will be aged from birth through 9 years.
Shared Reading Poster
22 -24 middle school deaf and hard of hearing students will participate in a hands-on, after school environmental studies program. The program, based on the “Kids for Saving Earth” and Michigan State University standards-based curricula will focus on urban environmental issues. The Environmental Studies Workshop (which may become known as “Conservation Camp” in promotional materials), will run for 4 hours per week for 8 weeks. In that time students will have the opportunity to research issues that impact their daily lives such as air and water quality, recycling and local conservation efforts. They will work in teams to create projects for presentation to the school and their families. Completed work will be featured on their own web page at kidsforsavingearth.org and have the option of being entered in Gallaudet University’s “Going Green” essay and art contest for 2009. This program is designed to increase students communication, language, reading and general knowledge skills. Students in the program will be aged 10 through 15 years.
Sign language classes will start Tuesday, October 13, 2009. These classes are free for parents, family members, and community members. The classes meet every Tuesday 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Call the school for more information.
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