Spring Break has Arrived! Georgia School for the Deaf • Title I School Weekly Wrap Volume 3, Issue 31 • Week of Monday, March 30, 2015 www.gsdweb.org • www.facebook.com/georgiaschoolforthedeaf! A Look Ahead Mini Solar House Thursday, April 2 • Homegoing • Spring Break begins Sunday, April 12 • Residential students return Monday, April 13 • Classes resume Wednesday, April 15 Environmental Science students are building a solar house as a part of the unit on renewable energy sources. Working on language goals • Pre-k field trip Friday, April 17 • Homegoing Saturday, April 18 • Prom Stephanie discusses Louis Braille’s accomplishments during a powerpoint in Mrs.Gooden’s Middle School class. A Brief History of ASL There is a very good video by Joseph Wheeler of “ASL That” on Youtube. Joseph Wheeler is Deaf and a native speaker of ASL. He has a great channel on Youtube. Check out the video, at: Upcoming Assessments Sunday, April 19 The Georgia Milestone End of Grade Assessments (grades 3-8) will be April 20 to May 1, 2015. Residential students return Students who are prepared, calm, and rested perform better on tests. Here are some of the many ways to help your student approach Georgia Milestones in a relaxed, positive way: •• Encourage your student to employ good study and test-taking skills. These skills include following directions carefully, avoiding careless errors, and reviewing work. •• Explain the purpose of the tests. The assessments give students an opportunity to show what they have learned in school. They also give teachers information that helps them plan instruction. •• Point out that some items may be more difficult than others. •• Be certain your student gets plenty of sleep and has a healthy breakfast and lunch. Taking tests is hard work for many students and can require a lot of energy. •• Be certain your student is at school on time. Rushing and worrying about being late could affect performance on the tests. •• Remember to ask your student about the testing at the end of each day. Georgia Milestone End of Course assessments (for highschool students) will be May 7 –May 18, 2015. More information to come! IF you have any questions about the Georgia Milestones Asessments, please contact Connie Morris at 706-766-7177. Monday, April 20 • Classes resume Friday, April 24 • Homegoing Sunday, April 26 Residential students return Monday, April 27 • Classes resume What can I do to help my student? GSD Students Attend Woodcraft Workshop Over twenty GSD students participated in an afternoon wood craft project over a period of several afternoons. John Johnston of Cave Spring taught the class to both Middle School and High School students. The students built, painted and decorated three legged stools using basic hand tools.The workshop occurs yearly and is paid for by the Alton Holman Heritage Arts organization. The students had a great experience and are proud of their creations. GSD FACES Did you Know? Sign language is a visual language. You probably did! This one is pretty obvious, but it’s important to mention. Sign language is just like spoken language in many ways, but it’s also different. Sign can be very straightforward and formal, but it can also take full advantage of its visual nature for expressive or artistic effect, as shown in the story in this video. Which, when you think about it, doesn’t make sign language all that different after all. For expressive purposes, we can take full advantage of spoken language’s auditory nature. We can also take advantage of facial expressions and gestures when we speak. Everything that would be in an artistic spoken performance—the words, the ordering of clauses, the pauses, the breath intake, the intonation and melody, the stressing or deemphasizing of sounds, the facial and vocal emotion, the body posture and head and hand gestures—come through together in sign language. It looks amazing not because it shows us what sign language can do, but because it shows us what language does. Austin Community College (ACC) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Gallaudet University to be the home of the Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) for the Southwest Region. This region includes Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah. To a video describing ACC’s offerings to Deaf students see the following link: Austin Community College 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd. Austin, Texas 78752-4390 512.223.4ACC(4222) My Favorite Book If you are Hearing, remember to turn off your voice when you sign! It makes a difference!
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