Educating Georgia's Deaf Future
Class of 2022 Valedictorians Rusia Saidi (GSD) and Makayla Smith (AASD) perform the National Anthem in ASL at the Atlanta Braves game on 15 May 2022.
New English Language Arts Curricula will be used in 2022-2023. You can read about the programs and give feedback here: English Language Arts Curricula 2022-2023--English
El nuevo plan de estudios de artes del lenguaje inglés se utilizará en 2022-2023. Puede leer sobre los programas y dar su opinión aquí: Currículo de Artes del Lenguaje Inglés 2022-2023--Español
Congratulations to Loren Frick for being selected as the State Schools Division's Teacher of the Year!
Hello! Exciting news--GSD has purchased for all families a FREE account at SignIt!, an online ASL learning website! Everyone in the family can take free classes (live or recorded), meet with a tutor one-on-one, and many more great options! It is very easy to get an account. You can contact Marie Dickinson by text/phone (706.331.6314), or email (mdickinson@doe.12.ga.us). I strongly encourage all GSD families to get an account and see the great lessons with SignIt! After you sign up, SignIt is free for you to use for one year (renewing after one year is possible).
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) holds an important role in the history of education for Deaf students in America. Gallaudet Day is celebrated each year on his birthday, 10 December. High School students in Julie Burton’s ASL I and ASL II classes, in addition to a few other students, put on a wonderful play this year, telling the story of Gallaudet’s work to establish education for Deaf students. In the play, a statue of Gallaudet (played by Santos Castanon-Gonzalez) “comes alive” to a group of current Gallaudet University students and they discuss how his meeting of a Deaf child, Alice Cogswell, led Gallaudet to travel to Europe, learn about education for Deaf students in France, and return to America with a Deaf teacher, Laurent Clerc, to establish the first permanent school for the Deaf in Harford, Connecticut (the American School for the Deaf). Kudos to all the talented students who worked hard in practices to put on this great show and Julie Burton for her many hours working to make this event happen!
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Congratulations to Loren Frick! He is GSD's Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022! Loren teaches High School Math and runs the GSD Apparel program. Loren does a lot for his students and GSD, which is greatly appreciated. Congrats, Loren, and good luck at the district-level Teacher of the Year competition!
Beginning Sunday, 13 February, masks/face coverings will be optional at GSD. Students and staff can wear masks or can choose not to wear a mask. This applies to school and the dorm. This is the revised policy for the State Schools Division. Masks are still REQUIRED on school buses. Please read the full statement attached below.
A partir del domingo 13 de febrero, las máscaras/cubiertas faciales serán opcionales en GSD. Los estudiantes y el personal pueden usar máscaras o pueden optar por no usar una máscara. Esto se aplica a la escuela y el dormitorio. Esta es la política revisada para la División de Escuelas Estatales. Todavía se REQUIEREN máscaras en los autobuses escolares. Lea la declaración completa adjunta a continuación (la traducción al español se publicará lo antes posible).
Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT)/P-EBT es la transferencia electrónica de beneficios pandémica (P-EBT)
We have good news for GSD families!
The Department of Human Services Division of Family and Children Services in collaboration with Georgia State University is issuing P-EBT benefits to families identified as eligible during the 2020-2021 school term. P-EBT is the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT). This is a program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which aids families with children who temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to school closures, or the reduction of school hours, or attendance capacity, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This benefit will provide extra help to families who normally receive free school meals through participation in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. All families of GSD students are eligible.
How it works:
Each family from the Georgia School for the Deaf will be issued a total of $95.48 which will be distributed via EBT cards, beginning in mid-December.
For more information, please visit the DFCS webpage. You may also email ajohnson@doe.k12.ga.us or call Andrea Johnson, School Nutrition Director, at 404-558-3857 with any questions.
¡Tenemos buenas noticias para las familias de GSD!
La División de Servicios para Familias y Niños del Departamento de Servicios Humanos, en colaboración con la Universidad Estatal de Georgia, está emitiendo beneficios P-EBT a las familias identificadas como elegibles durante el período escolar 2020-2021. P-EBT es la transferencia electrónica de beneficios pandémica (P-EBT). Este es un programa autorizado por la Ley de Respuesta al Coronavirus de Families First (FFCRA), que ayuda a las familias con niños que temporalmente perdieron el acceso a comidas escolares gratuitas o de precio reducido debido al cierre de escuelas, o la reducción del horario escolar o la capacidad de asistencia, debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. Este beneficio brindará ayuda adicional a las familias que normalmente reciben comidas escolares gratuitas a través de la participación en el Programa Nacional de Almuerzos Escolares y los Programas de Desayunos Escolares. Todas las familias de los estudiantes de GSD son elegibles.
Cómo funciona:
Todas las familias de la Escuela para Sordos de Georgia (GSD) recibirán un total de $ 95.48 que se distribuirán a través de tarjetas EBT, a partir de mediados de diciembre.
Para obtener más información, visite la página web de DFCS https://dfcs.georgia.gov/pandemic-electronic-benefit-transfer. También puede enviar un correo electrónico a ajohnson@doe.k12.ga.us o llamar a Andrea Johnson, Directora de Nutrición Escolar, al 404-558-3857 si tiene alguna pregunta.
