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ASD in the News
Posted Thursday, Apr 25, 2013
Kristin Feldman has been selected to play for USA basketball Deaf Olympic this summer in Sofia, Bulgaria. Kristin has been working at the American School for the Deaf for past 8 years. In addition, she had been the assistant coach for ASD girls basketball team for the past four years. Kristin is an excellent role model for the students as a whole and the girls' basketball team considers her someone to look up to and aspire to be like.
Posted Monday, Apr 22, 2013
Posted Tuesday, Apr 9, 2013
Work has started to rebuild the Isola Bella Tower. We would like to thank all of our generous donors who have made this renovation possible especially the Twin Lakes Association.
Posted Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Due to the weather, ASD will open at 10:15am today.
Posted Monday, Mar 18, 2013
Congraulations to Oscar Tejada and Tanasia LaFrazier!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2013 DeafDigest Sports Boys’ All-American basketball team
Alabama – Eddie Thomas
American – Oscar Tejada
Atlanta Area – Jesus Ontiveros
Colorado – Jaob Gilbreth
Delaware – Quinton Ferrell
Eastern North Carolina – Dreqwaun White
Fremont – Trace Martin
Illinois – Jamal Garner
Iowa – John Isaacson
Kentucky – Dillon Maynard
Learning Center – Matthew Velez
Lexington – Jesse Grossman
Louisiana – Anthony Johnson
Maryland – Mohamed Kamara
Minnesota – Sammy Ellenbecker
Missouri – Kijuan Monroe
Model – Dalton Arnes
New Jersey – Fuquan Howard
New York – Dennis Williams
North Carolina – Cody Hollar
Ohio – Andrew Gander
Pennsylvania – Mark Gonzalez
Phoenix – Eric Blount
Rochester – Chris Mitchell
South Carolina – Fernandez Johnson
St Mary’s – Dustin Robinson
Tennessee – Ethan Swafford
Texas – Dalton Etkie
West Virginia – Patrick Epperly
Wisconsin – Lennon Morrissey
Boys’ Team of the Year – Texas School for the Deaf
Boys’ Player of the Year – Matthew Velez, Learning Center for Deaf
2013 DeafDigest Sports Girls’ All-American basketball team
Alabama – Tuesdae Dunklin
American – Tanasia LaFrazier
Arizona – Juliana Apfel
Atlanta Area – Jaquisha New
Colorado – Skylar Sypher
Delaware – Ashley Pabon
Eastern North Carolina – Shaqwanna Green
Florida – Shua Clay
Fremont – Darriyan Thomas
Iowa – Johanna Scherling
Learning Center – Ashley Kingston
Lexington – Alexis McLeod
Louisiana – Alexia Powell
Maryland – Tessa Lewis
Michigan – Jennifer Wickman
Minnesota – Tabitha Anderson
Mississippi – Kylisha Cathey
Missouri – Andrea Crouch
New Jersey – Elvira Kabanova
New Mexico – Rosina Garcia
Pennsylvania – Gixa Rodriguez
Phoenix – Johanna Parades
Rochester – Brianna DiGiovanni
South Carolina – Kia Smith
St Mary’s – Shakenya Ward-Brassell
Texas – Kylene Etkie
Washington – Daniela Chavez
Wisconsin – Kori Koss
Girls’ Team of the Year – Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
Girls’ Team of the Year – California School for the Deaf at Fremont
Girls’ Player of the Year – Darriyan Thomas, California School for the Deaf at Fremont
Posted Friday, Mar 15, 2013
On Tuesday, March 12th ASD students visited the CT Science Center to visit the Journey of You exhibit. There were many different stations for the students to see their fingerprints, compare themselves to others, and view themselves as they age if they don't eat healthy or if they smoke! We had plenty of time to visit the other exhibits too and we had fun with the "mind challenge!" Robby especially enjoyed the "build your own bike" station. A great time was had by all!
Posted Friday, Mar 8, 2013
Friday March 8, 2013
School closed, please call school to arrange pickup of students.
860-570-2300
Other transportation issues tbd
Posted Friday, Mar 8, 2013
Spring 2013 Registration: March 8 to April 12
More information and registration can be found here.
Posted Thursday, Feb 14, 2013
Posted Sunday, Feb 10, 2013
ASD is closed Monday, February 11, 2013.
Posted Friday, Feb 8, 2013
Due to the Blizzard Warning in Connecticut, ASD is closed Friday, February 8, 2013.
Any changes or futher information will be posted here.
Posted Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013
Spring 2013 - Youth Sign Language Class Registration is now open
More information and registration can be found here.
Posted Monday, Jan 14, 2013
Posted Thursday, Jan 10, 2013
Spring 2013 - Adult Sign Language Class Registration is now open
More information and registration can be found here.
Posted Thursday, Dec 6, 2012
Searching for just the right holiday gift for a friend or loved one? Adult American Sign Language classes are a great holiday gift for those hard to buy for people on your list and it is easy too. Just follow the link below and register your friend or loved one for any upcoming Adult Sign Language class. Please note this offer ends January 3, 2013 so hurry up and take advantage of this unique gift opportunity.
Click here to learn more about Adult Sign Language Classes
Posted Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012
December 6th was an extremely special day for our students in the elementary school. The WestFarms Management team invited our students to visit WestFarms for a very special event with Signing Santa and a sneak peak at IceAge 2 (with interpreter instead of captions). Each student had a chance to visit and tell (sign) Santa their wish list and photo, get their faces painted, special lunch and do some arts and crafts. It was an amazing experience and what a wonderful gift from WestFarms. At the end of their visit, they each received a special backpack and certificate and each will receive their very own DVD when it is released on December 11. Thank you to Signing Santa who spent the rest of the day (until 8:00 p.m.) with other deaf children who visited WestFarms on this special Signing Santa day!
Click the links below to see this story on Better Connecticut and NECN.
http://www.wfsb.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8024914
http://www.necn.com/pages/video?PID=kL9KbWe686_XJVGPlOjgYcvIOp5N3K_O
Posted Thursday, Nov 29, 2012
Congratulations to Ymarc Ancheta who has been selected as the Individual winner of the Every Day is a Green Day Contest! Thank you for your participation and submission of a great "Green" video! Ymarc is in Bob Nitko's video class.
Ymarc will receive a iPad 3, 16 GB with Wifi - Congratulations to Ymarc!!
Congratulations again!
Jamie Perkins
Manager - Media and e-Business Solutions
ebm-papst Inc.
Posted Thursday, Nov 29, 2012
The National Theatre of the Deaf presents A Child's Christmas in Wales - Past & Presents at the Ivoryton Playhouse December 6th - 16th.
For more information CLICK.
Posted Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012
If star power can help a cause, the American School for the Deaf is off to a good start when it comes to raising money for its new building project at its West Hartford campus.
Headed by honorary chair, Liam McGee, board chair, president and CEO of The Hartford, the school’s Foundations for the Future Campaign is seeking to raise millions to help offset costs for the new project that will mean a new school building and additional services for hearing impaired students.
“The American School for the Deaf is a great asset that does wonderful work,” said McGee, who hosted the reception at The Hartford for a select group of guests that included Farmington Bank chairman, president, CEO and campaign chair John Patrick, Cigna president David Cordani, Attorney General George Jepsen, First Lady Cathy Malloy, Douglas Hyland of the New Britain Museum of American Art and Jennifer Holmes of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
“The school is a wonderful part of our community,” he said noting the location where The Hartford building is located now, was the original site of the 200-year-old school. The site is marked by the “Alice” statue, a rendering of the school’s first student, Alice Cogswell, who was the daughter of Mason Fitch Cogswell, one of the school founders.
Special guest at the reception hosted by McGee was Rebecca “Bex” Freund, great-granddaughter of the famed, late G. Fox & Co. head, Beatrice Fox Auerbach, who was on the school board of directors.
“I’m a little bit nervous about speaking at this,” said Freund, who is deaf and uses a translator. “But I think my great-grandmother would be very proud,” added Freund, whose grandmother, Georgette Koopman and her mother, Beatrice “Trice” Fox Koopman also served on the ASD board.
The building plan calls for razing the stately, brick Galludet Hall, sorely in need of expensive renovations that make saving the building prohibitive.
But the bricks will go on.
The school’s Executive Director Edward Peltier said staff, alumni and supporters are talking about different ways to repurpose the bricks so they are still part of the new look on the campus.
Posted Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012
The American School for the Deaf soccer team won the New England School for the Deaf Tournament against The Learning Center. Christopher Ramaza scored in the last ten seconds to tie the game 3-3. There were two overtimes and ASD won in penalty shots for a 4-3 victory. Curtis Hayward, head coach, was very proud of his team who fought hard and did not quit. The season ended with a record of 5-7-1.
Posted Monday, Oct 29, 2012
Due to the weather from Hurricane Sandy, ASD will be closed Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Any changes or futher information will be posted here.
Posted Sunday, Oct 28, 2012
Due to the impending storms, ASD will be closed Monday, October 29, 2012. Information will be posted on this website and communicated to Administrative staff as it becomes available. Click Here to visit the Emergency/Weather blog Sign up for "Alerts" to receive email alerts when the page is updated. We hope that your families are all safe throughout the storms.
Posted Friday, Oct 26, 2012
On Wednesday, October 3rd, several High School English classes and their teachers visited Trinity College to witness the creation of a sand mandala by the nuns of the Keydong Monastery in Tibet. The Keydong nuns are among the first Tibetan women monastics to learn this sacred art practice. The mandala took one month to create and was made with colored sand which the nuns brought from Nepal. The nuns collect nuggets of white marble that they crush, wash, and dry in the sun. The sand is divided and dyed in five colors-red, blue, yellow, green, and white-representing the five "Buddha families," which contain multiple levels of meaning. Students watched as the women worked on the mandala and then had the opportunity to try some of the tools that are used. They were also invited to sit in the meditation area with some of the nuns and to make prayer flags. Students learned that once the mandala is complete, it is dismantled, scooped up into jars and dispersed into the Connecticut River. This symbolizes the Buddhist belief in the impermanence of life. The students asked many good questions and learned about Buddhist belief and practice. This tied into their unit of study on how our beliefs influence our actions. Many students then made their own mandalas when they returned back to ASD. Teachers who also participated were Gail McCormack, Cindy Lindenberger, Donna Wilson, Anna Andrews. Picture
Posted Friday, Oct 26, 2012
The weather was spectacular for an outstanding Homecoming last Saturday, October 20th. On Friday night, ASD hosted 50 alumni at Isola Bella for a nice social event. There was also an opportunity to speak with a small group of alums about the new building, the proposed demolition of Gallaudet Hall etc.
In addition to the annual parade of classes, there were sports events with soccer and volleyball (very exciting triumphs for both teams); the boys soccer team played their consolation round against Fanwood in the Metro Tournament and ended in a shoot out with a total of three rounds of five shooting out for third place! ASD won on the very last kick!!
Posted Friday, Oct 26, 2012
Parent Chris Winebarger called ASD and asked if there was a chance LifeStar could visit on one of their educational "explorations" and it was overwhelmingly received. Chris' two children, Dylan and Gabby Levesque attend the school and were delighted to see their Dad land on our soccer field Thursday morning. Chris, a flight nurse and fluid signer, welcomed all the ASD students onto the field (after securing the helicopter) for questions and a chance to see the inside of the helicopter. Many of our students asked great questions of the pilot and of Chris...like how much does it cost to run the helicopter and how serious are the injuries or which hospital do they take the patients to?
We are very appreciative for this opportunity and thank Chris and the entire flight crew for making a stop at ASD!
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Posted Thursday, Oct 4, 2012
Hartford Symphony Visits ASD
The Instrument Zoo from the Hartford Symphony Orchestra paid us a visit on October 20. It was funded by mini grant from the Communication Department. The Instrument Zoos gives students opportunities to discover the mechanics and sounds of the instruments of the orchestra in a hands-on musical laboratory. There were two sessions for the elementary students and another session for the high school students. Thanks to Alyssa Pecorino for handling all the scheduling and all the staff and high school students who helped out. The Hartford Symphony's Education Department sent Arlene Blum a note after this visit: On behalf of the Education Department and the entire Hartford Symphony Orchestra, I am writing to say thank you for allowing us to be part of the students' experience at ASD today! For the short time that we were there, it was an absolutely fantastic experience to see the students so interested and engaged. Also, my colleague, Sarah, and I both commented on the culture of care and camaraderie we saw among the students and staff. From the help of high school students to the affection shown to staff members, the caring nature of the community was completely evident. By all means, please feel free to share these words of thanks and praise with students and staff alike. Once again, thank you so much for allowing the HSO to visit and share with the community at ASD. I can say that I was personally moved and inspired, and it was the perfect way to start the day. Best regards, Jeff Martin -- Jeffrey L. Martin Director of Community Engagement & Education Hartford Symphony Orchestra jmartin@hartfordsymphony.org (860) 246-8742, ext. 308 | |
