"Education is all a matter of building bridges."
- Ralph Ellison, American Author
RSD Building Bridges Newsletter - January 25, 2017
RSD Building Bridges e-Newsletter (BBN): a digest of news and
information for families and friends of Rochester School for the Deaf,
about our school and the Deaf community.
Follow this Web link for a PDF file version of this edition of Building
Bridges. Find past issues in the RSD Web site Media Center.
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Important links, dates, and information:
- January 2017 Lunch Menus
- February 2017 Lunch Menus
- RSD Employment Opportunities: Please not that the position of High
School Teacher, Science was posted recently.
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WHAT'S NEW and UPCOMING?
- NEW! This week's Healthy Nibble: Shyness in a child is often
misunderstood. If you have a Shy Child, then this article should give you
some good information on how you can help him/her overcome shyness.
- NEW! Auditions - Fairy Tale Courtroom, Monday, Jan. 30 and Tuesday,
Jan. 31; 6:30-9 p.m. both days. LBJ Hall 1510 Lab Theater. Both Deaf and
hearing actors are needed. Click here for a show description.
- NEW! King Lear, performed by ASL Master and Iconic Deaf Actor
Patrick A. Graybill, Feb. 4th at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 5th at 2 p.m. Robert F.
Panara Theater, LBJ Hall, RIT/NTID campus. Free admission.
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ONGOING
- Signs for All Spring 2017 Session registration is now open. Click
here for information about RSD students' immediate family member
classes. Registration deadline: March 28th.
- RSD Winter Athletics rosters and game schedules are now available
for Middle School Basketball and Girls and Boys Varsity
Basketball teams. Go Wildcats!
- Regional Center for Independent Living Leadership Academy,
Thursdays, through March 23rd from 2-5 p.m. If you are a person with a
disability, visible or invisible, have experienced a change in lifestyle or
abilities due to aging or injury, or work closely with the disability
community - You are invited! The RCIL Leadership Academy is a
groundbreaking 5 part series of training sessions for members of the
Disability Rights community to learn the leadership skills needed for
community and system outreach, influence and change. Call 585-4426470 or e-mail: [email protected].
- RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center presents: Visual Communication Studies
Faculty Show, January 27 - February 25; opening reception Jan.
27th 4-6 p.m.; Shakespeare in American Deaf History, January 27 March 4; and, (Re)Invention: Art + Innovation + Disability +
Design, January 27 - March 4.
- MCingo 3rd Annual Pre-Superbowl Event, Saturday, February 4th,
Moose Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Rd. Over 50 raffle prizes; over 1000
MCingo prizes. Tickets $20 online by Jan. 27th; $25 at the door. Click
here for details.
- Deaf Women of Rochester (DWR) High Tea Event
Fundraiser, Sunday, February 5th, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at The Mad
Hatter, 176 S. Goodman Street, Rochester. $20 DWR members/$25 nonmembers. RSVP to [email protected] by January 27th.
- RSD Parent-Staff Association monthly meeting, Monday,
February 6, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Westervelt Hall Learning
Resource Center (LRC). The presentation topic will be about the Junior
National Association of the Deaf Chapter at RSD. Chapter co-advisors
Joselina Keister and Gene DiVincenzo and chapter student members will
present about the chapter and its activities. Click here to get the meeting
flyer. Interpreting and childcare will be provided. All RSD parents and staff
are welcome and encouraged to join the monthly PSA meetings. Any
questions, email: [email protected].
- Flying Words Project - Peter Cook and Kenny Lerner - Tribute
Show for Joe Flaherty retiring from Writers and Books, Saturday,
February 11th at 7:30 p.m., Panara Theater, LBJ Hall, RIT/NTID Campus.
Free for students; $5 general public.
- TYKEs: Theatre Young Kids Enjoy at the JCC Hart Theater, 1200
Edgewood Ave, Rochester, presents the following stage shows with ASL
interpretation: Gulliver's Travels - Sat. Feb. 18 at 3:30 p.m.; Goodnight
Moon - Sunday, April 9 at 4:30 p.m.; and, The Great DuBois - Sunday,
June 4 at 4:30 p.m. Click here for show details and secure online ticket
sales.
- ASL Comedy Show with Facebook Stars, March 2-4, Robert F.
Panara Theater at RIT/NTID, LBJ Hall. Go Deaf People United on
Facebook for information on tickets and show dates and times. Proceeds
will benefit Deaf People United.
- Deaf Rochester Film Festival, March 22 - 25, 2017. Entry forms and
film submission guidelines are now available on the DRFF Web site. All
film submissions are due in by January 30th. Jr. Deaf Rochester Film
Festival @ RSD, Thursday, March 23rd. Save the dates!
- Got Skills? Middle School Leadership and Sports Camp, June 24 July 2, 2017, at Gallaudet University. Open to Deaf and hard of hearing
students who are entering 6th-8th grades in the fall of 2017. Only 45
spaces are available and this camp is anticipated to be full by the end of
December so register your child/children today.
- R.O.C. - Rochester Open Captions on Facebook is fast becoming the
leading source for individuals in the Rochester area who prefer having
major motion pictures in commercial movie theaters shown with English
subtitles on-screen, rather than through special caption glasses. Become a
member of this group on Facebook to vote on which movies to show with
open captions and to receive the current schedule of open caption movies.
- To honor the life and volunteer service to RSD of the late Gilman Perkins,
great-grandson of RSD's founders, Gilman and Caroline Perkins, Gil's
children have established The Gilman Perkins Fund for RSD Student
Needs. This fund is intended to help RSD students overcome financial
obstacles that may impede them from achieving academic, social or career
success. Click here to learn more about The Gilman Perkins Fund and
how you and others can contribute to it towards the success of all RSD
students. Thank you.
- The American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC) is constantly seeking
diverse families with Deaf and hard of hearing children and young adults
who are empowered to embrace full access to language-rich ASL and
English environments. Individual and family memberships to ASDC are free
and include: The Endeavor news magazine, information about conferences
for families, free Described and Captioned Media Program membership,
web site and social media channels with links and resources, monthly email blast for members, and more. RSD families who are not yet members
of the ASDC can click here for a free, membership. RSD member families
of ASDC can also use this form to extend your free membership yearly.
Please join or renew today!
- RIT/NTID Outreach Programs for Deaf and hard of hearing youth.
Programs include: Explore Your Future (EYF); techgirlz and techboys;
Health Care Careers Exploration Camp; Math Competition; SpiRIT Writing
Contest; Droids and Drones Camp; and, Digital Arts, Film & Animation
Competition. Click here to express your interest in any or all of these
programs for your middle or high school student.
- RIT Libraries' NTID Reference Librarian Joan Naturale continues
to add topics and resources to her Deaf Studies Archive. Bookmark this
important link to access a deep and broad collection of various guides to
Deaf history and culture, ASL resources, Deaf art and artists, Deaf
technologies, diversity in the Deaf community; interpreter resources and so
much more.
- The Rochester Fire Department has SilentCall
Smoke Detectors available for City of Rochester residents for are Deaf or
hard of hearing. The Shake-Up Kit includes a receiver with vibrator and a
wireless smoke detector and transmitter. Click here for more information
or call 585-428-1362.
- When you #StartWithaSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase
price to Rochester School for the Deaf. Bookmark the
link https://smile.amazon.com/ch/16-0761231 and support RSD
every time you shop.
- If you give to United Way of Greater Rochester consider directing
your gift to support students at Rochester School for the Deaf. The
Designation Number for RSD is 1162. Thank you for your generous and
thoughtful support.
- Deaf Rochy - Your Link to Events in the Deaf Rochester Community!
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