Parent To Parent Of Georgia September Schedule Attached
Georgia School for the Deaf • Title I School
Weekly Wrap
Volume 2, Issue 6 • Week of Monday, September 9, 2013
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A Look Ahead
Saturday, September 14
• FOOTBALL: Away, Louisiana
School for the Deaf, Baton
Rouge; 4 p.m. CST
• Volleyball: Away, Coosa
Spike-Out, Shorter University,
Rome, Ga., Full schedule
posted on school website
Sunday, September 15
• Transportation Day:
Residential students return to
campus
Monday, September 16
• Intermediate ASL Class,
5:30-7:30 p.m., Kennard
Auditorium
Tuesday, September 17
• Digital Media & Design
meeting: 4 p.m., Library, 8th12th graders
• Basic ASL Class, 5:30-7:30
p.m., Kennard Auditorium
Friday, September 20
• Homegoing
•Volunteer Weekend: Begins
@ 1:30 p.m.
•Silent Dinner: La Cabaña @
6:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 21
•Volunteer Weekend: Begins
@ 9 a.m.
• FOOTBALL: HOME, Van
Cott Stadium, E. North
Carolina & North Carolina
Schools for the Deaf, 2 p.m.
ASL Classes In Georgia
The 2013-14 school year has started, and new learning opportunites are now
available to those parents and family members that wish to learn or improve
upon their American Sign Language skills. Different organizations across the
state offer opportunities to learn throughout the year. Two opportunities to
learn ASL are featured in this newsletter.
Area Classes Offered By AASD
Register for Rockdale, Dekalb, Bibb County locations
Atlanta Area School for the Deaf is offering community sign language
classes at three different locations. The cost is $50 per person for AASD/GA
PINES/local school system families with deaf/hard of hearing children. The
cost is $100 per person for community members and anyone who is not a
family member of a deaf/hard of hearing child.
For more details about the class, visit www.gsdweb.org or contact Dona
Harris, Social Worker at AASD (890 North Indian Creek Drive Clarkston,
GA 30021) at 404-298-3613 (Voice), 404-299-4485 (fax) or doharris@doe.
k12.ga.us (e-mail).
Schedule for Fall 2013
Atlanta Area
School for the
Deaf
(Dekalb County)
890 N. Indian Creek Dr.
Clarkston, GA 30021
Beginners &
Intermediate
When: (Mondays)
Sept. 16 – Nov. 12, 2013
@ 6-8 p.m.
No Class: Oct. 14
Peachtree
Academy
(Rockdale County)
1801 Ellington Road
Conyers, GA 30013
Georgia Academy
for the Blind
(Bibb County)
2895 Vineville Avenue
Macon, GA 31204
When: (Tuesdays)
Sept. 17 – Nov. 6, 2013
@ 6-8 p.m.
No class: Oct. 15
When: (Tuesdays)
Sept. 17 – Nov. 6, 2013
@ 6-8 p.m.
No class: Oct. 15
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ASL Classes In Kennesaw
Cobb County
Terri Jackson, ASL instructor at KPRD and Deaf, herself, will
be teaching both ASL I and ASL II classes in Kennesaw. Both
classes take place at Kennesaw Parks and Recreation Authority
(2753 Watts Drive, Kennesaw, GA 30144). Students will need to
purchase a copy of “A Basic Course in American Sign Language”,
2nd edition (ISBN: 0932666426, spiral-bound soft-cover). Register
online at www.kennesaw-ga.gov/pkrec or call the office at 770422-9714.
American Sign Language I
When: Oct. 1-Nov. 19, 2013, Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Fee: $55 for Kennesaw residents; $70 for non-Kennesaw residents
This basic course is designed to interest the student in deafness,
its language and culture; and to develop receptive and expressive
skills of using fingerspelling, basic signs, facial expressions and
body language in American Sign Language (ASL).
ASL Classes at GSD
GSD’s on-campus ASL classes are
currenlty under way. If you would
like to join, please contact our staff
interpreter Dean Evans at devans@
doe.k12.ga.us or 706-777-2328.
American Sign Language II (Ages 14 & up)
When: Sept. 9 -Oct. 28, 2013, Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Fee: $55 for Kennesaw residents and $70 for non-Kennesaw
residents
Prerequisite: Students must have completed ASL 1 or have a
knowledge of the manual alphabets, numbers, basic signs and basic
sentence structures.
To learn more about ASL opportunities
in your area, contact GACHI. This
Students will build on their basic knowledge of ASL by learning
organization maintains an up-to-date list of
additional vocabulary signs, phrases, sentence structures and
ASL classes available across the state. Their
more about the Deaf culture; as well as improving receptive skills main office can be reached at either 404by signing with others without using voices.
292-5312 or 404-299-3642.
More Resources
Volunteer Weekend @ GSD
When: Friday, Sept. 20 & Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013
Time: Friday, 1:30-5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-Noon
Focus: The presentation at the fronts of the following buildings: Kennard,
Dillard, cafeteria and dorms as well as the entrance of the school. Windows
and sidewalks will be cleaned, shrubbery, trees, and flowerbeds maintained.
Tools will not be provided. Please bring the following if you have them:
rakes, hoes, trash bags, pruners, loppers, edgers, buckets, window cleaner,
cleaning cloths, weedeaters, waterhoses and pressure washers.
It is REQUIRED that you contact Katherine Kennedy for planning purposes.
The deadline is Wed., Sept. 18, 2013. She can be reached at 912-486-0923 or
[email protected].
All
participants
will receive
FREE
admission
to Saturday’s
(9-2113) home
football
game!
• Houston
• Jones
• Wilkinson
• Macon
• Crawford
• Bibb
• Jones
• Baldwin
• Washington
• Laurens
If you live
in the following
counties, we hope
to see you there:
Would You Like To See A Region Meeting In Your Area?
Contact Katherine Kennedy With Your Request. Contact Information Listed Above.
Purpose: To update parents on the GSD school
year, invite parent input of school documents
such as the School Improvement Plan, share
resources, and address parent concerns
This meeting is open to the public.
GSD parents and family members, educators
and their administrators are encouraged to attend.
RSVP: Please contact Katherine Kennedy by
Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, if you plan to attend. She
can be reached by cell/text at 912-486-0923 or
by e-mail at [email protected].
Where: Centerville Library (Houston County)
206 Gunn Road, Centerville, Ga.
478-953-4500
When: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 @ 6 p.m.
Region Meeting
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232 Perry Farm Road SW,
Cave Spring, GA 30124
706-777-2200 800-497-3371
866-761-5762 (VP)
Georgia School for the Deaf
All GSD students will graduate
with a positive Deaf identity as bilinguals
in American Sign Language
and English, and will be prepared
to make successful life choices.
Mission Statement
Eligible deaf or hard-of-hearing students,
ages 3-21, may attend GSD at no cost
to parents/guardians. To attend GSD,
you MUST be a legal resident of Georgia.
The state’s only public residential
school for the Deaf
Georgia School
for the Deaf
Training Schedule
for September 2013
Supporting Georgia Families of Children with Disabilities
For further info, visit p2pga.org
or call 1-800-229-2038.
Parent to Parent (P2P) is Georgia’s Parent Training and Information
Center and Family to Family Health Information Center. We
provide training throughout the state to help families become better
advocates for their children. The following events are scheduled for
the month of September.
Georgia Medicaid Basics and Home &
Community Based Services
7 – 9 p.m.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Roswell/Fulton County
What A Great IDEA! A Brief Overview of
Special Education for Parents and Families
7 – 9 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Locust Grove/Henry County
I Can Do That! A Brief Overview of
Assistive Technology for Parents and
Families
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Macon/Bibb County
What A Great IDEA! A Brief Overview of
Special Education for Parents and Families
6 – 8 p.m.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Evans/Columbia County
The Big IDEA! What’s the Big IDEA Behind
Inclusion?
10 a.m. – Noon
Monday, September 23, 2013
Atlanta/Dekalb County
I Can Do That! A Brief Overview of
Assistive Technology for Parents and
Families
10 – 10:45 a.m. and repeated from 11 – 11:45 a.m.
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Calhoun/Gordon County
Georgia Medicaid Basics and Home &
Community Based Services
7 – 9 p.m.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Newnan/Coweta County
What A Great IDEA! A Brief Overview of
Special Education for Parents and Families
2 – 4 p.m.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Peachtree City/Fayette County
What A Great IDEA! A Brief Overview of
Special Education for Parents and Families
10 a.m. – Noon
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Cairo/Grady County
Parent to Parent of Georgia provides a wide array of
services to help parents advocate for their children
with disabilities. If you have questions about your
child's special education services, call us at 800-2292038 or visit us at www.p2pga.org
Where Do We Go From Here? Preparing
for Transition from High School
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Hartwell/Hart County
Parent to Parent of Georgia is the Parent Training and
Information Center (PTI)
for Georgia, funded by the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Special Education Programs.
Webinar – P2P of Georgia’s NEW Online Database and
Roadmap to Success