"Through Deaf Eyes"

The PBS documentary - "Through Deaf Eyes" – will air on PBS Channel on March 21st at 9:00 pm. Wendy Brehm and Kelly Doleac are both in one of the short films. They’re stars!! Mark your calendar!

5K Walk/Run

To the Clerc Center community: The Alpha Metro D.C. area chapter of the Phi Kappa Zeta Sorority will be hosting a 5K Walk/Run event on Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m.-noon at Gallaudet. Registration starts at 8 a.m. Proceeds will go to the Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (www.ADWAS.org) in Seattle, Wash., where the nation's first transitional housing project recently opened and is serving deaf/deaf-blind women and their children who are victims of domestic violence/sexual assault. Many Clerc Center employees are Sisters of the Phi Kappa Zeta Sorority of Gallaudet University. For more information and copies of the brochures, please contact Nancy.Walla@gallaudet.edu or janet.weinstock@gallaudet.edu. Thank you very much in advance for your generous support!

KDES Girls Softball Team

Please congratulate all the students for trying-out for the KDES Girls Softball Team. Listed below are the names of the students selected for the team:

Zsameelah Baten

Alexandria Carter

Arjanee Davis

Jade DelaO

Kelly Doleac

Amberlin Hines

Chelsea Korn

Anna Lynch

Lily McNamara

Ariana Myers

Pakia Taylor

Tiffany VanBoxlaere

Stephanie Vazquez

Kaori Vasquez

Shadaye White

LUNCH CORNER - 3/19-3/23

Monday: school closed for students
Tuesday: meatball subs, veggie subs, roasted red potatoes, broccoli
Wednesday: ham and mac/cheese, cheesy mac/cheese, green beans
Thursday: baked chicken in red sauce, grilled vegs, brown rice, sautéed mushrooms
Friday: meat taco, veg taco, rice/beans, corn

Language Planning for Signacy, Literacy, and Oracy Presentation

Language Planning for Signacy, Literacy, and Oracy Presentation will be made by Mr. Stephen Nover, Director of the Center for ASL/English Bilingual Education (CAEBER) on Monday, March 26th, 6-8 pm in KDES Auditorium.

Topic: What Teachers and Parents Need to Know about ASL and English.

Childcare will be provided (drop off at 5:45pm). Please RVSP for childcare by March 21st.

Book Fair

The Book Fair is happening!!!

When: March 12 - 16 and 19 - 21
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: KDES Library

Come and visit the many exciting specially priced books and educational products, including new releases, award-winning titles, children’s classics, interactive software, adult books, and current bestsellers from more than 150 authors. ***** You're all welcome!******

NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS POSTER CONTEST

The Transportation Department is pleased to share wonderful news with KDES community that we received an announcement from the National Association of Pupil Transportation (NAPT) about the winners in the National School Bus Poster Contest.

Our student, Lily McNamara from Team 6/7/8 won 3rd place in the poster contest. She will receive $100 savings bond from the NAPT.

We had several students participating in the drawing poster contest and we chose two winners in October for school wide contest. First place winner was Anthony Steele. The second place winner was Lily McNamara. We sent their posters to the NAPT for the national contest.

The Transportation Department wants to thank Wei Shen, KDES Art Teacher for his continuing assistance and time. He provided students the guidance to create Posters. We also thank the KDES Team Leaders for supporting the contest and to the teachers for encouraging students to participate.

The Transportation Department will sponsor a sundae party for the winners and all students who participated in the poster contest on March 16th. We will present certificates and prizes.

Kim Craig

2007 KDES Tech Fair

The purpose of the Tech Fair is to provide families with deaf children an opportunity to learn about current trends in technology and communication in the classroom, as well as in the home. We will showcase student, teacher and staff technology projects while exhibitors will highlight a wide variety of technologies used by deaf and hard of hearing people such as software, hardware, pagers, and assistive devices.

When: March 22nd, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: Kendall Demonstration Elementary School Gymnasium
Who: Students, Families, Teachers, Staff...all are welcome!

Teachers, Staff, & Students! We need you!
The KDES Tech Fair is a little more than 2 weeks away and we need teachers, staff and students volunteers to show off their technology expertise. Please see Rosemary Stifter about what technology projects you and/or your class can share at the KDES Tech Fair. It will be held in the KDES gymnasium on Thursday, March 22nd from 5 to 7 PM