Congratulations to the Winners of “Marie Jean Philip ASL Poetry, Storytelling and Deaf Art Competition”!!

Kindergarten: (signed their names and picked one hand shape of number.)
1. Taylor Sumes
2. Jalen Whitehurst
3. Lera Walkup

ASL Poetry

Ages 8 and under: Ages 9-12:

1. Gabriel Veit 1. Juwan Blackwell 1. Diamante Brooks
2. Celso Martinez 2. Julia Constantopoulos
3. Diana Mendez-Leon 3. Ronald Washington

Ages 13-18:

1. Arjanee Davis
2. Amanda Roberts

ASL Letter Art (A-Z/1-5)

Ages 8 and under:

1. Eliyas Assefa 1. Yesenia Garcia
2. Ksenia Markel 2. Sohnae McCray

Ages 9-12:

1. Chanice Coles 1. Jason Cruz
2. Elisha Spinosi 2. Jonathan Guzman
3. Kelly Doleac

Ages 13-18:

1. Edward Berke
2. Amberlin Hines
3. Tanea Brown

ASL Storytelling

Ages 8 and under:

1. Liora Selzer

Ages 9-12:

1. Mauricio Orozco 1. Malita Bailey
2. Zeke Martinez 2. Justyce Abbott
3. Emmanuel Njoku

Deaf Art

Ages 8 and under:

1. Noah Spinosi 1. Miguel Brehm

Ages 9-12

1. Wendy Brehm
2. Bridget Berrigan
3. Michaela Swain
Ages 13-18:

1. Lily McNamara

Library Corner

LIBRARY CORNER

The Adaptive Services Division and the Children’s Division of the D.C. Public Library present “Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” in American Sign Language with ASL Storyteller Khadijat (Kubby) Rashid.

DATE: Saturday, February 9, 2008; 10:00 am to 11:00 am

WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW
Children’s Division, Room 200, Second Floor

Voice Interpreters will be present for people who do not know sign language. Books will be projected on a screen, page-by-page, as the story is told.

For more information, call Adaptive Services Division (202) 727-2142 or (202) 727-2255 TTY; Children’s Division (202) 727-1248 Voice; or email Janice Rosen, Librarian to the Deaf Community: library_deaf_dc@yahoo.com

Athletics News

Girls Basketball:

Away game vs Montrose Christian on 1/25.
Result: KDES 23 MC 25

Home game vs MSD – Frederick on 1/29 at 4:30 pm
Away game vs Queen Anne on 1/31 at 4:00 pm

Boys Basketball:

Away game vs Montrose Christian on 1/25.
Result: KDES 18 MC 54

Home game vs MSD-Frederick on 1/29 at 5:30 pm
Away game vs Queen Anne on 1/31 at 5:00 pm

Lunch menu for this week

Monday: pasta bar/meat sauce, peas/mushrooms, garlic bread
Tuesday: chicken pot pie, veg pot pie, pasta, broccoli
Wednesday: beef/mac, cheese mac, carrots, garlic bread
Thursday: cheesburgers, veg burgers, french fries, steamed cauliflower
Friday: pizza, stuffed pizza, crinkle cut fries, stewed zucchini

New Announcements

For teachers and aides: On any field-trip day, please check the cafeteria for requested lunch bag boxes between 8:00 to 8:30 am. If you don’t see them in the cafeteria, please let Ruth Innes know immediately. She will then contact Bon Appetit. Please do not wait until a few minutes before the departure time to let Ruth know.
Thanks.

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The Team 6/7/8’s Student Body Government (SBG) will host spirit week on Monday, January 28 through Friday, February 1. This event is for the Team 6/7/8 students only this year. Here’s a schedule for a special theme on each day:

Tuesday, Jan 29: Blue and Yellow (KDES) Day
Wednesday, Jan 30: Hair Day (no color hairspray)
Thursday, Jan 31: Sports Jersey Day
Friday, February 1: Wacky Day (no face paint, color hairspray, pajamas, and holes on clothes)

Thank you, Rosemary & Dwight, SBG Sponsors
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Family ASL Classes will be held every Monday and Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at KDES. The ASL department will offer beginner, intermediate, advanced classes and special topics for advanced signers. The classes will be held over a 10-week period beginning Thursday, January 24, 2008. Classes will end April 7. Parents, siblings, and other caregivers are encouraged to attend all classes offered—The classes are FREE!! Child care will be provided during classes. See you there!
Tara Downing, Family Educator

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The 8th graders are collecting toiletries for a community service project at a local shelter. If you have small trial-size items or hotel room guest samples, please bring them in and place them in my mailbox, or you can give them to one of the students. Thanks so much for your support.
~ Lynn Olden

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There will be a Pep Rally here at KDES on Tuesday, 1/29 at 2:15 pm. The pep rally is for everyone to come and support the KDES basketball teams. They will play a home game against MSD, Frederick. Come one, come all!
- Nanette Virnig

TEam 1/2/3's field trip...

Team 1/2/3 will go to Wheaton Ice Rink on 1/28/08.
Departure time: 9:00 am Arrival time: 2:00 pm

Oprah show

Congratulations to two Team 4/5 students – Justyce Abbott and LaDasha Williams for doing a good job on the Oprah show yesterday! Did you see it?

Lunch Menu this week

Monday: bbq chicken fingers, baked tofu/bbq sauce, brown rice/herbs, succotash
Tuesday: sloppy joe’s, messy mike’s, french fries, steamed beans
Wednesday: fish, fried tofu, roasted potatoes, steamed carrot coins
Thursday: pizza/cheese,pepperoni, veg pizzas, steamed broccoli
Friday: sausage sauté w/ corn/black beans, tofu sauté, pasta, fried orka

Athletics Announcements

Girls Basketball:
Away game vs MSD – Columbia on 1/17 at 3:15 pm - CANCELLED

Boys Basketball:
Away game vs MSD – Columbia on 1/17 at 4:15 pm. - CANCELLED

New Announcements

SNOW UPDATE!

Today, Thursday, 1/17 school will remain open until 3:00 pm. However, all Kendall School After School Programs are cancelled.

-Don Mahoney

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Dear Clerc Center Community,

This year two Kendall students are making a special contribution to the celebrations for honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tune in to the The Oprah Winfrey Show on January 21, 2008 and you will see our very own Kendall students Justyce Abbott and LaDasha Williams perform parts of the famous speech “I Have a Dream” in American Sign Language.

The Oprah Winfrey Show producers selected our students from a national pool of applicants. The production team filmed the segment with Justyce and LaDasha on site at the National Mall. The show will feature children ages 10 and 11 from all over the country honoring Dr. King.

Please join me in congratulating our students Justyce Abbott and LaDasha Williams and tune in to watch them on January 21st. Check your local listings for show times.

I would like to express my thanks to Holly McBride, Tara Downing, Jennifer Furlano, Juniper Sussman, and Marlene Matthews for their work
in preparing our students for this event.

Sincerely,

Marilyn Farmer, KDES Principal