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"Education is all a matter of building bridges."
- Ralph Ellison, American Author
January 28, 2015
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 2015 Lunch Menu
- January 2015 Wildcat Zone Activities Calendar
- Updated schedules for Varsity Girls and Boys and Middle School
Boys/Coed Basketball Teams are now posted under Wildcat Athletics
on the school Web site.
- Hello RSD parents! The next PSA meeting is Monday, February 2,
2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the LRC. Go to the RSD PSA Web page to get
the Feb. 2 meeting agenda and flyer. Our special guests will be Donna Ayer
and Dr. Mindy Hopper who will discuss Incidental Learning Strategies with
Deaf Children. Interpreters and light refreshments will be provided. Call
585-286-4605 or e-mail rsdpsa@gmail to register for childcare (no cost
to families) during the meeting. All RSD parents and staff are encouraged
to attend. Thank you.
- RSD High School Regents and RCT Exams will be administered this
week through Thursday Jan. 29. The second quarter ends Jan. 30; third
quarter starts Monday Feb. 2.
- Monday, February 16: Presidents' Day; RSD will be closed. February 1620: Mid-Winter Recess; no school for students.
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WHAT'S NEW?
- Congratulations once again to RSD girls varsity basketball player
Brianna Di Giovanni who set a new girls basketball career points record
on Monday, January 26 vs. Rochester Career Mentoring Charter School in
the RSD gym. To read more about Brianna's historic, record-breaking
accomplishment click here and visit the flickr Photostream for RSD for
more photos. Kudos to RSD student videographer Hunter Luther
who shot this video for SportsMX of Brianna's now-famous basket and
the recognition ceremony that followed on the court during the game vs.
RCMCS.
- Results of the Deaf Health Survey, 2013: NCDHR is proud to host
three Town Hall Meetings/Community Forums to share the results of the
2013 Deaf Health Survey. The first meeting will be held tonight Wednesday, January 28th, from 4pm - 7pm at the Saunders Research
Building, 265 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester; Room 1416. Click here
for street map and directions. Free parking, bus passes and refreshments.
- This week's Healthy Nibble: Teach your children how to STOP
bullying! Click here for the facts, and what they can do to help stop
bullying!
- Gallaudet Bison Basketball: Save These Dates: Saturday February 7
at Keuka College: GU Bison Women 1:00 p.m. GU Bison Men 3:00 p.m.
Sunday February 8 at Wells College: GU Bison Women 1:00 p.m. GU
Bison Men 3:00 p.m.
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ONGOING
- Children of a Lesser God - ASL production, will be performed at
MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester; January 30, 31; February 5-7 at 7:30
p.m.; February 1 at 2:00 p.m. For ticket information or visit: muccc.org.
- Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day - a fundraising event hosted by
Rochester Deaf Mothers Club, Saturday, February 7, South Lodge in Power
Mills Park, Pittsford, NY. Click here for event details.
- Pre-Superbowl MCingo: Saturday, January 31, 6:30 p.m. at Moose
Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Road. Click here for full details.
- Rochester School for the Deaf Alumni Association: RSDAA
Weekend, April 11-12, 2015! Events and activities are planned for
Saturday on the RSD campus and Sunday at the Diplomat Banquet Center
on Lyell Avenue in Rochester. Go to the Alumni page on the RSD Web
site to get the event flyer and registration form.
- Rochester Deaf Rotary: BBQ Chicken Cook-Out and ROCingo,
Saturday, March 7; 5:00 p.m. dinner with ROCingo at 7:00 p.m. at RRCD,
1564 Lyell Avenue, Rochester. Click here for more information and to get
tickets.
- Ballet Prestige of Rochester, 1855 Monroe Ave. in Brighton Commons
announces ballet and dance lessons for deaf and hard of hearing children
of all ages (4 and up) and ability levels. Group lessons are $10 each per
student, per session and include professional dance instructors - one who
is an ASL/English interpreter and one who is a child of a deaf adult. For
complete program and contact information follow this Web link. Classes
are forming now.
- When you shop online with Amazon, sign up with AmazonSmile.
Why? Shop through AmazonSmile and RSD gets a donation from Amazon.
What's more, you don't pay more for your items and you support RSD, not
just at holiday time but throughout the year.
- 69th Annual Men's and 58th Annual Women's Eastern
Association of the Deaf Bowling Tournament: May 1-3, 2015, AMF
Empire Lanes, 2400 Empire Blvd., Webster. Hosted by RRCD. Click here
to receive the event flyer and registration form.
- American Society of Deaf Children (ASDC) 2015 National
Conference, "Connecting the Dots: Child, Family, Community," June 2528 at Indiana School for the Deaf. Conference registration links are
now open. Families of deaf and hard of hearing children and Deaf
education professionals are encouraged to attend. Conference activities
include more than 30 workshop sessions, children's day camps, keynote
speakers, evening events with food and entertainment and more.
- Deaf Rochy - Your Link to Events in the Deaf Rochester Community!
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- Find RSD on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/rochesterschoolforthedeaf
- Follow RSD on Twitter: @RSDeaf
- RSD Photos & Videos on flickr:
www.flickr.com/photos/rsdeaf/sets To get flickr apps for iPhone and
Android devices click here.
- RSD YouTube Channel: http://goo.gl/zmj0JP
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to opt out, contact Lauren via e-mail: lashworth@rsdeaf.org