July-August: Wednesdays at the Park – Families, who have children, ages birth-5 years, who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, came together weekly, at the park. The Colorado Home Intervention Program provider and the role model for the Deaf facilitated language modeling while connecting families together. Throughout the summer, many new families joined the group. September: CDE brought presenter, Phil Schweigert, to CSDB for a Communication Matrix workshop. Southern Colorado service providers, who serve students who have vision loss, hearing loss or both, learned how to use the communication matrix with children who are not yet using formal language (oral or sign or symbol). Marketing Constant Contact, an email marketing tool, continues to be helpful for message distribution. Recently, Constant Contact was used to send out mass emails for the 2018 Fall Community ASL classes and the 2018 ASL Festival/CSDB Homecoming. Pikes Peak Early Literacy, Northern Colorado Early Literacy and Denver Metro Early Literacy events also were featured. Response to the ASL Immersion for Professionals training was immediate, guaranteeing full classes in October. This is an effective way to meet our business communication goals. Media Denver Post Max Preps –Max Preps provided athletic information regarding the CSDB football and volleyball teams, including the upcoming game schedules. Gazette “Graduates overcome obstacles, look to the future” – June 2018 Timmy Dimicelli video on-line featured the story of one student who is deaf and his journey to graduation. Back to School Guide – August 2018 Gazette Preps Schedule lists the weekly athletics schedule and rankings – August 2018 Comcast TV - to help provide information to our community, CSDB is broadcasting 30-minute segments, within five television markets: Colorado Springs Channel 20, Denver Channel 57, Northglenn Channel 8, Vail/Avon Channel 5 and Loveland Channel 14. IMPORTANT DATES September 14 Professional Development October 8 Columbus Day (School Closed)
July-August: Wednesdays at the Park – Families, who have children, ages birth-5 years, who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, came together weekly, at the park. The Colorado Home Intervention Program provider and the role model for the Deaf facilitated language modeling while connecting families together. Throughout the summer, many new families joined the group. September: CDE brought presenter, Phil Schweigert, to CSDB for a Communication Matrix workshop. Southern Colorado service providers, who serve students who have vision loss, hearing loss or both, learned how to use the communication matrix with children who are not yet using formal language (oral or sign or symbol). Marketing Constant Contact, an email marketing tool, continues to be helpful for message distribution. Recently, Constant Contact was used to send out mass emails for the 2018 Fall Community ASL classes and the 2018 ASL Festival/CSDB Homecoming. Pikes Peak Early Literacy, Northern Colorado Early Literacy and Denver Metro Early Literacy events also were featured. Response to the ASL Immersion for Professionals training was immediate, guaranteeing full classes in October. This is an effective way to meet our business communication goals. Media Denver Post Max Preps –Max Preps provided athletic information regarding the CSDB football and volleyball teams, including the upcoming game schedules. Gazette “Graduates overcome obstacles, look to the future” – June 2018 Timmy Dimicelli video on-line featured the story of one student who is deaf and his journey to graduation. Back to School Guide – August 2018 Gazette Preps Schedule lists the weekly athletics schedule and rankings – August 2018 Comcast TV - to help provide information to our community, CSDB is broadcasting 30-minute segments, within five television markets: Colorado Springs Channel 20, Denver Channel 57, Northglenn Channel 8, Vail/Avon Channel 5 and Loveland Channel 14. IMPORTANT DATES September 14 Professional Development October 8 Columbus Day (School Closed)
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