[blindkid] Braille ReadersAre Leaders contest

Mon Oct 29 02:36:59 UTC 2012

Any updates?
Eric

On 10/21/12 10:46 AM, "dhammelia at aol.com" <dhammelia at aol.com> wrote:

>
>Yes the Parents division is going to offer the Braille Readers are
>leaders program this year.
>
>The details are being worked out.  Barbara Cheadle has agreed to chair
>the program.
>
>Details should be following in the near future.
>
>Dave Hammel
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DrV <icdx at earthlink.net>
>To: blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 11:24 am
>Subject: [blindkid] Braille ReadersAre Leaders contest
>
>
>Good morning all,
>My kids have both been asking about the traditional Braille Readers are
>Leaders 
>contest.
>I know that in the near future the NFB will be launching Braille Readers
>are 
>Leaders 360 (BRL360) & that this sounds like a great program (info
>below). 
>Natalie Shaheen alluded that the Parents Division may still be offering
>something along the lines of the of the traditional contest this year.
>Could anyone clarify?
>Thanks
>EricV
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>> Date: October 21, 2012, 7:25:02
>> Subject: Fwd: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb	"Braille
>ReadersAre Leaders" contest
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> From: "Shaheen, Natalie" <NShaheen at nfb.org>
>>> Date: October 21, 2012, 5:24:16 PDT
>>> To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
>>><pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb	"Braille
>ReadersAre Leaders" contest
>>> Reply-To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
><pibe-division at nfbnet.org>
>>> 
>>> Fellow Educators:
>>> I apologize for my tardiness on getting to this particular
>>>conversation. This
>year the NFBJI is expanding the Braille Readers Are leaders program to be
>an all 
>year full literacy experience. That is to say, students will have an
>opportunity 
>to enjoy and learn in both reading and writing. They will also have an
>opportunity to connect with blind students across the country around
>Braille, 
>something that they¹ve previously not been able to do through the
>program. Below 
>is the blurb from the web site about the expansion of Braille Readers Are
>Leader 
>to Braille Readers Are leaders 360 (BRL360).
>>>  
>>> This year marks the 30th anniversary of the K-12 Braille Readers Are
>>>Leaders 
>program. To celebrate 30 years of success, later this fall we will be
>expanding 
>the program and launching Braille Readers Are Leaders 360: A Community of
>21st 
>Century Braille Readers‹the first-ever accessible online community for
>children 
>who read Braille! The Braille Readers Are Leaders 360 (BRL360) online
>community 
>will provide a safe place online where Braille readers in kindergarten
>through 
>twelfth grade can share their literacy experience through: online
>discussions 
>about their favorite books, book trailers, live author chats, videos of
>themselves reading Braille, and much more! Continuing with the Braille
>Readers 
>Are Leaders mission, BRL360 will promote a pride in Braille and a joy of
>reading 
>among blind children all year long. Stay tuned for more information about
>the 
>expansion of our K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program. Contact us
>with your 
>questions at: BRL360 at nfb.org or 410-659-9314, extension 2418.
>>>  
>>> I look forward to your students¹ participation in BRL360. There have
>>>been 
>conversations that our parents division may offer something along the
>lines of 
>the traditional contest this year. Carlton Walker could speak more to
>that.
>>> Braille rocks!
>>> Natalie Shaheen
>>>  
>>> Natalie L. Shaheen, MEd
>>> Director of Education
>>> Jernigan Institute
>>> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>>> 200 E. Wells Street
>>> at Jernigan Place.
>>> Baltimore, MD 21230
>>> Email: nshaheen at nfb.org
>>> Phone: (410) 659-9314 x2293
>>> Twitter: @nlshaheen
>>> Fax: (410) 659-5129
>>> Visit: www.nfb.org
>>> "If they do not learn the way you teach, teach the way they learn"
>--Anonymous
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of 
>Mary Donahue
>>> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 5:03 AM
>>> To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'
>>> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille
>ReadersAre Leaders" contest
>>>  
>>> Hello Mary Jo, Mary Ann, and everyone,
>>>  
>>> You can also register the student at the following Web site:
>>> http://www.nfb.org/bral (for Braille Readers Are Leaders). There is a
>³Student Contest² link which you may click, and then a registration link.
>The 
>forms are pretty easy to fill out. I hope this helps.
>>>  
>>> Mary Donahue, Adult Contest Participant
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of 
>mary jo hartle
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:40 PM
>>> To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List'
>>> Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille
>ReadersAre Leaders" contest
>>>  
>>> HI,
>>>             You should contact Natalie Shaheen at the NFB Jernigan
>>>Institute.  
>Her email is nshaheen at nfb.org or you can call 410-659-9134 ext. 2293.  .
>I am 
>pretty sure too that there is a website where you will be able to
>register, but 
>I don¹t know the address or when the registration period ends.  You may
>want to 
>just go to www.nfb.org and look around for a link that talks about the
>contest.
>>> Mary JO Hartle
>>>  
>>>  
>>> From: Pibe-division [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of 
>Sara Rooz
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 5:32 PM
>>> To: pibe-division at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Pibe-division] how sign up blind student to nfb "Braille
>>>ReadersAre 
>Leaders" contest
>>>  
>>> HI:
>>> I am a blind certified tvi teaching a blind student this year. Can a
>>>tvi or 
>other individual inform me I can enroll my blind student in the nfb
>"Braille 
>Readers are Leaders" contest  which is sponsored by nfb. My student is an
>avid 
>Braille reader. Thanks for any assistance any individual can provide me
>with.
>>> Sara Rooz
>>> Certified
>>>  tvi in NYc
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