<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><img src="cid:ii_k87pwmca0" alt="image.png" width="488" height="275"><br></div><div>(Image: Students sitting at computers. Text:  Virtual ExCel Academy, Starting March 23rd)</div><div><br></div><p style="font-size:14.592px;margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.8em;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">Featuring daily lessons for students with visual impairments.  Paths to Literacy is collaborating with APH (American Printing House for the Blind) and CalState University to present this programming.  Qualified teachers from around the country will be presenting a range of lessons.  You can call in via Zoom or connect via the Internet.  <br></p><p style="font-size:14.592px;margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.8em;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">In this time of need, if you are looking for ways to provide virtual services or activities for your student or child who is visually impaired, please join us for the launch of free nationwide programming. We hope to offer engaging lessons for students with a variety of abilities. We also hope to model ways that online learning could be used for services. We understand that children’s needs are unique and that lessons may not apply for all kids, but we are dedicated to working out a plan to provide as much as we can. We will continue to update the list of instructors’ names and topics as the schedule evolves.  </p><ul style="font-size:14.592px;margin:0px 0px 0px 3em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.35em;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(254,255,255)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#Schedule" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Schedule</a><ul style="margin:0px 0px 0px 1em;padding:0px 0px 0px 1.35em"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#week_one" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Week One: March 23-27</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#week_two" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Week Two: March 30-April 3</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#week_3" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Week Three:  April 6-10</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#FAQs" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">FAQs</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#Etiquette" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Etiquette Guidelines for Participants</a></li><li style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/resources/virtual-learning-academy#Instructors" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(77,128,76);margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:bold">Tips for Instructors</a></li></ul><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:14.592px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:14.592px"><br></span></font></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><h3 style="margin:0px 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;font-size:1.12em;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">Join the Virtual Web Classes!</h3><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.8em;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:14.592px;background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">Beginning March 23, 2020</p><p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.8em;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:14.592px;background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">Use this link to join our webinars!</p><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;border:none;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;width:300px;font-size:14.592px;vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:rgb(254,255,255)"><tbody style="border:none;margin:0px;padding:0px"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:none"><td style="border:none;vertical-align:middle;padding:0.375em 0.5em;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 0.4em;padding:0px;font-size:1.25em;text-align:center"><a href="https://aph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wGdMvOrMRGmV2xJ2CvSsMg" target="_bl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