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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#757575">Wishing you all a restful much deserved holiday break. <br>
All events are always being updated on the <a href="https://maryland.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da8f913f82891276e85e5bd03&id=1c0b0f5010&e=f570d81d7e" target="_blank">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">14: NFB Career Mentoring: Financial Literacy. Join Zoom Meeting
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<span style="color:#007C89">https://zoom.us/j/97805432758</span></a> Meeting ID: 978 0543 2758<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">14: Bridges Helpdesk Coffee Breaks for Parents. 7:30 pm.
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<span style="color:#007C89">Join Bridges Helpdesk Coffee Breaks for Parents Zoom Meeting</span></a> Meeting ID: 830 4035 5169 Passcode: 955560<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">14: APH webinar:
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<span style="color:#007C89">Collaboration Station: How to Track Changes and Comments with JAWS registration </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">15: LBPD webinar: College 101: Navigating through the College Process with Join Rondez Green, a college senior, and The Maryland Accessible Textbook Program to chat
about the college experience. <a href="https://maryland.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=da8f913f82891276e85e5bd03&id=22ecd12faf&e=f570d81d7e" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#007C89">Register for LBPD webinar here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575">Register now for the 2022 Maryland Regional Braille Challenge! We have events for a variety of levels of Braille readers! This year we will be focusing on using
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below. Below grade level readers and Kindergartners can not qualify for the national competition.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nominate your child's TVI for the Teacher of the Year in Excellence in Braille Instruction. This award is sponsored
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Maryland State Department of Education<br>
Division of Special Education/Early <br>
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200 W. Baltimore Street<br>
Baltimore, MD 21201-2595<br>
410-767-0812 office<br>
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