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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>See below info about the upcoming Braille Challenge. Students outside of NYC or even from other states can attend. They are also ok with older VI adults attending and even doing the test without being placed in the official contest. This is a great opportunity and I hope many of you will join-I will be there with my son and some students. keep me posted if you will come as well. (although the deadline was officially on Dec. 22 to sign up they are still accesping registration)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Braille Challenge is where students compete in activities (much like a spelling bee but for braille). The parents attend workshops and panels. It’s a big day of learning and celebration.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have an organization room where organizations who provide services for our students can set up at a table and network with families, vision teachers, students, and other community members.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This year's event is a big one. We will have new vendors (APH, Camp Abilities, the FMDG Music School, and Blind Hockey will be there, just to name a few). We will have a speaker from HumanWare and a panel of newly graduated college students with visual impairments for the parents. We will have the NYPD Marching band marching the students in, and we will have a FDNY fire truck for the students to touch and explore. Not to mention Camp Abilities will be doing a tutorial of some accessible games. It will be an exciting day. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The link to sign up is here<span style='font-size:9.0pt'>:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FBC2023Permission&data=05%7C01%7CJHooper%40schools.nyc.gov%7C29d26ec6232641237b5b08daee539e9a%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C638084340171551681%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tpBWxV21PfdigO%2Fy9mz3JB6yjiJkBAv0wP8%2F4DYmlYc%3D&reserved=0" title="https://bit.ly/BC2023Permission"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#0563C1'>https://bit.ly/BC2023Permission</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Registration is a Google survey and entirely digital/accessible. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are having the event on Sunday this year to make it accessible to families who previously could not attend when it was on a Saturday. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Let me know if y’all need anything. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>All my gratitude,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jonathan <o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=ms-outlook-mobile-signature><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#212121'>Jonathan Hooper <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#212121'>Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#212121'>—————————————————————<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#212121'>Sent from a mobile device; please excuse brevity.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=mail-editor-reference-message-container><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div><div><div id=yiv1902291732><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br /><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"/></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"> </a></div></body></html>