[Nfb-idaho] BELL Program

[don nepple]

hi romana good job do we do this next year.sounds like every thing went well.by for now.don.
 

> From: ramona.walhof at gmail.com
> To: nfb-idaho at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 12:10:45 -0600
> Subject: [Nfb-idaho] BELL Program
> 
> I keep asking people to use this listserv. I guess I better take my own 
> advice.
> 
> Last Friday we completed the first Braille Enrichment for Learning and 
> Literacy Program for blind children in this State. We had five students, 
> and I think it went very well for the first year. We had two five-year-olds 
> starting to kindergarten this fall, a six-year-old, and nine-year-old, and a 
> young man who just turned 14, older than the recommended age, but it was 
> really good for him. I think it was good for all the kids.
> 
> We had lots of help, and I thank all those who worked. Our drivers were 
> Mary Symms Pollot and Brian Jain. Our teachers were Carlton Walker from 
> Pennsylvania, Jan Zollinger and Jeanne-Marie Kopecky from IESDB; Susan Ford, 
> Sue Sebranek. Susan MCCoy, Dana Ard, and Mike Gibson came in for an 
> afternoon each. Our cooks were Susan Bradley and Linda Lindley. Ray 
> Halverson, Harry Gawith, Larry Sebranek, and Cassandra Parks also helped 
> haul things in and out. St. Joe's Catholic School where we held the classes 
> was very accomodating.
> It was a lot of work, but worth every minute of it, I think. I think the 
> kids learned a lot, and so did the bolunteers.
> 
> We had music first thing in the morning, Braille reading, Braille writing, 
> travel, other non-visual techniques, and Journaling what happened each day. 
> We had three field trips, and the other afternoons we did a wide variety of 
> different things. The Commission for the blind helped a lot with funding, 
> and the School for the Blind let us use a van and other equipment and 
> supplies. It takes a lot to set up a school, even if it is only for two 
> weeks.
> I think we can be proud of this project, and I thank all who helped and all 
> who cheered us on.
> 
> Ramona 
> 
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