[Nfbmo] Braille Readers Are Leaders Celabration at MSB Today

[Debbie Wunder]

Hello Stephanie, congratulations! You Did a     wonderful job. When I was a 
child I never had a calendar that I could read, I bet the kids really 
enjoyed the day.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Mcdowell" <smcdowell_2005 at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 6:28 PM
Subject: [Nfbmo] Braille Readers Are Leaders Celabration at MSB Today


>I just wanted to drop a quick note about the Braille Readers Are Leaders 
>celebration that took place this afternoon at MSB. There were 15 students 
>who participated this year and 14 of them participated in the celebration.
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> Students had a lot of fun trying to come up with words which were made out 
> of the letters of their name and starting to read a story that they would 
> be able to complete on their own about how a cat should go about choosing 
> a family to adopt. I am not sure they wanted to stop reading the story and 
> am pretty confident that they will finish the story on their own.
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> All students received Braille calenders and certificates for participating 
> as well as prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. One high school age 
> student read 2,273 pages! When the celebration was concluded, all students 
> enthusiastically said they will participate next year.
>
> Thanks to everyone who participated for making this a success. Couldn't 
> have done it without you!
>
> Stephanie
> smcdowell_2005 at yahoo.com
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