[Nfbofsc] FW: For email distribution: NFB Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning Academy, Spartanburg, SC

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On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 11:11 AM, David Houck via Nfbofsc <nfbofsc at nfbnet.org
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> *From:* Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman [mailto:jaduffell at yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2016 8:36 AM
> *To:* Marty McKenzie; David Houck; jfarmer at tvisc.org; Jamie Allison
> *Subject:* For email distribution: NFB Braille Enrichment for Literacy
> and Learning Academy, Spartanburg, SC
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> NFB BELL Academy
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> Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning
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> [image: Lilly using her learning shades and practicing writing the
> alphabet in Braille with Ms. Tiffany.]
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> Details of the Academy
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> [image: Chase wearing his learning shades with his glasses over them
> making print and Braille party mix in the kitchen.]NFB BELL Academy
> provides children ages 4-12 with intense Braille instruction through fun,
> hands-on learning activities. NFB BELL Academy targets blind and low-vision
> children who do not receive enough Braille and nonvisual skill instruction
> in school or who could benefit from Braille enrichment over the summer. NFB
> BELL Academy typically runs Monday through Friday for six hours each day
> for two weeks. In addition to Braille crafts, games, and other engaging
> projects, children learn vital independent living skills, benefit from peer
> learning and mentoring from blind adults, and enjoy field trips to sites
> related to the NFB BELL Academy curriculum.
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> English application: https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form.
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> Spanish application: https://nfb.org/node/2672?lang=es.
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> English permission and release forms:
> https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms.
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> Spanish permission and release forms: https://nfb.org/node/2686.
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> *NFB BELL Academy South Carolina students,* from the previous two years,
> showed significant Braille, white cane and nonvisual skills acquisition and
> improvement along with increased self-confidence. The lead teacher, Jamie
> Allison, is a certified teacher and a blind woman who is a Braille reader
> and white cane user. The state coordinator, Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman is the
> mother of two blind teenage sons and one sighted preteen son. All
> volunteers are experienced with teaching nonvisual skills and have a
> positive attitude toward blindness and all volunteers are background
> checked.
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> NFB BELL Academy will be housed on the campus of South Carolina School for
> the Deaf and the Blind, July 18-29, Monday to Friday, 8:15-3:00 daily. We
> do not provide overnight accommodations or transportation. Lunch and snack
> are provided. There is a $40.00 fee; please contact Jennifer if the fee is
> cost prohibitive.  Any questions or concerns can be addressed to Jennifer
> at 803-287-5391 or jaduffell at yahoo.com.
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> For information for the concurrent *NFB of SC Teenage Enrichment and
> Empowerment through Nonvisual Skills* (TEENS) for ages 13-17/18, non-high
> school graduates, please contact Jennifer at 803-287-5391. NFB SC TEENS
> will run the week of July 25.
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> For further NFB BELL Academy information including programs nationwide;
> https://nfb.org/bell-academy.
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> Jennifer A. Duffell-Hoffman
> NFB BELL Academy, South Carolina Coordinator
> SC Parents of Blind Children, State President
> Lancaster, South Carolina
> Mobile: 803-287-5391
> E-mail: jaduffell at yahoo.com
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> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
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