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Deaf Awareness Week4 messages

Al isa Nakano < al is a-nakano@roundrockisd' org>

To: Laurie Molis <lauri.-tnof iJtbtoundrockisd.oig>, Rebecca Cooper <rebecca

CL : Natalie Nichols < Nalalie_Ni chols @roundrocki sd. org>

Laurie,

Mrs. cooper and r wourd rike to do some things at the harf-way point for Deaf Awareness week, which is actually

in September. This rs a Oiftcutt time as ift til beginning 9f tlu school year' so we would like to undertake

several projects to oe launched during tne weer or"tvtarcti 9-13 and we wanted to run them by you'

1. AIIASL 1-3 students wll wear earplugs (33 DB hearing loss simulation)forthe entire day and evening (honor

system, of course) of March 11th, and we will discuss the experience in a follow up activity for ASL (witten or

.,g;"J1. They wilt be expected to wear these in other classes as well.

2. ASL 3 students will create PSA announcements to be played in the library' etc'

3. ASL 1 and 2students will create projects, some of which are to be displayed in hallways, etc-about Deaf

history, communicating with Deaf people' etc'

Thoughts? ls this okay? Let us know:) Thank you!!

ntisa ruafanoAmerican Sign Language (ASL) TeacherRound Rock High School

Natal ie Ni chols < natalie-nichols @roundrockisd' org>

To: Alisa Nakano <alisa-nakano@roundrockisd'org>cc: Laurie Molis <laurie_moris@dundrockisd.org>, Rebecca cooper <rebecca

Wed, Feb 18,2015 at 9:41 AM

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I love this project! very thought-pror,'oking! The only change I would make would be to Item +r' I wotrld only

appror€ the sim'lati# fo. Ui" eSL .lu* Jnd for the er"enings rvhile at home' The whole day would not be

conducir,e to what they would need to do in their other classes. Please let me know if and how I can help you Ino\€

forward. Thanks for always being so innovative!--NN

Nata lie Nd chols, PrinciPal(s12) 464- 6011Round Rock HiSb School Est' r9r3A Tf a diti on of Ex c ell ence !

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Rebecca Cooper < rebecca-cooper@roundrockisd' org>

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Rebecca C CooPerAmer ican Sign Language Inst ructorRound Rock High School

Natalie Nichols <natalie-nichols@roundrockisd'org>To: Rebecca Cooper <rebecca-cooper@roundrockisd'org>

Rebecca, thanks for sending this out. There was a point of concern though. I only approred the the Deaf for a Da-v

;G;&; f";l'our class un*d fot the erenings while at home.--NN

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Good afternoon wonderful and amazing Dragons'

As you may have neaid tooay on the i'nou"ncu*ent, the AsL department is cerebrating Deaf Awareness week'

The students have created a dispray ot po.i"ri arong tne 1100 hailway reading_toward the 1200 building along

the windows. These posters give information ,angin{from important figures yrDgaf history, Deaf athletes' as

well as facts about Deafness, Deaf culture and how to communi"it" r,iltn a Deaf person' There will also be links

to video psA,s created by ASL lll studenL-that are captioned on the school website' we will also enjoy PA

announcements each day Orougnt toyou by theASL lll cla,sses as well' : Thorr rvir he exoeri

on wednesday you may notice sometnint'sticking oyt ?lih:, ears of your students. They will be experiencing

Deaf for a Day. They,ll actually be hard or"n"uri'ng;nd while tnev are jrrowed to,talk they may have to take a few

extra steps in making sure communication is creir and succes.tut. rnuy have been instructed to take the

earplugs out in ctass] nui *",u" informed the stuoents that if they want io try being deaf in their elective classes

and as rong as tney are not a distraction ano you don't mrnc.tne ituoents emproying some of the communication

and reaming strategies they have oeen worKng on this year that wourd be great ioo. However this is with the

complete permission and inderstanding or eain individual teainer. lt has 6een strongly impressed upon them

that if they miss any information in ctass-the earplugs are not an excuse' they are responsible and must

immediatety remove them if they cause tneituobntio fall behind or get distracted. They have also been

instructed that it cloesn,t matter the reason, the second the teacher "it

s. tne earplugs come out' This is simply

a chance for them to simulate what it mi;ht;; rir. to be Deaf or hard of hearing but we do not want it to be a

disruption to their schoor day in anyway.-rf you have any questions or concernJplease let us know immediately'

Rebecca CooPer and Alisa NakanoRRHS ASL Instructors

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Update to Deaf for a DaY1 message

Natal i e Ni ch ols < natal i e-n i chols@rou nd rocki sd' o rg>

Rebecca Gooper < rebecca-cooper@roundrock isd' org>To: "roundroci-staff@round-rockisd'org" '1'eu66rock-staff@roundrockisd'org>

our lovely litle dragons should have their earplugs in for ASL class, in the halls and at lunch but they should

remove them when they come in your classroom-. we want to make sure there is no distraction or disruption to

the rest of the school day. Thank you all for supporting the ASL dept as the students reach out and teach our

Dragon community anoui wnat we are leaming over here in ASL.

Becca Cooper

Rebecca C CooPerAmerican Sign Language InstructorRound Rock High School

Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at B:19 AM