NAD Legislative Training Philippe Montalette I have been part of NAD board for nearly four years. I saw that our state needed to have an opportunity to hire our NAD expert with legislative knowledge from Indiana, Kim Bianco-Majeri. She came on Saturday, November 14. It was a free session at Sanderson Community Center. Over 70 […]
Sean Forbes Performance Philippe Montalette Utah Association of the Deaf decided to host a special deaf owned music program. It was a smashing success!. Over 300 people were excited to come and watch the Sean Forbes performance. After the performance, many people took opportunity to take pictures with him and his band. They were fortunate […]
Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind News Michelle Tanner School has begun! What a wonderful time of year! The students are eager to start and believe it or not, the teachers can’t wait to get back to the job they love…. Teaching. The beginning of the school year is extremely busy. Each division director […]
Jean Massieu School News Aimee Breinholt Summer has been packed full of fun and learning. We have had several camps during the month of July. Students have participated in an adventure camp in Ogden, several preschool camps, soccer camp, dance camp, drama camp and our first summer reading clinic. We would like to express our […]
Jean Massieu School News Aimee Breinholt Summer time has brought hot days, building construction and summer camps! The JMS building is closed for the summer months as the roof is being replaced. We have set up an office at the Highland building (3098 Highland Drive # 205, Salt Lake City) and can be reached there […]
Jean Massieu School News Aimee Breinholt Our school year is coming to a close. We are excited for our high school graduates and wish them the very best as they venture forth. We are also proud of all of our students’ accomplishments as they advance to the next grade. Both teachers and students have earned […]
Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Andrea Anderson The Utah Nighthawks team merged with NorCal’s team, a local California team, went on recently to win fifth place out of six women’s teams in the 25th USA Deaf Basketball women’s tournament. On the Nighthawks were Rebecca Davenport, Ruthe-Ellen Auman and ZanDraya Schwab. The Mountaineers, who missed […]
Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Andrea Anderson In the 25th’s Northwest Association of Deaf Basketball (NWADB) Women’s Tournament, Utah was able to send 2 women teams, Mountaineers and Nighthawks to Sacramento, California. In that tournament, there were 4 women teams, both Utah’s teams performed well, with the Nighthawks winning the 3rd place title and the […]
Utah School for the Deaf Make History Michelle Tanner In January the Utah School for the Deaf (USD) was thrilled to host the Western States Basketball and Cheerleading Classic from January 28th to 31st. This tournament included, in addition to USD, students from Washington School for the Deaf (WSD), Oregon School for the Deaf […]
President’s Corner Happy New Year! Hope your holidays with families and friends were good. We look forward to accomplish some events in 2015. Please watch for announcement soon. The showing of Originally Hero: The SuperDeafy was successful! A total of 145 people attended. Money earned at this showing will go to the 2015 UAD biennial […]