Week 28: Disability Awareness

  From the class bloggers:

3/12/21         By: Max and Yuan    

Today we listened to Laurie Pruesser, who works at a school for the deaf. 

The school she works at doesn’t teach kids sign language they teach them

 to speak. Her job is to do home visits to teach kids how to speak. If the child 

hasn’t gone fully deaf she teaches parents how to put on hearing aids on the

 child. She taught us that there are different levels of hearing problems. Mild, 

Moderate, severe, and profound.  She also taught us that there are three types

 of hearing devices that will help improve hearing, a hearing aid, a cochlear

 implant, and bone conduction hearing. 

 

A big thank you to Mrs. Pruesser (Mrs. Donner's mom) for spending time 

with our class on Zoom today! 

 

From Mrs. R

This week, we had a special opportunity to learn about disabilities after our Helen Keller study in Literature.  Students simulated being blind, deaf, dyslexic, and on Monday we will try ADD, and a variety of other disabilities.  We discussed how we are uniquely created by God and students reflected on the struggles of each challenge and how we can best be open and welcoming as a church community.   Check out this wonderful message from Bethesda Lutheran Communities of how we are all made in God' image.

 

REMINDERS and NEWS-

3rd quarter ends Friday, March 19.  AR tests may still be taken on Monday.

March 25th-April 1st: Achievement Tests  - Please, work to protect these dates in your home calendar.

 

Zion Auction - March 21-26

Our auction has gone virtual this year and is just over 1 week away!  This is our biggest PTL fundraiser and our hope is to use the profits to convert Mrs. Crenshaw's 7th grade homeroom into a Science Lab. See the Auction flyer for more info.  You can preview items and register. 

 

8th Grade Passion Projects - 

Zion 8th graders are a year long Passion Project in which the students create or support a topic/cause that they are passionate about. Two of the girls are collecting donation items for their projects and have decided to work together.

One 8th grader is collecting donations to donate to animal shelters in need. She wants to be able to help the shelters who have less supplies. Our second 8th grader is collecting items to give to kids with cancer. Her passion project is inspired by a girl named Ebony, a family friend, who sadly passed away from cancer. She and her mom decided to give items to kids with cancer to help them “keep smiling.” When Ebony passed away her mom carried on collecting items to donate. She wants to do the same thing but donate to our local hospitals. Look for boxes in the main parts of the church and school where you may drop off donations. Please label donations with your child's class name for a freindly competition. Wish lists

Thank you for your help,

Zion 8th Grade Passion Project

 

Zoom interview with Mrs. Preusser

Simulating blindness

Students guided one another to wash hands

Then they had to open and taste a snack

Harder than it looks!

Simulating deafness - can you read my lips?

Go Bobcats!