Fall 2005 - Ohio School for the Deaf

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OSD Newslives in Westerville, Ohio,with foster parents Charlesand Mary Owen. Mr. Owenis a teacher at OSD. RichardRodgers lives in Elyria,Ohio, with his mother, JoyceRodgers. Bianica Smithlives with her mother, JudyMelich in Navarre, Ohio.Nathan Cottrell, DuaneDavis, and Joe DeFalco arejuniors at OSD this year.Nathan comes from Circleville,Ohio, and lives with hismother, Linda Starr. DuaneDavis moved to Columbus,Ohio, from Michiganand lives with his mother,Cassandra Davis. JoeDeFalco moved to Columbus,Ohio, from New Yorkand lives with his father, JoeDeFalco, Sr. Mr. DeFalco isemployed at OSD.The only senior new to OSDthis year is Sean-MichaelJohnson. He moved herefrom Virginia with hismother, Brenda Johnson.We welcome all of thesenew students to OSD andwish them much success intheir education.MS Students HelpVictims of HurricanesKatrina and RitaBy Jenni ColeDuring the month ofSeptember the middleschool students had acommunityservice projectrequirementfor their CareerEducationclass. The goalof this projectwas to help thestudents learnwhat it is liketo help othersand what ittakes to organize a drivelike this. The use of teamwork,communication skills,and manners were big factorsin this project.The classes decided to tryand help the victims of HurricaneKatrina, and duringtheir project HurricaneRita hit the citizens of NewOrleans and surroundingareas and states. Eachclass was then responsiblefor deciding on what theywould do to help. Someclasses decided to collectmoney, another classdecided to collect clothing,and then other classes collectedcanned goods, etc.The students were responsiblefor designing postersto help promote their projectas well as making morningannouncements to remindstudents and staff of whenand what they would be collecting.This is the first year that themiddle school students wererequired to do a communityservice project, and what away to kick it off! The projectwas a huge success! Thestudents’ collected $126.49,many bags of clothing, andseveral pounds of cannedgoods. The money will begiven to the American RedCross. Canned goods willbe given to the Columbusfood pantry, and the clothingwill be donated to Goodwill.These organizationswill know how to get theseitems to the victims of thehurricanes.A big thank you to theadministration for their supportof this project and tothe OSD family for all yoursupport as well. Withoutyour help, this would nothave been as successful asit was. Go OSD!PAGE 8 THE OHIO CHRONICLE FALL, 2005
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