
We just can't get enough of the beautiful sunsets over our equally beautiful campus!




VSDB Kindness Week - March 13-17, 2023
We have selected Augusta Dog Adoptions as the recipient of our 2023 Kindness Week charity. Augusta Dog Adoptions is an all-volunteer, 501c3 rescue group that takes in and adopts out dogs that are transferred to their organization from local shelters and high-kill pounds throughout Virginia. Augusta Dog Adoptions does not have a physical shelter. Dogs are “fostered” by volunteers at personal residences until an adoption match is made. Augusta Dog Adoptions provides rehabilitation and veterinary care to all dogs in their foster program prior to adoption. They take in a lot of dogs with medical needs that municipal shelters cannot afford to treat! That's why your donations are so important!
We hope you will join us in supporting this organization by donating dog food/treats, blankets, leashes, collars, bowls, crates, Petco or PetsMart Gift Cards, and/or gas cards.
**we will continue collecting donations until 3/24/23**


Ms. Beth Fletcher is our amazing School Social Worker. She is one of the biggest cheerleaders for our students' success and goes above and beyond for them every day! We are so lucky to have her on our team.
🌟YOU are a true ROCKSTAR, Ms. Beth! 🌟




VSDB Reads!
Every year, our fabulous librarian coordinates VSDB Reads. She recognized that our students see their teachers reading and understand that reading is associated with school...but, many other people also enjoy reading! So, she created VSDB Reads to include a variety of people around our campus to come and read to the students. Here, our Human Resources Director and our Admissions Coordinator each chose a book to read to students.




Work Study Wednesday!
Independence is key. These two students have been working toward becoming independent at Nu Beginnings. When they are given a task they quickly learn how to do it and figure out any adaptations to suit their needs.





Last week, our Deaf Department Middle and High School students had the opportunity to learn from our local VDDHH Technology Specialist, Richard Haelen, and the DARS Statewide Transition Specialist for Deaf Services, Traci Branch. Thank you both for your time and engaging sessions





Our Blind Department High School Independent Living Skills classes took a trip to the local DuPont Community Credit Union branch to learn about banking and financial literacy. Thank you to Ms. Corbin, our ILS teacher, for setting up this experience and to Ms. Sarah and her colleagues at DCCU for welcoming and teaching us!



Our Deaf Middle School Social-emotional Learning Class has been practicing how to manage feelings of frustration while working with others.
These guys didn’t let it get to them when accidents happened before reaching their goal of the 100% domino effect!
They get an A+!


We are now accepting applications for a Human Resources Director!
Do you have significant experience in Human Resource Management? Are you organized and detail oriented? Do you enjoy working with others?
Join the VSDB team!
Learn more and apply today at www.vsdb.k12.va.us


Our book for VSB Storytime today is "Max the Brave" by Ed Vere. We hope you will join us! As always, we will be live on Zoom at 4:00 in ASL and spoken English, and at 4:30 read aloud with picture descriptions. See you then! bit.ly/vsdbstory


Work Study Wednesday!
Who likes pizza?! 🍕These two students are learning how to make pizzas and prep the ingredients at Papa John's!



Our Goalball teams are playing in Maryland today! Go to the Zoom, provided by Maryland School for the Blind to access the live stream.
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88675158612?pwd=REdOM250YmZjOTRTWWlsUnpuS09FZz09
Passcode: 099039

On Wednesday evening, our Deaf elementary and middle school boys went on an outing to Pets and Pals in Staunton. They really enjoyed Nick explaining about hermit crabs. 🐚



Did you know?
VSDB now has "Events" and "Athletics" calendars on our website! Check "Events" for an up-to-date school calendar, including special events, theme weeks, etc. The "Athletics" calendar gives you the option to select a sport and see their game schedule and locations!


Get your yearbooks now!
As always, you can send cash or check (made payable to VSDB) with your student. We also have online ordering for our 2022-2023 yearbook!
How to order:
yearbookordercenter.com
School Order Number: 20453
When asked who to buy for, click "student".
Type your first and last name- click "find student".
Next, you will need to "Click here to add your student."
Again, type your name and "Faculty/staff" for Grade.
All yearbooks will be delivered and distributed in May, as usual.
If you are buying a yearbook to donate, please email jessica.stranix@vsdb.k12.va.us after completing your online purchase.
As a special deal:
We're offering $5 off with promo code VSDBROCKS23. This is only valid for online sales from now until March 24th, so act now!


What makes a librarian happy? When an Elementary student says their favorite books are Hound of the Baskervilles and Robin Hood. Graphic Novels encourage students to stretch their reading variety.


Our "Achieve" Work Study program supports our high school students to participate in on-campus and off-campus work experiences. Here, two students are working in housekeeping at Tru by Hilton in Staunton.





We love our students and how they build bonds with each other. At breakfast, two Deaf Elementary students and a Blind Elementary student asked to sit together to get to know each other better. A Teacher Assistant, Heather, joined them to help facilitate conversation while they ate. ❤️💙




Let us introduce to you our 2023 Boys Goalball team!
#9 Jacob Warner
#6 Morris Kerkulah
#3 Nikita Razinkov
Assistant Coach Reagan Thomas
Head Coach Rory Swientek






Let us introduce to you our 2023 Girls Goalball team!
#7 Amayah Hall
#8 Brianna Engleman
#5 Carina Groll
#4 Charlotte Sterling
#3 Naomi Mills
Assistant Coach Sallie Thomas
Head Coach Rachel Lovell







