During Kindness Week, our students led a "Kindness Parade" where they traveled the whole campus and spread kindness to each department in the form of encouraging signs, bubbles, whistles, and goodie bags with candy. Our staff and students really enjoyed the parade and positivity!
about 2 years ago, Julie Saum
female staff wearing a tan sweater blows bubbles while walking
female staff and male student smile at the camera while holding up a bubble wand
students line the balcony waiting for the parade to begin. one female staff holds a sign that says "you are a ray of sunshine"
four female students walk along a walkway. one has a white cane, one is blowing a whistle, and two are laughing
group of students walking between buildings
several students using white canes walking along the basketball court
female staff helps a female student blow a whistle while the student laughs
four female staff from human resources stand outside their building waving at the parade of students going by. the director of human resources holds a bag of candy that was given to their office.
long line of students walk across the basketball court
long line of students walk across the basketball court
The student vs. staff Goalball game was SO MUCH FUN! Congratulations to the students for beating the staff in every match.
about 2 years ago, VSDB
boys and girls Goalball teams with coaches standing in front of the goal
staff Goalball team sitting on bleachers after playing two games
We have been lucky to enjoy a few BEAUTIFUL days sprinkled in with the days that remind us it's not quite spring yet and our residential students always take advantage of the nice weather. Here, the Deaf department residential halls all joined together for a game of kickball!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
students playing kickball on the courtyard
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Our older Deaf boys celebrated by making shamrock shakes during their evening group counseling session with Ms. Alysha and residential staff. Looks tasty! ☘️
about 2 years ago, VSDB
two male students pose with their shamrock shakes
group of residents and staff pose with their shamrock shakes
two students smile and drink their shamrock shakes
two shamrock shakes sitting on a table
one student leans over the table to drink his shamrock shake
Kindness week updates!! Our students have been working to fill their pompom container to resemble their kind deeds during this week. Let's see how many more we can get before the week ends! Also, our boxes for Augusta Dog Adoptions are filling up. We still have another week to collect items for them! Also, check out some of our students and staff enjoying the Photo Booth area!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
male staff squatting behind a photo frame attached to a window
male staff squatting behind a photo frame attached to a window
female student posing with the be kind photo frame
male student posing with a vase of yellow flowers. the kindness week photo backdrop is behind him
sign with white letters on a black background says Augusta dog adoptions donations. three boxes with food, bowls, and toys for dogs sit on a table
tall rectangular container is about 1/4 full of pompoms
The deadline to order your yearbook is April 1... You don't want to miss this!! We are trying something new this year for full accessibility. Each yearbook will have a QR code that links to videos with audio descriptions of each page!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
flyer with watercolor background and several students faces with various paint colors painted on their faces. text says “2022-2023 yearbook. buy one now. $35. last day to order is April 1."
Pre-K fun in the library! It's getting closer to spring, but it's still pretty chilly! Our pre-K kiddos had an impromptu "snowball fight" with some packing peanuts to keep warm but still enjoy the last bits of winter hanging on!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
two pre-k students play with packing peanuts in the library
More highlights of VSDB Reads! ⬇️ Here we have our Superintendent, Pat Trice; our Audiologist, Lindsey Richard; and one of our school counselors, Alysha Scott. Thank you to EVERYONE who participated! ❤️
about 2 years ago, VSDB
two female staff sign among a group of elementary students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of elementary students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
two female staff sit among a group of high school students reading a story
As part of our Kindness Week fun, we set up a Photo Booth in our lobby and we've been having fun with it so far. Stay tuned for more pictures!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
two female stand within a frame that says be kind. photo is in black and white
female staff stands holding a photo frame decorated with many colors and text reading “be kind”
two female staff holding the I love you sign and standing against the “March forth with kindness” photo backdrop
female staff smiles inside a frame that is decorated with many colors and has text saying “be kind”
photo backdrop. black background with multicolored hearts and other shapes. text says “March forth with kindness"
photo frame decorated with many bright colors and text reading “be kind”
Join us live on YouTube for our staff versus student Goalball game! We will begin at 4:00! https://youtube.com/live/6wVrRzOfS4I?feature=share
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I don't know about you, but our library is wayyyy more than "just books." Ms. Michelle set up so many stations around the library this week centered around kindness and she has open hours this week for any classes to come do stations at any time throughout the day. Look at all her creative ideas!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
button maker with supplies near it
paper reads: station 1 - kind to our community. write or Braille something you love about vsdb, decorate with stickers, and add it to our chain
station 3 - kind to yourself. decorate a bookmark
station 2 - kind to others. create a kindness “fortune cookie” by writing or Braille a positive message to someone and then wrap it in a coffee filter to look like a fortune cookie
station 4 - building kindness together. lego board and Lego bricks set up for everyone to work collaboratively on building a Lego city
station 5 - kindness to the environment. plants and soil set up to water plants, repot/transplant plants, or plant seeds
station 6 - kindness is playing together. set up with various board games
station 7 - kindness from your librarian. stickers for you to take and share with a friend
close up of bookmark station
many books about kindness lined up on tables
Students have really enjoyed learning about and playing Ga-Ga ball in PE recently! If you haven't played or seen it played, you should check it out!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
7 young students stand inside a fenced circle playing with a red ball
Work study Wednesday! These students are applying valuable work and interpersonal skills while working at Food Lion in Fishersville. Their main job is to stock and organize shelves, but they are often approached by customers and get to practice providing good customer service!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
male student wearing a food lion uniform arranges a box on a shelf in the grocery store
male student wearing a food lion uniform arranges a can on a shelf in the grocery store
male student wearing a food lion uniform arranges a can on a shelf in the grocery store
This week is Kindness Week! We surprised the students yesterday morning with a Kindness Welcome Party as they arrived to school! There were so many surprised faces and a whole lot of smiles!! We're looking forward to a great week.
about 2 years ago, VSDB
three female staff stand in the lobby showing off their kindness themed shirts
female staff claps and cheers for a student as he enters the school
two staff cheer and show an encouraging sign to a student as he enters school
young female student walks into the school looking confused about why staff are cheering
male staff with a guide dog stands outside cheering and shaking a shaker to welcome students
students enter a hallway lined with staff cheering for students as they enter the school
many staff and students laugh and cheer in the lobby
staff cheering for students as they enter the lobby
female staff laughs and claps as a student passes her
female staff holds a sign that says shine with kindness
Why would we order EIGHT THOUSAND pompom balls, you ask? Kindness week, of course!! For each act of kindness our students do this week, they earn pompoms. Then, they add their personal collections to a container the whole school is trying to fill. Let's see if we can fill it!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
cardboard box full of multicolored pompom balls
rectangular container with clear front and some pompoms sitting on the bottom. a sign above the container says throw kindness around like pompoms
Our students had an early homegoing last Thursday so our school and residential staff could participate in professional development. Thank you Kim Shank from The Arrow Project for our interactive workshop on trauma informed practices!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
two females standing at the front of a room
After the strange winter we've had so far, snow flurries today shouldn't have been surprising...but it still felt surreal to see snow! As always, it was so beautiful looking at the light dusting of snow around our campus ❄️❄️
about 2 years ago, VSDB
VSDB entrance with a light dusting of snow
VSDB courtyard with a light dusting of snow
VSDB building and part of the courtyard with a light dusting of snow
vsdb basketball court, playground, and elementary building with a light dusting of snow
vsdb campus with a light dusting of snow
VSDB campus and flags with a light dusting of snow and snow falling
vsdb covered walkway with snow flurries coming down
VSDB is ready to Spring Forward! Spring is full of excitement and newness...and we are HERE for it! Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour tonight.
about 2 years ago, VSDB
graphic with image of a clock. text above “VSDB is ready to spring forward! don’t forget to change your clock +1 hour"
Our Goalball teams traveled to North Carolina to Governor Morehead School to compete. The girls and the boys teams won both games to complete their last away matches before hosting the March Madness Goalball Tournament March 17-19 at VSDB. This has been a good season so far and we are excited about the upcoming tournament! Our teams have traveled to three states in three weeks so they are looking forward to being back home for a full weekend of games and fun. We'd also like to extend a special thank you to Tom Gorman Photography for always sharing his photos with us! We are so thankful for our players and their families who have shown so much support throughout the season!!
about 2 years ago, VSDB
vsdb Goalball team standing in front of the goal
two male Goalball players stretching
male Goalball player throwing the ball
female Goalball player throwing the ball
male Goalball player ready to block a ball
female Goalball player ready to throw the ball
male Goalball player blocking the ball
female Goalball player blocking the ball
female Goalball player throwing the ball
vsdb and nc Goalball teams standing in front of the goal
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**
about 2 years ago, VSDB
graphic with the same text as the post. Augusta Dog Adoptions logo and photos of two dogs included in the middle