#WorkStudyWednesday - Jacob and Morris participated in an unpaid work experience at NuBeginning Farm Store. Jacob and Morris are seen here preparing eggs for egg salad. John Matheny, the store owner, has been an amazing community partner in VSDB's Work Based Learning program. He is patient, kind and works so well with our students!
Our Basketball teams are heading out again today as they prepare to face off against West Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind on their home turf. GO VSDB !!
Books, Games, and Activities... There's so much to do at our library! It's not your Grandma's library ;)
Here are the results from last nights game! Girls' and Boys' teams both played against West Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind, the boys' team finishing with a victory!! Congratulations to both teams for a night of lively game play.
Join us here at home today as both the boys' and girls' basketball teams face up against West Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. The girls' team will play first at 4pm followed by the boys' team at 5:30pm. Lets go VSDB!!
Here are the results of the Boys Basketball game last night against Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf. Although the game ended in a loss, a congratulations is still deserved for a game well played !
We hope you're ready as the VSDB Basketball season continues! The boys' team will be headed out today as they go up against Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf at 3:30 pm! Stay tuned for more updates and let's go VSDB!!
We are only a few short weeks away from the 2024 ESDAA Basketball Tournament that will be held here at VSDB! We are SO excited. Make your plans NOW to join us February 9-11, 2024!
https://youtu.be/Vxm865_eRb8
These snowy days have us reminiscing on our Winter Concert from December. If you haven't watched it yet, you're missing out on a great show! Grab a blanket, some hot chocolate, and some popcorn then ENJOY THE SHOW!
https://youtu.be/kCopmTLErSI
We invite you to join us for a winter music concert tomorrow evening, Thursday, December 14. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm, so please arrive early to find a seat before the show! The show will be in the VSDB Auditorium (Healy Hall) and there is no cost for entry. Let's celebrate together and enjoy the sounds of "Winterfest" with the Blind Department Music Program, produced by Kevin Buchanan.
Today, November 15, is VSDB's birthday!! Please join us in celebrating the legacy that has carried VSDB through 184 years and still going strong. To all of our VSDB family, THANK YOU!
Check out this update from our music teacher, Mr. Buchanan, about district choir! As he shared the results with the students, our school photographer was there to catch some candid shots. Scroll to the end to see their reactions to the news.
As you all might know we took four students to audition for district choir this year. This is an event that all schools in our district participate in to showcase the vocal talent in our classroom. Last year we were able to get two students into the event with one alternate. This year, just like last year, we went into the auditions with the goal of showing what we could do. This year the piece was very challenging and we only expected to use it as a learning experience. However, I am pleased to announce that we have 3 students representing our school with one hopeful first alternate. As a second year music teacher I can’t fully express the amount of pride I feel for each of these students. I know that through the nerves that all of us felt the day of the audition. These students will have the experience of a lifetime as they are not judged by what they can’t do but rather what they can do and, through this, build the confidence nessesarry to achieve things they never thought possible. Please join me in celebrating our 2023 district choir representatives Amayah Hall, Charlotte Sterling, Nikita Razinkov as well as our first alternate tenor Jacob Warner.
We hope you're ready, because basketball starts TODAY as VSDB takes on NCSD at 4:00 and 5:30 pm!!
Happy Veterans Day! VSDB would like to extend appreciation to all who have served to protect our country. On Thursday, VSDB held a ceremony to recognize our veterans. The students opened the ceremony with the Pledge of Allegiance and then learned about the meaning of Veterans Day. As we recognized our employees who are veterans, they had the opportunity to share about their service and students and staff had the opportunity to ask questions to learn more. We really enjoyed this opportunity to learn more about our veterans! Only two of our veterans were able to attend the ceremony, so the others will be recognized individually.
VSDB students leading the Pledge of Allegiance: https://youtu.be/nXGbYxJn8jg?feature=shared
Today's story is The Good Egg by John Jory and Pete Oswald. We hope you will join us at 4:00 for ASL and spoken English or at 4:30 for a read aloud with picture descriptions. No registration required, join us live at bit.ly/vsdbstory
Reminder :: Save the date and mark your calendars for the first game on November 14, 2023 @ VSDB. Join us next Tuesday to cheer for our VSDB Boys and Girls teams as they take on NCSD!
Join us in wishing four of our students, Amayah, Charlotte, Jacob, and Nikita, good luck in district choir auditions tomorrow. We may have snuck in on some rehearsals and, let us tell you, their voices sound lovely! We are so proud of you and know you will do well tomorrow.
Our residential program is so dynamic! One of the residential advisors got out a medicine ball and worked with the boys on his floor to get some exercise while having fun!
Gooooooooood morning! We hope everyone was able to take advantage of the extra hour of sleep (or at least used that hour to do something enjoyable, like a peaceful cup of coffee during sunrise). Speaking of sunrise, one of our staff captured this beautiful photo of the newly renovated Main Hall as the sun rose in the background.
Congratulations to Nikita and Amayah, who made the All American Squad during the Nationals tournament!
