Our Kindness week finished off with a kindness block party! All of our students enjoyed games, music, and snacks to close out their week of fun. Each student also received a "Be Kind" t-shirt with "be" in Braille, "kind" in ASL, and "Be Kind" in print underneath. Thank you to all our students and staff for an awesome Kindness Week 2023!!
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all vsdb students and some staff in a large group picture. most students and staff are wearing the be kind T-shirts
students sitting at a table with crafts and eating snacks
three students and one staff dancing
two students smile for a photo
three male students smile for a photo
student sitting around a long table playing a game
students playing cornhole
student doing limbo
student doing limbo
students eating snacks and playing uno
We clearly had a TON of fun during kindness week!!
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three staff stand in front of the kindness backdrop for a photo
one female student holds up the be kind photo frame
one female student smiles behind the be kind photo frame
three students smile behind the be kind photo frame
one student smiles behind the be kind photo frame
one student poses in front of the kindness week backdrop
one student poses with his decorated bag in front of the kindness week backdrop
one student poses with the be kind photo frame
one student poses with the be kind photo frame
three staff stand together with the be kind tshirts
Kindness week in the library was full of excitement! Check out these students enjoying the various stations Ms. Michelle had set up throughout the week.
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two female students coloring
three female students taking care of plants
one male student building with Lego bricks
one male student reading a book
two male students eating Candy
one male student eating Candy
one male student building legos
one female student building legos
We sure had a lot of fun on St. Patrick's Day. Pre-K had a visit from an ornery leprechaun who knocked over chairs, left his footprints all over the place, and got into other sorts of mischief. Our blind elementary students made a St. Patrick's Day rainbow and shamrock craft. AND our very own Leprechaun (Arron) brought some fun and smiles to the beginning of the Goalball tournament!
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pre-K classroom with chairs knocked over
green “leprechaun footprints” on the dry erase board
green “leprechaun footprints” on the tables in the pre-K classroom and a female pre-k student leaning over the table to point at and look at them
one male pre-k student being held by one female staff. they are both wearing green shirts and the boy has a sequined green hat on
a foam craft of a rainbow with glittery green shamrocks stuck to it and a green hat that says happy st Patrick’s day. at the end of one side of the rainbow is a pot of gold. the other side has a white cloud with green shamrocks attached to it
male student holds up his completed rainbow craft
male student smiles with his rainbow craft on the desk in front of him
male staff dressed in a full leprechaun outfit. he has a natural red beard, a black hat, a green vest over a long sleeve white shirt, black trousers, black shoes with gold buckles, a cane, and a black pot full of “gold"
Check out our current job openings! https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/search?page=1&query=vsdb
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flyer: "we are hiring. multiple positions open" four illustrated people stand together wearing black, white and teal
Work Study Wednesday!! Some of our students go off campus for their work experience but some are able to have an on-campus work placement and give back to our school community! Here, Bri is helping sort books in the library so they will be easier to put away.
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female student pulls books off a cart and arranges them into piles on a table
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!
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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.
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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!
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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! ☘️
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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!
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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
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! ❤️
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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
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!
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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!
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two pre-k students play with packing peanuts in the library
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!
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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!
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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 1 year 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!
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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
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!
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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