For the sixth year, we will continue our pen pal program with Seminole Middle School. Our ASL Club members will write back and forth to deaf and hard of hearing students to improve literacy and bridge the gap between the deaf and hearing. The culmination will be a silent activity day in the spring where they meet their pen pal for the first time
We will be also continue to work with Flamingo Elementary and the Boys and Girls Club after school.
About
ASL:
Members of the Western High School
American Sign Language Club work hard
to dispel the myths surrounding deafness,
deaf culture and American Sign Language
on and off campus.
A
"Deaf Awareness Program" is set
up every year in March. During this
time students place posters around
the school, make announcements twice
a week, show educational videotapes
twice a week, participate in educational
field trips, and visit classes to
promote awareness.
Another
goal is to help less fortunate deaf
children in our community. To achieve
this, the club participates in meaningful
local projects and school activities.
The Western High School American
Sign Language Club hold fund-raisers
for many other worthwhile deaf causes
as well, such as sending gift certificates
to needy deaf children during December
and participates in fund raising
activities to help the Deaf and
handicap in our community.
Another
goal for the ASL Club is to promote
literacy among the youth in our
community by reading to young children
while teaching them basic signs.
ASL
Club members participate in a pen
pal program where they write back
and forth to deaf and hard of hearing
students in Broward County. This
helps us to bridge the gap between
the deaf and hearing as well as
to continue to promote literacy.
Last
but not least, the ASL Club hopes
to instill both respect and a positive
attitude for ASL and The Deaf Community
by helping to educate peers at Western
High and our community.
