Thursday, May 19th 6:30 pm - Virtual Coffee Chat with Superintendent Maynus
Meeting ID: 890 6472 6232
Passcode: Family
Visual Bucket List Foundation Surprises Student at OSSB
They surprised Laylah with her own stuffed cheetah, and cheetah-inspired luggage and will be sending the family to California in June on a Safari! The Visual Bucket List Foundation is a 501(c)3 created to help children who have, or who will be faced with severe visual impairment or total loss of vision, experience lasting visual memories.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers presented Laylah with a Safari-themed cake, as well as plenty of cookies, cupcakes, and juice for elementary students to celebrate with Laylah and her family. We wish them a wonderful journey!
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Makayla and Mrs. Williams running on the OSSB Track | Group Photo of Our Girls on the Run and their Leaders! | Dezzie and Mrs. K Walking Fast |
Makayla and Mrs. Williams running on the OSSB Track
Group Photo of Our Girls on the Run and their Leaders!
Dezzie and Mrs. K Walking Fast
OSSB Celebrates Seniors
After graduation, Seniors will receive guests through a receiving line in the hallway just outside the auditorium, and then light refreshments will be served to students, families, and staff in the Gymnasium. Congratulations!
Photo shown is from graduation in 2009 and shows Senior Katie wearing a red cap and gown with a blue and red tassle and holding a rose, her diploma and award. Katie decorated her cap with a circuit board, and computer key caps that spelled out her name (she also attended the Delaware Area Career Center). She is accompanied by OSSB's own Mary Swartwout.
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Climbers AJ and Jonah | Fun With Friends At Quarry Trails Park | Danny and Ms. Tanya Zipline |
Climbers AJ and Jonah
Fun With Friends At Quarry Trails Park
Danny and Ms. Tanya Zipline
NFB BELL Academy in Ohio
The NFB BELL Academy is back in person this year, 08/07/2022 thru 08/12/2022, and provides children with braille and nonvisual skills instruction through fun, hands-on learning activities. The NFB BELL Academy—which stands for National Federation of the Blind Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning®—is a nationwide (United States and Puerto Rico) summer program that prepares blind and low-vision children to grow into confident and independent blind people who live the lives they want.
Who Should Attend?
Blind and low-vision children, ages four through twelve, who:
- Do not receive enough Braille and nonvisual skills instruction in school
- Could benefit from more Braille exposure over the summer
- Would enjoy connecting with blind role models
The Ohio NFB BELL Academy will offer a residential program from August 7-12, 2022 in Columbus. Meals will be provided. The registration fee is $100, and scholarships are available. Please contact Eric Duffy for more information.
To apply for this location, please visit the national NFB BELL Academy page.
Interested in volunteering? For older students who are blind or visually impaired, please contact Eric Duffy about volunteer opportunities during camp!
Program Coordinator: Eric Duffy
Phone: 614-377-9877
Email: peduffy63@gmail.com
Click to fill out the online Application
Information courtesy of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio.
Blind Soccer Activities with Katie Smith
Blind Soccer - Contact Katie Smith 513-460-9785
Blackburn Community Recreation Center, 263 Carpenter St. Columbus, OH 43205
- June 9th - 4:30pm- 5:30pm Youth
Katie Smith
513-460-9785
Information courtesy of Katie Smith.
Envision Blind Sports Camp
Camp is being held on July 17th-23rd at Penn State Behrend in Erie, PA.
- Cost $500. Financial assistance is available.
- Camper Application: https://forms.gle/YdwvipLJCFa9KuLz8
- Counselor Application: https://forms.gle/LuQ1FsF7n6rbzTMYA
- The application deadline for campers and counselors is Friday, June 17, 2022. We will need time before camp to confirm facilities and order apparel so please make sure to sign-up ASAP
- for questions please contact Envision envisionblindsports@gmail.com
APH Webinars: ExCEL Academy - College Prep Webinar for Students - May 25th 6:00pm
May 25, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 PM EST
College Prep Series
Academy Audience: High school and post-high school students
May 25: College Prep – How Do I Chose a Major and Other Important Questions
When you’re asked the question, what do you want to do after high school, it might be easy to say, “I’m going to go to college.” But just what IS college in 2022? And how can you make sure you have the knowledge and skills to really prepare for the changes that college-and life after high school, will ask of you. We will explore this and more in this Excel Academy series.
Attending college and entering the workforce with vision loss requires that you work now, to be the advocate and student that colleges assume you’re going to be. There are many ways to think about your post-high school education to help you meet your goals. This series will help you understand how to search for a college (they are not all the same!), consider the skills (academic and blindness skills) you need to meet the demands, and explore the pros and cons of college, including other ways to prepare for your life after high school, and entering the workforce. Topics will include college search, financial aid, choosing a major, the change in support from high school to college, and work, The key to all of it? Your own knowledge, skills, and determination to do hard things.
Register Here for College Prep Series
Information courtesy of American Printing House for the Blind
Webinar: Ohio Housing for People with Disabilities May 17th, 6:30pm
Virtual Meeting
May 17th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Come and learn from our panel of experts as they share their organization, resources, and who may qualify for their housing services.
Panel Members
Jeannette Welsh Ohio Housing Manager, Department of Development
Kevin Clark Project Portfolio Manager, Ohio Housing Finance Agency
Critty Buenconsejo Creative Housing President/CEO, Creative Housing/Creative Renovations
Jeff Pattison Assistant Director of Service Coordination, FCBDD
Rachel Rubey MSW, LISW-S Supportive Services Director, Community Housing Network
Reasonable Accommodations must be requested by 5/10 to Deb at dpetermann@disabilityempowerment.net or 614-575-8055
Ohio State School for the Blind
Michelle Wagner, Director of Teaching and Learning
5220 N. High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43214
614-752-1359
Questions about this newsletter? Please contact Lauri Kaplan, Parent Mentor at 614-806-2651 or lkaplan@osdb.oh.gov