Students from the EDGE Program are having a winter holiday basket giveaway, and we are asking for donations to help fill the baskets. Ten lucky students will take a holiday basket home this Friday! If you would like, you can donate nonperishable food items such as mashed potatoes, gravy, peanut butter, jelly, canned goods, cereal, oatmeal, dessert/cookie mix, pasta noodles, and pasta sauce. Send donations in by this Wednesday.

Questions? Reach out to:

• Ms. Bailey at rbailey@osdb.oh.gov or
• Mrs. Fisher at tfisher@osdb.oh.gov.

College Credit Plus (CCP) is Ohio’s dual enrollment program that provides students in grades 7-12 (during the 2022 - 2023 academic year) the opportunity to earn college and high school credits at the same time by taking courses from Ohio colleges or universities. The purpose of this program is to enhance students’ career readiness and postsecondary success, while providing a wide variety of options to college-ready students, at no or limited costs to students and families (https://www.ohiohighered.org/content/college_credit_plus_about).

If your student is interested in participating during the 2022-2023 academic school year, please click here. This is programming is made available to families every year.

It is time to sign up for the 2021-2022 Little NC's short for Little North Central Association of Schools for the Blind! Little NCs offers K-6th students the opportunity to participate in cheer, competitive swim, basketball and/or goalball teams January 31st - March 17th, 2022.

Coaches are excited to hold practices with your students after school and host our competition against Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Kentucky School for the Blind in March on OSSB campus. Swim and goalball practices take place Mondays and Wednesdays while cheerleading and basketball practices take place Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Sign up your student(s) by January 20th, 2022 using this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1EkDx7CPmkqxxCsSPsCOu5zd5goBdNxotGRzqjq41RRE/edit (or return a hard copy to the front office). Please rank your child’s first, second, third and fourth choices. Sports in high demand may not be able to handle all student requests, the goal is to schedule each student, requesting more than one sport, the opportunity to participate in at least two activities.

Once rosters have been finalized your student will be added to the correct sport(s) in FinalForms giving parents the ability to sign the required concussion and sudden cardiac arrest program before the first day of practice on January 31st.

Due to COVID, we ask that students continue to have a mask on while not participating in vigorous activity. This means when students are waiting to enter a game, listening to coaches for directions and any breaks in physical activity. Students must bring a water bottle and socially distance.

Day students and their families, unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate late pick-ups again this year, please take this into consideration when signing up your child for sports. Because of this change, day students must be picked up between 4:45-5:00pm each day after practice. Students in swim will be picked up at natatorium on back half of campus, all other sports will conduct pick up at the front doors. Alternatively, families can request students to stay overnight in dorms.

We are excited to have athletics for students this year!

Please share with families of young children with visual impairments in Early Intervention and Preschool.

"The Gift of Music"

December 15, 2021 - 3:00 & 6:00 pm

Mrs. Jo: Founder of WeJoySing Inc.

As we enter a time of gift-giving, we are going to focus on the gift of MUSIC! It can be soothing or energizing, induce sleep or get us moving and engaged. Music engages multiple areas of the brain at the same time and actually aids in overall development. Whether experienced through sound or vibration, our children can gain so many important skills through the use of music.

Find a comfy spot with your child and experience a music class in the comfort of your own home. We welcome guest Mrs. Jo Kirk – founder of WeJoySing Inc., which provides music therapy and early childhood music-based learning for children and their families. Come sing along with us and explore the many ways to incorporate music throughout your daily routines. Contact Jenni Remeis to register for this event. jremeis@osdb.oh.gov

Ohio State School for the Blind

Director of Teaching and Learning - Michelle Wagner

5220 N. High Street

Columbus, Ohio 43214

614-752-1359

ossb.ohio.gov

Questions about the newsletter? Contact Lauri Kaplan at lkapan@osdb.oh.gov