The brochure can be found under the "Resources" Tab on the website.

There will be no walk in registrations accepted at St. Charles North High School.

National Deaf History Month “recognizes the accomplishments of people who are deaf and hard of hearing. According to data provided by the Hearing Loss Association of America, about 2-3 out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears and approximately 48 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss. Deaf persons in the United States experience inequitable access to education, justice, and health care as well as employment discrimination. Additionally, “deaf persons are actively looking for work to a greater extent than hearing persons and that employment rates for deaf persons has not increased from 2008 to 2017.”

• Hellen Keller went on to study at university and became a writer and founder of the Hellen Keller International (HKI) organization, supporting blind people. She advocated regularly for Deaf rights as well, as a public speaker and activist. She also campaigned for women’s suffrage, labor rights, pacifism and birth control.

• Known as ‘the fastest woman in the world’, Kitty O’Neil was an American stunt woman and speed racer, most famous in the 1970s. It was a combination of multiple childhood illnesses at five months of age that affected O’Neil’s hearing. At two years of age, O’Neil’s mother recognized that her daughter couldn’t hear, and she taught her lip-reading and speech.

• One of the most exciting young voices in the deaf and hard-of-hearing community today is 21-year-old Chella Man. A talented visual artist, actor, influencer and activist in both the deaf and LGBTQ+ communities, Chella Man has a strong internet presence and advocates regularly for deaf and disability rights.

Read more about the famous Deaf and hard of hearing people that have changed history here: DeafHistory

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. GoodReads

“A boy named Ben longs for the father he has never known. A girl named Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his mother’s room, and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out alone on desperate quests… Rose has been deaf for as long as she can remember. As a child, she communicates through writing, and, later, with American Sign Language (ASL) and occasional oral speech and lip-reading. Ben grew up deaf in one ear before being completely deafened through a bizarre accident (lightning struck the telephone he was holding to his “good” ear) just before his story begins.” DisibilityKidLit

On Saturday, April 9, students at St Charles North have the opportunity to participate in a self defense and real world first aid application seminar. This seminar will take place at Thompson Field (Thompson's Main Gym as the rain location) from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.. We want North Stars of all ages to know that "It's Okay to be a K.I.D. which stands for:

Know your Surroundings

Identify Threats

Defend Yourself

Vicky Vandiver of LaFox Martial Arts will be doing the self defense portion and Michael Tomsovic who is a firefighter will be doing the real life first aid events one might encounter.

Students can sign up for this event using the QR Code provided. The event costs $20 and the monies raised will go to benefit Erika's Lighthouse, a non-profit organization that helps young people with mental health.