Georgia School for the
SCHOOL HELPER
WinTER 1993-94

LEARN
Leal-n to read and write. Exams.. finals And hard worl{. Preparing
oursel'Jcs for "the
....l~ough future. Time is
!"!igh. so LEARn "to succeedl

A .Iot has been happening at GSO since September. Here are some of the highlights .
SCHOLARSHIP WINNER
Congratulations to Shirley Osborne, the 1993 Optimist District Winner in the annual speech competitiorl for the hearing impa.ired. Shirley competed with other hearing impaired students from the southern pa rt of the sta teo Shirley came in first and won a $1500 schola.rship to the college of her choice. Shirley is a junior now - WE ARE PROUD OF HER!!!!

SCHOOL

Beoks. papers, and pencils,
YES -

But fun.. sports, and

friends.. "too. Goat~ achieved, bu"t, more

goals yet to comel

Accomplishing our dream....

!
L-iVlng

our

, .I v e s . . . . .

Learning for -the future... Loving ou.- lives... As UJe dream of "tomorrOl.Um
S.O'boml!.

J5U Practice Teachers

We were priviledgep to have 9 college seniors from Jacksonville State University in Alabama with us for a four week practicum. They worked

under the direction of Or. Susan Easterbrooks, professor of Deaf

Education at JSU. The seniors taught in various cla.ssrooms in the Lower

School, High School, and Vocational

Departments. Most of the seniors will

graduate in the spring. Their degrees will be in Hearing Impaired Education.

GSO stud.ents interaction w

benefite ith these

dgrefraotmp~lve ci

from JSU!!!!

MAR 22 1994

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UOCUMENTS

UGA LIBRARIES

COUNCIL

GSO ha~

:stabli.=;hi::d a

Student Council. The

Coundl is composed

of selected

individuals fr'oril

each class in

grades 6-12. Its

prim.:).ry function is to 3.Ct as a liaison

bli:b..JE:O::r. the student body and

staff/administration. The members of

the Council are positive role models for

oth~r ~tlJ.dent~ and help to foster

schuul .:5pirit.

.

Staff members work closely with

the Studp.nt Council and the members to

see that school rules 3.re adhered to

.:il,d that the t.:.tal Council exper'ience is

an organized application of leadership

skills:. Meetings are held twice a month.

ThiS' is' the li~t of of fiears and

I epr-esoentativE:s for the 1993-1994

Echool year:

OFFICERS:

President

Shirle',j Osborne

Uice-President - Chad Moore

Secretar',J - Y3.shika Hunter

it- o::o..:=-ur,;::, - LoJilfi.:: Bla.ckmon

Cowanda Fountain

CLRSS REPRESENT~TIUES: 12th grade - Yashika Hunter
Marcl'.s Butts
f.lItern;). t~ - Holly SW-3.nson

11 th grade

Shirley Osborne

COlt1anda Fountain

Altern ate - T.3.mm',J Parsons

10th gra.de - Willie Blackmon
Pamela Ramsey
Altern.3. te - L 3. travis Stroud

9th grade - Cha.d r'loore Eric Caison
~lterl1-3.te - LaShon Ramsey

8th grade - r'listy Carroll ~Itp-rnate - Michelle Daggett
7th q,- ~de - Rick LitUcjohn
- Alternate - Faith Kilpatrick

6th grade - Monic.;\, Green Rltt:r-nate - Charvez Jackson

BIG BROTHERS/SISTERS
Thr~e years ago the Junior Na tional Rssociation for the Deaf boys and girls adopted a little brother or sister from Mrs. Sanford's pre-school class.
Mr. David Conti and Ms. Diane Conti have helped coordinate many activities.
The brothers and sisters have gone to Pizza Hut. had cook outs. decorated Easter bags, had a Candy Making Party, helped address and give out Valentines, and performed for Open House and Parent Weekend. The older brothers and sisters provide a good wholesome role model for the ',Jounger brothers and sisters and make all of us proud of GSD!!
High School students participating in the Big Brother/Sister Pr'ograro are Tammy Parsons, Chad Moore, Eric Caison. Chad Blaxton. Shirley Osborne. and Cowanda Fountain. Primary students from Mrs. Sanford's class involved are R',Jan Welch, Cody Neighbors. ~IIen l(ing. and J.D. Rakestraw.

PRIMARY
TO

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to ~tlanta to see

the Ice Capades. The trip was on November 11 and the kids saw many differ ent characters doing many tricks on the ice. The students had a great time!!!

GEORGIA
POWER SPEAKER
~ represent a tive from Georgia
Power came to speak to Lower School on November 2nd. Jimm',J Edwards brought with him the "POIer' Town" exhibit and explained to the students the dangers of electricity. "Power Town" used real
electricity to show the d.anger Mr. Edwards was t.alking a.bou t.

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SIGN/SING CHOIR
A very unique
;:'t2rf'::lrming '3roup :-,.;...:; beef.
est.a.blished by the joint efforts of
C.:;l.'l': Spring Element.ary School and GSD. Tho;: " ",ult is 0. gr.jup i.:If childr'o;:n who
:=-ing a.na sign. We h.;..ve two students
tha. t recently performed l,.. ith the
Sin,,; "'SiSlr. Choir. The group s.~.ng/signed .::.. t tho;: F o.mily Hi..".ht at Cavo;: Spdng Elementa.r'~ Schoe1 ,:>n December 6th. Also, they l.l.lt?re at Mount Berry Square f1,~11 in P.ome on Oocember 16th. Kristi l-iampi.:ll-, .':ilr,d Chri::.d:ioe MUI-'phy particilJa te
ira the sing/sign '=hoir. They have been 9t"'l;ng to Cave 3pring Elementary School ~'.)er':J Frida.y since September. Hot onl'::I do K..-is ti c,.f,d CI-t1-'istie si:ir. the son'3S. the whc,le choir. which has 3rd, 4th. and 5th <;.waders .. hewe lea.rned siqns to se','eral ~on~~. It is 3.wesome to see ':'lJ.ch a large gr"Jup of ,:hildren singing
and signing at the same time. I"lary Hanson, tea.cher in Lower School. and Mrs. B.~.rbar~. Elliott. Music Teacher at Cave 3pl- i,.g School. coo. dinato;: this activity.

GSD PARTICIPATES IN YOUNG ROIvI!NS
fhis. is the iirst year that GSO will
partic!p ..... t:e in the Young Roma.ns Progrc:.m ~pon~ored b'~ the Rome Hews Tribuiloe. E~cr. l..Jo::o:k the Rome Hews
'1 ribune includes an issue created by
indi'."dual schools:. GSD students will intcr','ierJJ, rJJritc, edit, and lalj out our
edition r Ol~ the Youn9 ROflla ... s section.
uur' editio:>n will be included in one of the r"la y 1994 publit::a tions of the Rome News
Tribu.nt!!. Not only does Rome News
Ti-ibu .. ,o: := pO"'~ur-- this Sf'o:a t program.
but. in addition. U'ley provide
instr'uctional ma terials, workshops, and lZ'IJ.pport to 3.11 .:::I.re ~ !rchools. If you .... r e in'te'-'o;:sto;:d in r'ecei',)ir'9 a cop'~ of the GSu Young Roma.ns section. please contact Keri Meeks at <7(6)777-2249.

Community Based Education

Community

Baso:d Education

is genera.lly

~~ !~~~t!~'.~'" ~:.,~. .~.;::,;::;::~ irnescotrgunci

zed a tional

s one mode

l

":;ii::,:::;:,':,:,:",) for students with

~:::::,','::::i:i disabilities.

Hands on site experiences are
cfo5'f!J ccnn::zctcd to' :s'er{,'tc~J community}

leisure and vocational objectives. Students are required to ~pply for a
position . Then they must inte~view for the job. which means they must learn to dress appropriately and master effective interviewing skills. The students that participate are expected to find out job responsibilities and carry them out as directed.
Training experiences are currently scheduled at different sites on the GSD campus.
Students enrolled in the current CBE class include I=llanna. C,a..sey. Rob Overton. Tess Walden. Berlinda McClain, Sue Hartsfield. and Kris Fortson.

FIRST ANNUAL HALo~ O~t~ber~6~,E
GSOI=lI=l (Georgia School f or the Deaf Rlumni
I=;ssocia.tion) sponsored, the first annual Hall

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of Fame. It was held at Skytop Holiday

Inn in Rome. Chairpersons for the

event were Louise and Frank Osborne. Inductees included:

Mae Spurlin (1925 basketball team)

I=lda Ja.ckson

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Rlva Hitchcock ..

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Margaret Hogshead (1928 basketball>

Douglas Hitchcock <1924 basketball) Fred Jones (1915 basketball)

Charlie Parker (1933 basketball)

Sarah Wade (GSD coach for 25 years)

Oaniel Van Cott (GSO coach 1945)

Zeke McDaniel (GSD coa.ch 1963)

The Hall of Fame committee honored

Sam Niemeier. current f ootbali coach.

JUST SAY NO The High School students ho.d a
visiting speaker on December 9th. Her
name ltIa.s Debra. Simpson. She spoke
a.bou t Drug and Ricohoi prevention. She advised the students to listen to their
parents and stay away from drugs and alcohol. She told the students to think
carefull'::I abou t who the'::I da ted and to
make wise choices. Ms. Simpson is a
former student at GSO and the high school students thoroughly enjoyed her lecture.

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STUDEnTS WRITE ABOUT
THAnKSGIVinG HOLlOn'll
I h<3.d a nice Thanksgiving Holiday tuith n-t~ family and friends. I went to r.I tlanta .. Georgia to visit my aunt and there 'J-'~ "'.:t.d a good time. My mother cooked Thanksgiving dinner that was so ~elicious and tasted good. All of my tamll~ fr'om different places enjoyed .~nd sang songs and s,"'.id their "Blessings." I had a wonderful time and I a.rn thankful for a lot of things. But, bet ore Thanksgiving I had a good friend of the family pass a..toIay and it was really hard for all of us. We were thankful to have all of our family together at the table. We had a '..I..t::lnderful time a.nd we loved a.II of our family. I would like to thank my family f0.~ making this holiday so special!!
Pamela Ramse~ 10th gr.~de -
! h~.d a good time on Thanksgiving Day. We went to my grandma's house for Thanksglvin~.
I a. te a. lot of foods. My cousin, John, ate 6 cho.=olate cakes. He's a pig!!
Ou ... family was really happy to see me because had not seen me for a long time. M .... f .~millJ '..tJ.~s a t grandma.s house for Thanksgiving. I had a good time on Thanksgiving Day!!!
Mist... Carroll 8th grade
We wen t horne early f"or Thanksgivang holidays because many children had strep throat. We l'Jent home earl':J two weeks ago. I enjoyed the Thanksgivin~ Holidays. I watched television every day, the closed-ca.ptioner has been lJJorking on the t.v .. My step-f"ather bought the battery fo ... the remote from the store.
1 also watched college/pro f" ootball and basketball 9.~mes on the t.v.. I had ea. ten a lot of food on Thanksgiving Day, because I was so hungry. I had a good time at my home. Our team will be re.~dy to play ba.sketball on the weekend.
Latravis Stroud 10th grade

We went home f"or the Thanksgiving holiday. I went home and slept all day. I went to the store to get some f" ood f or Thanksgiving. I It.ent to see my f"amily. I stayed with them, and we ate some f"ood for Thanksgiving. We ate turkey, ham, and green beans. I went to Atlanta to see my mom f" or a short time and stayed with her. We talked and watched t.v. and played around. I practiced basketball f"or a short time and went to Savannah to see Nikki but I did not go. I turned around and went back home, and her home is too far. I went to see my grandf"ather in Nursing home and he '.lJas very little and sick.
Curtis Brown 9th grade
My mother and I went to town and got some groceries for supper. I cleaned the house. All my family and I went to my grandmo'ther's house and ate f"or Thanksgiving. I had a. great time on Thanksgiving Day!!
Robin MeGatha 8th grade
All the students went home last Tuesday. I went to Dublin, Ga. f"or a high school game. Screven County 'pla.~ed Dublin High School in a football game. We lost the game in the football playoff. Screven County -24. Dublin High School - 31. My family came home for Thanksgiving holidays. My father~ brother, and cousin l.lJent to Statesboro last Saturday. Georgia Southern played Eastern Kentucky in f"ootball. We won. The score was 14 to 12. Georqia Sou thern will play Youngtown on Saturday.
Lionel Parker 10th grade
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t:,' :~',:~ ~~~:~~~f~::D:::~nk ~~~'L COUNSELING

~ ~~r .M'. " ...

st.3.rted in f::j'...l9ust and Donna started in

Sepl:~mb-==r. The courr~elor's work _with

a.1I ~tudents - prlrnarl"l througrl leth

C!r.~,j,!?s This year.> emphasis is: being put on 3. Or:..lg/Rlcohol Rbuse 'p~el.".'ention

Proi;3r.:;.rll, ~uidance and transItion

planning (college and career),

s:t.~.nt::lardized testin~ (BSD,

C:Qmmu.nic~.tien between dormitor'''' and

sch.,:.oi, discipiine, grol.J.p counseling, SSI,

and an'~ sItuations that ar'ise with the stu.d~nts th.~ t n~ed to be t~.ken care

of". ThG: counsel,:,rs i..... ,s.nt the students

to feed the'~ h"'.'.Je a plc.e.ce they can go

It they r,ave overwhelming personal

probJ,~rn~. l=l '..)~.rm, underst.3.nding

_

at;nosphere is ~>.n important a.spect ot

the '':rj'unseling dep~.rtrnent.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

LoJiIIi a.n-'l Sha.kespeare's

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"i=! 1"1idsurflmer Dr'earn" l .... ill be

Night's presented

in the spring. l=luditions will be held for

all grades for various roles in the play.

Students: will also be 9i~)en the

opportunity to be involved in set design~

costu.mes, lighting, posters, and tickets.

t,.J'2 hope this l.....ill be sucessful as an

en terta.ining acti'.)ity as l.... ell as

aneducational experience for all

in... 0!U~d. I f you. ~.re interested in being

in'.)ol'v'E,j, please contact Donna

ncG~e-Combs.

CRAFT StiLE
AT TWIl\J TOWERS
Stud-==r..ts loere busy making
crafts. COOkies. and bread for the
.'?-.nn,-~ .~.' . St.3. te Scho,,!s era ft Sale. Each
year the three state schools take part
in a holiday craft sa.le in i=!tlanta. We
traveled to the Twin lowers in HO',.'~mber. Billy Mc[lon~.Id, Keri Meeks, Pam8.la Ra.rt1s,,"I:l, Rj,=ky I"Jilliamson, L.~ travis Stroud, and Jennifer Pu.gh represented GSD at the sale. It was a ~I_,.ccessful effort 'J.,ljth the Top S~.les A ...... ~.rd 90in-s to Mr~. S~.r~.h Moore!!!!

PRIMARIY TO STONE
MOUNTAIN
In October the Primar':l Department went on a field trip to Stone Mountain. They had a picnic and visited the petting zoo. It l",'as dose to Halloween time. When they rode the train, they saw rnan':l nice Halloween decorations.
TRIP TO SEE SANTA
The Primary Department lJ..lent tl\ Town Center Mall in Rtlanta on December 14. The children were 'Jer':l e7~cited about this trip because they would see a very special person. WHO???? Santa Cla.us.
KROGER
TOUR
The Kroger grocery store in Rome invited Lower School to come and tour their f a.cilities on November 9th. The'", looked at the store and tried different. foods. They learned about nutrition and the Basic Food Groups. The children were given a Basic Food Groups cookbook tho. t told them how to prepal~e nutritious snacks.
liEter Schaal Drama
Pr~gram
In September and October students '_'Jere involved in the pfter School Dr~.m.a Program. They created and practiced doing skits after schelo!. Mary Hanson worked with the students. Rfter three or four IJJeeks of practice on the skit, the stu.dents preformed the drama for' their peers and houseparents. The night they presented their '.....'ork was called "SKIT NIGHT". This Rfter School Drama. Pro';ram was a collabora tion between housepar'ents and teachers. Mary Hanson and Yvonne Driver worked .~.S ~. team on putting together skit nights. Refreshments l'Jere served and students were expected to use their best behavior when attending
I the perfcrmances!
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HAWAIIAN . MAGIC
Magician David Ginn visited Lower School in October. The students were entertained with 1.Jond@rflJl m.;l.gic tricks. Mr. Ginn ~.Iso included information about the state of Hawaii in his presentation so the progr'am was anf ormative as well as f'-'.n. l.I@ hnpe Mr. Ginn com@s b~ck next r;ea.r!!!
PIRE SAFETY ~~
Pit.;> Smith from the: Fire Sa+-=I:y Bur'eau presented a progr-?m '-0 LOlJJer School in HO~..'@mber. Shl e~:plained to the children the danger of fir'e and ways to pre'Jent fires. She showed the students how to evacuate ~.nd @sc~.pe .~. fire. The children were '.Jery interested in what zhe had to say.

SCOUTS IN
PARADE
The GSO Boy Scouts represen ted the school in fin@ f.:\shion when they marched in the annual Christma.s Pa.rade in Cave Spring. The parade was held on O~c@mber 11th, a.nd the Scouts braved very cold weather to show their school
spirit.

PRIMliRY
ROCKBRS

A group of primary

children have been

pr.3.ctidng and

performing at

sp~ci.;:,.1 functions.

The PklMARY ROCKERS have signed

song~ ~~ the GSD Par@nt Week@nd,

1992-1993 Open House, a.nd a. t Cave

Spring Elementaf"'::1 School. l"lembers of

the ~roup var,::, . but children who have

~erformed with the Prim-?ry Rockers

are:

Rhe tt Mixon

Demetro Wa tts

Gina Murph,::,

Regina Murphy

Cody Neighbors

f'1aria f1a':lorga

Rocky Lee Ro~~ Kennedy

COOPERATIVE PROGRflm WITH CAVE SPRinG ELEmEnTARY
A very special program continues this year in which GSD joins forces with Cave Spring Elementary School. Four da,::,s a week students in Lower School participate in activities at Cave Spring. Miss Mitchell's class goes to Ca.ve Spring School three days a week for selected academic activities-. On the fourth day students from GSO participate in a SING/SIGN choir at Cave Spring School.
The two schools also get together for other activities. Some of these have included GSD students attending the
Pica dilly Pu.ppet Show .3.t Cave Spring.
Cave Spring students also came to Red Ribbon Week activities at GSO.
The Cooperative Progr 30m provides an excellent opportunity for GSD students to interact with their hearing peers while providing these peers with valuable deaf awareness experiences. Students from both schools enjoy this exchange and look forward to their time together.
InDIAn SITE FounD
GSD employee Sonny Holman has discovered the site where Indians once lived. GSD classes are now studying the area tha t is located close to the school, near a creek. Teachers Stan Dawson and Hal Betz, along with Sonny Holman, continue to study the dig with the, classes.
"11"'. Holman says, " One day I brought my arrowhead collection to show Stan Dawson. It was tnen when he asked me if' I thought there were any Indians that might have lived on our campus long ago. I told him that I thought so. I took Mr. Dawson and some students where I thought would be a. good place. From there, we got a tractor and started digging. We started to find a lot of fired clay, flint, and a few arrowheads. What we found is very interesting to our students."
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G~L~~UDET
of
our hlgn school freshmel""! ha.d the opportunIty to

tra .... el to

:..Ja.=hir,gto...... O.C .. Chad Moore, a GSO

freshma.n from iJaldosta, a.ttended the

~:;umm~r Science Program at Gallaudet

1_'r'!i ... ~!"Eit'J in t.b.Ehington. Students

f.-c,r.-, all over' the United States wer'e at

the camp. "The pr'ogram lasted four

\A,eek~.
Ch.~.d ~tlJ.dicd ~ubj~ct ~u.ch a$"

biok,;'"i .. chemistr y, cU',o pho.,;sics. His

f a.vorit.:: sub.Ject was physics because it involv~d b",th math a'-nd biology. He

remer.'1ber':!d hiS" f ~IJorite I~_b activities,

which w-::r e wc.r kir.'3 with clectr-icity and

,jiff erent kinds of .=onnections, also an

experiment involving r'unning for 10

meters in 2 meter segmentE, then time

IjJ~.S che.=ked &.nd used in figur'ing

precentages. Cha.d says that he has a

r-p.al 5p.nSp. of discovery from his time
:n lJ.J<3.shin-;ton. There were man'~

~cti'Jit.ies in which he learned about

cooperation a.na working together as a

team_ Chad says he feels as if he

fou.nd ~_ Un~w self" at Gallaudet

Uloiver si-cy. He: r-ians to a Hena Gallaudet

when he graduates from GS[I.

~ REDW~~~BON
A "R~~\~~~:: ~i~~:::'E~k

.--

..... in October. The theme

of th~ l..cJeek 'J!3.$" "Real life is dru.g
rl' ee." TI-,e: focUE .jf the: IJJeek's

activities was to educate the students

on the d~.nqers of drugs and alcohol. rh~r~ 1J.}as: '.~ p.'lnl'2! discussion held for

higt. 3d,o.:J1 ir. which four' high school

tea.=hers pa.rticipated. H drama was

presented to high school and lo,""er

!l:chool. E5"s-.;?.y 3.nd poster contests

...... .::r ~ h~ld. LJinners c.~ the essay

contest presented their papers in a

s;:pQQch for- All stud@nts:. POJO'ter- winner-s

disphyed their I./Jork in the cafeteria.

Essa,:! wInners inclUded:
ls-t place M.arcus Butts $50 Mickey C'J~t1ey $50
2nd place 'y' ashika Hunter $2.5
3rd plC'l.ce Bra-die':! Dixon $15 Postcr' l.tJinner~ included:
1st pla.ce - Cii~ton Sallywhite $50 2nd place - Oarious Walker $2.5
3rd place - Kristi Hampton $15 4th place - Y.err'~ Kines $10 Other acci,,'ities that occure:d during the:

week included GSD first graders, Mrs. Dempsey's, Miss Mitchell's, and Mr. .Johnson's classes visited Cal{e Spring Elementary School for a Red Ribbon Part':!. Cave Spring's fourth a.nd fifth graders came to GSD and joined Lower School to watch the video "Guns, Gangs, and Drugs: Deadly Friends.u H social time followed the movie.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Many of our students ~.re participating
in a fter school activities.
Five lower school girls are going to
Rome for ballet lessons from the Ka thy 8aird Studio. Gina and Regina Murph,:!_. Maria
Ma'Jorg.3., Ros.a . Kennedy, and Christina King go to lessons once a week with Becky Dal\Json. The young ladies really enjoy this and are doing a good job. They, also look adorable in their tutus.

Four lower gymnastic lessons.

boys have the opportunity to take gymnastic lessons in Rome. Ro.=ky Lee, Demetro Watts, Allen King, and Clif ford Perry are enjo'~ing their
GO BOYS!!!!

A group of Lower School and High School students enjoy going bowling in Rome. Jackie Howa.rd, Alicia Knowles, Angel Clark, and Viola Hall are 4 of the girls who go regularly.

QUOTA CLUB
On December 15th, the Quota Club of Rome provided gifts for Lower School students. The Quota Club is very active in this area and provides support for the hearing impaired community.
Last year, Quota Club provided scholarships for three of our 1993 graduates. Receiving the scholarships were Jennifer Hogc.n, Lamar McEntire, and Roderick Hartage. RII thr'ee graduates now attend Floyd College. We are grateful to Quota Club for their support!!

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'.u' STTHUEDErvN'ICTrJTOIFI f;:I.-n-.~'Wa~iIJl

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The Rome Noon Optimist

hCll'u3hb

:3pons school

o~~rts.u

ar de

en ta

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' Ule nonth I=fwards. GSD

,~ r-roud to be ~. p~.rticip.~nt in this

program. The awards are given to .

students whl.) assume good work habits,

POSitive attitudes, and responsibilit~ in

their school community I)u.r three

Stud-::nt 0(- the r-tonth \.ljinr,ers are:

.:EFTEr-16ER - Toby Wilbank.s

son of Ivlrs. Brenda Burrell

from CI.~ rkesville, Ga.

OCTOE.ER - Jernla.ine Akin~ son of Ms. Oeloise Rkins
from .J~ cl<son, Ga..

NOI.JEr1BER - Pamela Ramsey
dauQhter' of IvI rs . Essie Ramsey . from Thomson, Ga.

The nalOes of all area high school
~tudents of the Month are olaced in a dr.3'_,.';ng for .~ college SChol.3.rship to be allJc;trded in June.

Pilh...RENT
R K"-' .......p ".,.-lI -.l ~.'-"l.j

Ir, l';ot)ernber" GSO

L..I.;;'.: lucky enough to

have ~.bout 60 1..t1conderful people who
c~.me +::0 =h3.re 'JJith us during parent

'Jj-=:;"-=r,d. Dr. Bill 1'1artir. fro uri' Atlar'lta

a.na (VIr. Oa.n r'liIler from Jacksonviile

St""te Univ~rsitu came to spee-.k to us.

!'Je ~.I~o ha.d repre~enta.tive~ from the

SOl.). th-=r-I', Bell Pioneer sand Ha. tional

Captioning Institu.te (NeD come and

present over BO close-car>tioners to

ztud~nt~ ~t GSO.

Our theme for the

p ~I- .:ni: L.Je:t:kend w:;.~ "TOGETHER tOR

SUCCESS." What a wonderful and

positive time ltJe had lllorking together

f or our children lJJho are soo important!!!!

TH~NI( ','OU to the ~arer,ts, farilily,

.:..nd f'riends who joined us. We look

f ("\rlllarrl to next year's 1I.leekend!!! If

':lOu. h 3.'Je :l.n') ~'-tgge!:"tions for next

'~E: :'.r, jjle :-.s: ~end t.heril to:

11rs. S'~lvia 110rgan

Georgie. School for the Deaf

232 Perry F~rm Ro~d

Co.v.: Sprin9, Ga. 30124

S.W.I.P.
STUDEnT lUDRH lnCEnTiVE PRDGRRm
Many of our students a.re able to take advantage of a special program designed to give pl-'actical wor k experience and a sense of pride in earning money for a .job well done. This program is called the Student Work IncentivE: Progr'am and students in High School can participate. They are assigned to various du ties on campus and have supervisors to whom they report and who give them IJJork assignments. We have seen some very positive results from this program. Students develop a more positive sense of self and take pride in their work. Some duties assigned to the students include lIJork in the cafeteria, providing maintenance on state vehicles, painting Tigerland, landscaping, and general maintenance around the school. We are very proud of these workers!!! . One group of workers has saved their money and will learn about having a savings account and budgeting funds.
InTERPRETER TRAininG UJORHSHOP AT GSD
Students in the Interpreter training Program at Dekalb College visited GSD recently. Oekalb College, which is in Clarkston, has a program for Deaf students and an Interpreter Training Program. Students participating in the wor'kshop tooK part in various activities with GSD students. One activity required them to LIse only sign language. (They could not Ll5"e their voices at a/l), when interacting with the students. The GSU students really enjoyed having the Dekalb students here!!
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!

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CHRISTmAS PLAns
Lou.le, school girls and
boys tr'aveled to see speci~.1 Christmas light exhibits in Dallas,
Georgia and in Centre, ~Iabama. Both groups enjoyed seeing the beau tifl..tl decora tions. The LOlJ..ler School and
niddJe School girls went out to eat at Ryan's and Christmas shopping along IJJith seeing the lights. High School girls also IJJent to eat at Ryan's a.nd
shopping. The dormitor':I has established a system wher'e the girls go pl.~ces .3.S .~. I.'Jhole group. All hOfJ.separents and students in the sa.me '~r'Qup 90 together'. These groups had a good time finding the Chr'istmas Spirit!!!!!

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STAFF'-uEARLY

/M~::~ ::'_ ~...F_ iit./__~

BIRDt".. I)

Sum\::! of the statt come in earl':I tt-.is '."ear to assist the stUdents in the
DC'rm .~nd .'3.t: bre-~.kf.3.st:. Sta.ff ,.,.. ho
have baen l,)ith the students earl':I in
the mal 'ning are Pr'udence Dillingham
F.3.'Je Kemp Rnn Niemeier
f1ary Ann 1'1oncrief Stan Dawson
H~.' Betz DOI..tg English

IMPROVEMENT
~IN DORMS Oormitor.". S'Ap~rl.Jisor Mrs. B~.rn~tte reports that the dormitories are much improl)ed in
appearance because of the additional
housekeeoinq staff. Three new people :;.;re on board and /.}Jorking in the dorms
as loJel/ as in school Tammy Langston, p ~m BI~own, and Steve Cr'aw join the GSO f a mil',,! this .".ear!!!! WEl.l:UlnEH

Hauseparents/Teachers
--TOGETHER FOR SUCCESS"
GSo's theme f or the 1993-1994 school year is "Togetherness for Success." All areas of the school are coming together for the good of the children who are so important to us!
SPECIAL
THANK YOU!!!!!
tD Dixie Chapter 23 of the Scuther Bell Pioneers
for their wonderful supportm~
MAKE A CALL
00 you ever need to make a call but the presence of a TOO is a problem?
USE THE GEORGIA RELAY CENTER
TOO 1-800-255-0056 VOICE 1-800-255-0135
AT8cT ToD/TTT Oparator Services
TOO 1-300-855-1155
AT8c T Ha tional Special Heeds Center
TOO 1-800-833-3232 VOICE 1-800-233-1222

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THURSDAY. DEC. 16- S.C. SCHOOL FOR THE

DEAF-AWAY

S~T, ,J~N 8 - TENN, SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

AWAY

FRI. J~N 14 - JIJ GIRLS AND BOYS-BREf'1EN

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TUES. JHtL 18 - TRION (JIJ/lJ)

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THURS . .-

SI=lT / JAN. 28-~1 eOYS/GIRLS nASON-DIXON TOURNE'y'
BOYS - l10RGf.:IHTOtI, HC GIRLS - TALLADEG~, I=lL~

rUES. FEB. 1 - ~FW1UCHEE <JU/U) AWRY

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TlIF.S FER 8 F~CUL TY

FEB. 14-16 6A SOUTH REGION TOURNAl"lENT FEB. 21-23 6f.:1 REGION TOURNHf1EHT

VARSITY BOYS

CHAD BLAXTON
P.ICRRDO CHRPMf-lN
CHAD i'100RE LATRHUIS STROUD ERIC CRISON

MARCUS EWTTS KENYA GREER CHRIS MURPHY 11RTl HEW TOWHS

:WRRI3 MA~{WELL - STRTISTICIRN J:.Rf'lAINE AKINS - 11ANAGER DOUG ENGLISH - COACH
SIDNEY SHRRP - P.SSISTANT COACH

V~RS!TY GIRLS

SHICA BANKS

TATANISHR BOONE

I'HCHELLE' DAGGETT COl.,HmD~ FOUNT~IN

YilSHII<A HUNTER

SHIRLEY OSBORNE

HH'if'W PRRSOHS

LRSHON R~r'1SEY

TE.SS WHLOE~1

NIC:(I ~'II)ERS - SnHrSTICHHI PAn RRr-lSE',' - n~NRGER EUGENE WEf.:IlHEkLY - COHCH H1f-1P .JOHNSON - PSSISTPNT COACH

JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS

HENRY ~NTOINE

TONY B~TASTINI

CURTIS BROL"N

DON~LD FIELDING

RICK LITTLEJOHN

KENNETH McMILLIRN

LIONEL PRRKER

ADRIAN SMITH

RAFAEL ST~NFORD MATTHEW TOWNS

ERICKSON YOUNG (SCORER)

JOHNNY COLCLOUGH ORR IUS WRLKER

CHARUEZ JACKSON

ERIC JOHNSON (MGR.)

KENDRICK POOLE (MGR.)

WILLIE BLACKMON (STRTISTICIAN)

BRIAN HICKS (STATISTICIAN)

TOBY WILBANKS (UIDEO OPERRTOR)

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS

MICHELLE DRGGETT MONICR GREEN

F~ITH KILPRTRICK

BECKY NELSON

TRNIKKIR SCOTT

MISTY CRRROLL

SHANNA FAISON

14 AND UNDER GIRLS

MONICR GREEN

FRITH KILPRTRICK

CHRISTINE MURPHY BECKY NELSON

WRNDR RUFFIN

TRNIKKI~ SCOTT

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TIGERSm

1883 GSD
FOOTBALL TEAM

NO.

NAME

14 CH~D MOORE

32 CHRD BLRXTON

34 KENYA GREER

40 ERIC CAISON

45 RIC~RDO CH~PM~N

50 RORIRN SMITH

52 BRIAN HICKS

55 SH~NNON PRTTERSON 74 Henry Antoine

61 TOBY laJILB~NKS

30 laJillie B'~.ckman

75 TONY B~TRSTINI 81 La travis Stroud

77 DONRLD FIELDING

79 CURTIS BROWN

80 OENNETH MCMILLIRN

85 MRTT TOWNS

Head Coach - Sam Niemeier

Asst. Head Coach - Erik Whitworth

Defensive Coordinator - Sidney Sharp

Video - Rlton Holman.Steve ~utry

Statistician - David Conti/Frank Osborne

When asked about the '93 Tiger season

He~.d Co~.ch Sam Niemeir said the young.

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flier, on tr.e:=; l::leal-"s team worked very h.9rd. H~ said th~l:J r'.9.d .~ lot: of spirit 3.nd o;a.ined a lot ,:>f expereince this '~e~x. C..:.a...:h Iiiemeier' is iooking fowa.rd to a successful '94 season.
Th~re !tJill be s':)me ch.:-.nges ne;",t ':lEa.r. M.:>re ga.mes will be pla.yed \..I.lith 8 men tearn~. We l",iil play 1'1ississippi and South Carolina In both home games and .:'.toJ.=).';l g~mes in the 1994 sea.son.
(;oa.=h Niemeier' was gratefu.l for all the SUppol't the students, staff, alumni.. and friends of GSD showed this 5e:;I.s,:)n. Cheerlea.ders did a. lot for the spirit of the team and Coach says GSD cheel'leaders ar'E:! the prettiest in the na tion.... GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V1\RSITY CHEERLEADERS Shir lEY Osburne Tammy Parsons Shica Banks CotJJa.nda Fountain Cho.wanda Ha.rrison Ta tanisha Boone Yashika Hunter Na t.3.~h.3. Hadle':l Willie Blackmon
JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADERS
Michelle Da.ggett Mist~ C:.x f'ull Shanna faison Faith Kilp<",. trick Shirll2'J Sol om 3.n T.s.r.ikkia. SCutt Crystal I,...Hmbish
HOMECOMING '93
October 16. 1993 was our' Homecoming ~';>.me :\9~.inst Rla.ba.m.:;I. School for the Deaf. It was a rainy day but a good time was had by all. During the half time festivities the Homecoming Court ma.rch"'!d o I.}. t on the field.
Representatives for Homecoming Princess were
6th Grade - Kristi Hampton 7th Gr.?rle - Fa.ith Kilp.:\ trick 8th Gr'ade - Sha.nna Faison Repr'esentatives for' Homecoming Queen were 9th gr.~de - Cha.I......:\nd.:!I. He-.rrison 10th grade - Pamela. Ramsey 11th 9r'ade - Shir'ley Osborne 12th grade - Natasha Hadle~
Tho:: 1992 Hor..\ecoming Princess, Cr'~sal Wimbish, crowned the new 1993 Homecoming f'rincess .. Faith Kilpatrick.
Th~ ICi92 Homecoming QlJ.e~n, J.:;I.net Ceorge, crot'Jned the nellJ 1993 HOOl~'.:omirl~ Glueen, Shir'iey Osborne.
CONGRATULi\TIONS!!!

GEORGIA CLASSiC ThE:: 3rd Hnnual Geolgi.:.. CI-.ssic W-3.S
hE::ld the weekend of DecembE::r 3r'd and 4th. The teams who participa ted u.lere the South Carolina School for the DC3.f and Blind, the Virginia School for' the Deaf and Blind, Coosa B-teams, Darlington B-teams and} of courSE::} Georgia School for the Deaf.
The r'ound r'obin event started or. Friday at 4:00 p.m. and ended on Sa turday at 10:00 pm. R list of the games and scores can be seen below.
R special presE::ntation l.vas made to Mr. Eugene Perdue, former Principal of GSD. He was given a plaque for his outstanding contributions to the basketball prografil. The plaque wa.::> presE::nted by Mr. Eugene Weatherly and Mr. Doug English. 1...102 also honored parents on this night. Students who had parents attE::nding the games were Chad Blaxton, Chad r100re, Chris f'lurphy, Shirley Osborne, and Norris Maxwell.
We had a grand time a.nd I pE::rsonally appreciate a.il thE:: l.vonoE::rful help we had from the GSD staff. We always do our REST for the school.

Thanks, Doug English
SCORES FOR Gn. CLASSIC

GIRLS SCORES

'JR. 22

DRRL. 50

GSO 13

SC. 50

GSD 18

COOSR 59

SC. 30 - COOSA 34

UR. 18 - SC. 62

GSD 19 - VI=!. 24

BOYS SCORES

'JI=!. 32

DI=!RL. 46

GSD 70

SC. 82

GSD 36

COOSA 53

SC. 49

COOSA 28

'JR. 57

SC. 78

GSD 74

IJR. 46

ALABAmA ,CLASSIC
On December 9-12, the Girl and Eo'~ 'Jarsity teams travelE::d to the Alabama School for the Deaf for the Alabama Classic.

SOUTH CAROLinA CLASSIC
On December 15-16, both Varsit'::# teams went to the South Carolina School for thE:: Deaf and Blind for the South C.3.rolina Classic.

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THE SCHOOL HELPER
(USPS 483-840)

We'-'ner Roger's btate Superintendent of Schools

8ill G.3.mbill l-1zzocia b:= State Superintendent
Offic~ of Special Services

Sa.r .:.h I"loor e Oil~ec-tor of Sta i:e Schoois and Equity
Georg;,a OF.!par~rnl'E!nt- Df' Edul:at-ion Rs-lant-a. ~ED5'"g'a 3D33LJ

Mich.:;. el Elliott $y I...,1<:.: Mol'" ga.n Kerj r-leeks Delle Copeland Prudence Dillingham
Diane Conti Debbi~ Holder Billy McO.:>nald

Superintendent l)()c. Supervisor
Chief Editor Rlumni/Staf f /
Informa. tion Junior High
~wards/Honors/
Sports Extracurricular
~ctivities
High School Student Clubs Student Services
Printing Instructor

The G.:-:or-;iQ. S.=hool for the Deaf is an equ.ai OPPol~tunity emplo,::/ I'" / educational Institution and does not dis;rlm;na.te on the b.~=!s of race, ,=0101"', =e~~, na tj.jnal origin, religion, age, disa.bility, or' veteran status in employment or admission to its pr09r~m_ ~.nlj ... ct:iviti4Ui.
1,/oca.tional program ofFerings include ar'\., auto bod,::/ repair, computer trainin9 .. drIver training, electricial 'IJiring, power sewing, pre-l)oca. tional training, welding, and cosmetology.
The Director 9f Support Services is the Title lX Coordinator and the C'-'.rr;clJ.lum Director is the Section 504 Coordina tor.
Ter'esa Lee. Title IX Coordinator (706:'0 777-2200
Sylvia Morgan, 504 Coordinator (706) 777-2200
Entered at the PQst office in Cave Spring, Georgia, a.s second class matter, December 1993.
Sel:ond C'ass pos.age pai.d a. Cave Sp.-ing. Geo.-gia 3DJ~Lf..
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