New Clubhouse for Deaflympics Enthusiasts

By WAY Staff

Deaf and hard of hearing students throughout the United States and around the world will learn more about the Winter Deaflympics and enhance their skills in reading and technology as a result of a collaboration between the 16th Winter Deaflympics Organizing Committee and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center.

Under an agreement between the Clerc Center and the Organizing Committee, the Clerc Center will post and maintain an educational website focused on the upcoming 2007 Winter Deaflympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The educational material will be for deaf and hard of hearing students in elementary, middle, and high school, and also for hearing students, especially those in Deaf Studies and American Sign Language classes. The Clerc Center, which traditionally sponsors the Gallaudet National Essay and Art Contests for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, is collaborating with the Organizing Committee to incorporate the Olympian theme of “going for the gold” into the 2007 contest and adding the category of American Sign Language to its ongoing categories of writing and art.

For more information, visit the Clubhouse website.

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