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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 the Clubhouse, an educational website set up by the 2007 Winter Deaflympics Organizing Committee and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University. Dwight Benedict, Deaflympics Organizing Committee chairperson, and Dr. Katherine A. Jankowski, dean of the Clerc Center, signed an agreement of collaboration this spring. Under the agreement, the Clerc Center posts the Clubhouse, which focuses on the upcoming 16th Winter Deaflympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. “As a teacher I’ve always felt that we should have educational material to help students learn about the games,” said Geraldine Francini, vice-chair, Human Resources, of the Deaflympics Organizing Committee who, with Andrea Feldman, a teacher at the Maryland School for the Deaf, initiated the collaboration. Dr. Jankowski said that she welcomed the opportunity to work with the Deaflympics Organizing Committee. “We look forward to providing exciting material that informs deaf and hard of hearing students about the Deaflympics while simultaneously promoting their skills in literacy, technology, American Sign Language, English, and the arts,” she said. As part of the collaboration, the Clerc Center and the Deaflympics Organizing Committee have expanded this year’s Gallaudet National Essay and Art Contest for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. As a result, deaf and hard of hearing students throughout the country are challenged to express themselves—through writing, drawing, and signing—on the questions: “What does ‘going for the gold’ mean to you? How do you go for the gold in your own life?” Further, in addition to the scholarship and cash awards provided by Gallaudet University, the Deaflympics Organizing Committee will provide contest winners with free tickets to the Deaflympics. Mandated by Congress to develop, evaluate, and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques, strategies, and materials, the Clerc Center serves deaf and hard of hearing children and youths from birth through age 21. The Deaflympics, organized under the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), began in 1924 in Paris. The ICSD includes the national organizations of deaf athletes from 94 countries around the world. To enjoy the new website, visit Clubhouse.
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