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Greetings from the land of  ORANGE  and  BLACK !

As the holiday season settles in, we want to take the time to express our appreciation and gratitude for others. CSD continues to receive amazing support. We are grateful for our many collaborations, and for the individuals who have given so much to CSD throughout the year. These contributions and successes are why we share our monthly CalNews. Through CalNews, we can recognize the successes of our students and staff alike. It goes without saying but must be mentioned once again, thank you all for your contributions and your support of CSD throughout the year.  

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” - G.K. Chesterton

With this quote in mind, CSD is a long-standing organization that was founded in 1860 and continues to grow and strengthen every year. I would like to thank CSD for all it has done for the many students and families who have passed through our doors. It all starts with the faculty, staff and administrators who have worked at CSD over the years and are to be recognized for their everlasting contribution to the school. Thank you!

By sharing this monthly CalNews with you, it is evident that there are so many things going on at CSD! Our students, families, staff, and community members are to be recognized for their exemplary contributions toward the success stories within this issue. 

Thank you for showing interest in our programs and services.

With Eagle Pride,

Clark Brooke, Ed.S.

Superintendent

California School for the Deaf, Fremont

The first family of CSD poses with a photo mosaic of the Superintendent created, like a puzzle, of smaller photos of CSD students: Reyes Ribera, Rita Ribera, Davon Brooke, Clark Brooke, Bob Brooke, Marlene Brooke, Dante Brooke.

La primera familia de CSD posa con un mosaico fotográfico del Superintendente creado, como un rompecabezas, de fotos más pequeñas de estudiantes de la CSD

Remarks

Nick Schweizer, Deputy Superintendent

Systems Support Branch, CDE

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The CSD community is fortunate to have Clark Brooke at the helm of the school. He believes in a partnership between the school, parents, the Deaf community and the broader community working together to advance the Deaf students served by the school. He is focused like a laser on meeting the total needs of the Deaf students at CSD. 

— Dr. Hank Klopping

Retired Superintendent

California School for the Deaf

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Clark, You know what it takes to make CSD successful and meaningful for students, staff, families, and community members. CSD will shine even more under your leadership! Congratulations!!

— Dr. Nancy Hlibok-Amann

Superintendent

California School for the Deaf, Riverside

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The effective Site Superintendent at the California School for the Deaf:

I am confident that Clark possesses the competencies and passion to fulfill the above.

— Scott Kerby

State Special Schools and Services Division Director

California Department of Education

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Superintendent of California School for the Deaf is an extremely important position for the California Department of Education and the state as a whole. As a result, we were very careful and deliberate in our approach to making our selection. It is clear that we made the right choice when we appointed Clark Brooke, and he deserves my most sincere congratulations. I am confident he will build on the strong legacy California School for the Deaf and its community have created over its many years as part of the California public school system.

— Nick Schweizer

Deputy Superintendent, Systems Support Branch

California Department of Education

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I am pleased to see Clark Brooke take the helm at CSD. I was impressed that, although the Investiture was a special day for him, his presentation was about how the entire CSD community is working together to move CSD into the future. Congratulations Superintendent Brooke. You have my full support.

— Andrew Laufer

Education Administrator

California Department of Education

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On November 16, before we gathered for the Investiture in the afternoon, we had the opportunity to meet in the morning to build partnerships with three Deaf agencies in Northern California: NorCal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Deaf Counseling Advocacy & Referral Agency, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Center. It was the first time CSD CORE has hosted a formal round table with these Deaf agencies. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange resources, have a better understanding of each agency’s programs that support and serve families in Northern California, and develop collaboration efforts on community relations and IEP meetings for families and local educational agencies (LEAs). We were so fortunate to have Superintendent Clark Brooke and State Special Schools Director Scott Kerby join the meeting briefly. Their input on some pressing topics was valuable and beneficial in bringing all of us together on how we can support and serve families and work with LEAs / SELPAs better. We decided that we will have quarterly meetings with Deaf agencies going forward. What an exciting time for all of us to move ahead! --JAC Cook

Front row: Laura T. Petersen, Lilly Benedict, Kelly McCrary – Family Connections Coordinator, DCARA, Charity Acosta – Consumer Advocate, NorCal, Shelley Stout – Client Services Specialist, DHHSC, Ali McGill – Deputy Director, NorCal, Michelle Bronson – Executive Director, DHHSC and Sheri Farinha – CEO, NorCal.

Back row: David Kerr, Deputy Director, DCARA, Raymond Rodgers – Executive Director, DCARA and JAC Cook. 

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In 1997, Len Gonzales started at CSD as a Teaching Assistant before becoming our Physical Education Teacher. Len eventually was able to shape the Athletic department and bring high standards to the program as our Athletic Director. He was the driving force behind the restructuring of the Physical Education and Athletic department that allowed us to consolidate resources (PE teachers, Athletic Director, new Physical Education Supervisor and an added Youth Athletic Coordinator) and strengthen the program to further benefit our students. For the past three years, he was the High School Administrative Principal before moving to his current role as Director of Instruction.

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T he 2017 Junior National Association of the Deaf national conference in Ashland, Nebraska was a huge success. On November 7 – 12, California School for the Deaf sent Zahra Chauhan, Janeva Mosher, Samantha Medina-Vazquez, and Liliana Ortiz to represent the school at the conference with Daniel Girard and Sheila Korolev as their advisors. 

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Dr. Zheng said, “CSD is an amazing school. I appreciate the opportunity! I am grateful to Superintendent Clark Brooke and to my site contact JAC Cook. I was happy to see many early childhood children with excellent signing skills. It was wonderful to see preschool and kindergarten students signing all day in a barrier-free environment. I noticed that many kids sign very fast and are very smart. That impressed me. I am also surprised to see so many Deaf teachers and Deaf principals (eight Deaf principals out of the nine at the school). In the CSD middle school, there were 14 Deaf teachers and two hearing; in China it would typically be the other way around—with two Deaf teachers and 14 hearing. On the last day at CSD, I visited the Open House. While attending the event, I realized that California has a big Deaf Community that is very tightly connected.”

Dr. Zheng presents an enrichment activity to Elementary students.

Princes and Princess

Freshmen

Reza Mosher & Jaden Reader

Sophomore

Liliana Ortiz & Jaron LeMaster

Junior

Athena Ortega & Cruz Ascencio

Senior

Kristina Diaz & Uxmal Alcaraz

Homecoming Queen

Marcela Brentham

Homecoming King

Tyler Harmount

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Our artist-in-residence, Nancy Rourke, has been involved in a relief effort for one of the schools for the Deaf in Puerto Rico, and she needed someone to travel with her. I was thrilled when she asked me to join her on her trip November 13 – 15.

— David Call, CSD Art Teacher

Delivering supplies to hurricane-stricken Puerto Rico with money earned from a GoFundMe page.

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My class collected clothes for people who lost their homes in Santa Rosa. We separated the clothes by men, women, boys, and girls. My class went in vans and donated the clothes. After we dropped off the donations, we ate lunch, and I had a chocolate Starbucks drink. We finished lunch and drove through the streets where houses had burned down. I was sad. The houses were broken and cars were burned by the fire. — Josie Fisher

Manuel Villanueva helps classmates collect and sort clothing donations to give to the fire victims in Northern California. 

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The 19 ^th Annual Run for Hunger took place on November 15 at California School for the Deaf . Over 79 staff members; students from the Early Childhood Education, Elementary, Middle, & High School departments; as well as PE students from the California School for the Blind participated. The weather cooperated, and CSD groundskeepers had the track well-groomed for the event! Everyone enjoyed 20 minutes of trotting around the track and visiting with friends. 

Students and staff from California School for the Deaf departed from Fremont and drove all the way to Los Angeles to attend the Youth Lídres Training 2017. Our CSD students were so inspired from their experience that they want to continue to attend the conference for years to come!

Los estudiantes y el personal de la escuela de California para sordos partió de Fremont y condujo todo el camino a los Ángeles para asistir a la juventud lídres entrenamiento 2017. ¡ nuestros estudiantes de la CDs se inspiraron tanto en su experiencia que quieren seguir asistiendo a la Conferencia durante los años que vendrán!

CSD Staff: Doralyn Folse, Elvis Zornora, Adele Ann Eberwein, Rita Ribera, Lorraine Flores, Vanessa Sandez, Susana Acosta, Martha Koetz, Jeff Bibb

CSD Students: Jose Garcia, Athena Oretga, Samantha Medina-Vazquez, Liliana Ortiz and Alexis Bravo

“Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming what you thought you couldn’t do.” ~unknown

International Studies class trekked 3 miles uphill through an extremely muddy trail. It was exhilarating to accomplish this challenging 2004-foot elevation hike before going back downhill. We hiked a total of 6 miles to prepare for our upcoming trip to Peru in the spring!

"la fuerza no viene de lo que puedes hacer." "viene de superar lo que pensaste que no podías hacer." ~ desconocidos 

estudios internacionales de la clase trekking 3 millas cuesta arriba a través de un sendero extremadamente embarrado. Fue estimulante para lograr este desafiante caminata de elevación de 2004 pies antes de volver cuesta abajo. ¡ caminamos un total de 6 millas para prepararse para nuestro próximo viaje a Perú en la primavera!

We would like to thank  Linguabee  for their continued support toward CSD’s interpreting needs. CSD is partnering with Linguabee to create solutions that would allow us to coordinate our interpreting needs for the school.  Linguabee have been sending a representative to the school to meet with CSD interpreting team on a frequent basis to collect input and suggestions for the development of their custom scheduling tool for CSD. We are pleased to say that  Linguabee continues to deliver high quality interpreting services to the school and community. Thank you!

Meta Metal &  JAC Cook, Co-Editors | Katie Canfield, Proofreader

Clark Brooke, School Superintendent

Scott Kerby, Director of State Special Schools