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By Jamie Berke, About.com Guide to Deafness since 1997

Welcome, Las Vegas Charter School of the Deaf

Thursday April 24, 2008
This fall, a new charter school for the deaf opens in Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Sun. It is a bilingual school, as reported:
The new school for them will offer “bilingual-bicultural education,” a model followed by many of the nation’s top schools for the deaf. Teachers are fluent in American Sign Language, and students also learn to read and write in English.
The new school will start off small, renting two classrooms. Eventually they hope to grow large enough to buy a building. Keep up with news on the Las Vegas Charter School of the Deaf at their website.

Comments

April 24, 2008 at 10:50 pm
(1) Jean Boutcher says:

Bilingual-Bicultural — oh, this is the best news I have heard!

April 24, 2008 at 11:04 pm
(2) deafchipmunk says:

Great news about BiBi Charter School of the Deaf!

Deafchip

April 24, 2008 at 11:27 pm
(3) Richard Roehm says:

I’m the one that helped them win the grant for the first one they did. But their knives on my back subsequently has caused me to focus my grantwriting elsewhere.

April 25, 2008 at 11:25 am
(4) David says:

RR-
Quit lying

April 25, 2008 at 6:40 pm
(5) Niki Anderson says:

Do you know of a website for leanring sign language for use with cats?
Author of bestseller,
What My Cat Has Taught Me about Life
Niki

April 29, 2008 at 8:32 pm
(6) Jac says:

Wonderful! Bi-Bi program! Yes!
It is a great start to spread over U.S.

April 29, 2008 at 9:09 pm
(7) ProudParent says:

Kudos! We need more charter schools of the Deaf in this country to serve dual languages education. I am SICK and TIRED with the bureaucracy of the state schools for the deaf that has been detrimental to our deaf children in the today’s education society.

Proud Parent of a Deaf Charter School!
http://www.rmdeafschool.net/

April 29, 2008 at 9:21 pm
(8) YB says:

Well, its nice to have one. In my oppose for their ideal because LV is not strongly Deaf Community. LV is strongly gambling community which it conflict interest!

April 29, 2008 at 9:36 pm
(9) Cathy says:

I grew up in Las Vegas and there was a good deaf community there with activities for deaf kids. Though it has been a while so I don’t know how much has changed.

People who live there don’t really gamble. Rather, vast majority of them work in the gaming industry. It’s the tourists that does the gambling.

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