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Becky David Elementary students sign pledge as district spotlights DHH conversational sign club
Summary
Principal Ed Beckman and teacher LaWanda Brewer told the Francis Howell board the Becky David Elementary conversational sign club has grown into a 34-student program that connects hearing students with deaf and hard-of-hearing peers; the district provides master-level interpreters and the club’s students performed the pledge at the meeting.
At the Francis Howell School District board meeting on March 19, Becky David Elementary principal Ed Beckman and teacher LaWanda Brewer described a growing sign-language program that the district calls its elementary Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) hub. Beckman said Becky David has served as the DHH hub in St. Charles County since 1984 and now offers both grade-level sign clubs and a 34-student conversational sign club.
"We actually now have two different types of sign clubs," Beckman said, noting robust…
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