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Class Valedictorian Milana Grinman is radiant moments before 2003Commencement Exercises. (Photo/graphic illustration by Larry Newman)

“Life’s Lessons” Valedictory Address by Milana Grinman . . . . . . . . . . 1

“Looking Back” Salutatory Address by Amy Jo Dwyer . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Commencement Address by Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MSA Reaccreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Memories... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

MSD and MDSE Graduation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

MSD-Frederick 2002-2003 Honor Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

My Two Years at Hood College by Kimberly L. Clapp . . . . . . . . . . . 12

First Steps into the Next Stage by Laura Lohmeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Profiles of MSD Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

The MSD Story... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Around MSD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Junior Bulletin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sportscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Alumni and Community News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

MSD Alumni Profile: Maurice Abenchuchan, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

“Life's Lessons”Valedictory Address by Milana Grinman

t is such an honor to stand onthis stage and share with yousome of life’s lessons that I have

people and the differences in food andeducation. I have attended seven dif-ferent schools. I always wanted to be

CONFIDENCE is the key tosuccess in life—always believe inyourself and your own worth. I be-

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Ilearned. The thoughts I sharewith you today will benefit us in thefuture. First, there is a quote I wantto share with you as we, The Class of2003, leave MSD. These are thewords of a well-known deaf/blindperson, Helen Keller. She stated,“Life is a daring adventure ornothing,” There is a simple truthin this quote about life — lifeshould never be easy. It will behard. By persevering throughstruggles, we learn about our-selves, each other, and the worldaround us. All of the ups anddowns of life such as bills, work,and relationships can be perceivedas daring adventures. If we aspirefor nothing, our lives will becomemonotonous. High school was adaring educational journey for us,and we succeeded because wedidn’t give up. This shows we canaccomplish great things. I amdefinitely looking forward to mynext stage of life. It will be a dar-ing adventure. Take this quoteto heart no matter what your fu-ture plans are. Remember that lifewill never be easy for any of us.However, if we learn along theway, we will become wiser andmore resilient.

There are several life lessons I havelearned during my life. The lessonsdefinitely apply to our future. The at-tributes needed for a successful life are:PATIENCE, INSPIRATION, CON-FIDENCE and DEDICATION.

There have been stumbling blocksalong my road of life. However, I hada lot of PATIENCE as I continued myjourney along this difficult road. Forexample, I moved here from theUkraine. When I arrived, I experiencedcultural shock due to the diversity of

in a school that provided numerousactivities and direct instruction in ASL.In other schools, I was discriminatedagainst for being deaf. It was a longroad that brought me here to MSD.Even though I have struggled, I have

learned that patience pays off. I knowmy future is bright because I am nowstronger and I can face life’s challenges.

The other lesson is INSPIRA-TION. Inspiration is my great gift. Ihave received several awards forspreading inspiration. INSPIRA-TION always places the greatest ex-citement and motivation in people. Asa graduating class, we have inspiredand supported each other. Today wecelebrate everyone’s accomplish-ments. We will continue to inspireothers as we look for future success.

lieve that if you really believe andlove yourself, then you are able tobelieve in and love others. In thenear future, we will encounter newexperiences and obstacles. If wemeet these situations with confi-

dence, we will succeed. DEDICATION is what will

make us successful in the longrun. Without it, we will lose themotivation to accomplish ourgoals and dreams. For example,I have seen the majority of ourcheer leaders persevere evenwhen the going got tough. Ichallenge you to have the heartto contribute something for thebetterment of society. Dedica-tion to a cause will improve theworld around us. By sharingthese important life lessons, Ihope I am contributing to thisMSD community. Class of 2003, yeah! We

made it! Let’s pat ourselves onthe back. We have attained ourlife long dream: our diplomas!Let’s scream at the top of ourlungs as soon as we switch ourtassels from left to right. Wehave made our parents proud ofus. Let’s continue making them

proud—if you ever falter, have pa-tience, look for inspiration, be con-fident, practice dedication and smile.Remember that “Life is a daring ad-venture or nothing”. Helen Kelleris a perfect model for us. She passedthe finish line, she made life betterfor others, and so can we.

Hopefully I will see you all tenyears from now at our reunion! Let’snot say good-bye. Rather, let’s say,“See you later!” Families, staff, andfriends, thank you for helping to pre-pare us for our future.

Milana Grinman

MB

“Looking Back”Salutatory Address by Amy Jo Dwyer

ood morning! Welcomet o t h e g r a d u a t i o nceremony for the Class of

we were happy with our classes. Weenjoyed being in elementary school.The entire staff provided us with a

homework on our own. At the endof our eighth grade year, we took atrip to New York City. We had a

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G2003. On behalf of myclassmates, I would like to welcomeSuperintendent James E. Tucker;members o f the MSD Board o fTrustees; our Principal, Chad Baker;our Assistant Principal, Bette Hicks;our graduation speaker, SpecialAssistant to the President ofGal laudet Univers i ty , Mr.Lindsay Dunn; the MSDFaculty and Staff; our parents;our families, and our friends.

Today, as I stand here forthe last time, I want to lookback ove r the pa s t twe l veyears. I want to recognize thepeople and the learning expe-riences that have made thisgraduation possible.

During our elementaryschool years, we were fortu-nate to have great dorm coun-selors, remarkable teachers,and an awesome pr incipal .The dorm counselors kept usinvolved with activities andprovided fun times at the play-ground or in the gym. Wehave not forgotten that weused to have jungle gym barsin the elementary school. Play-ing and exercising was so suchfun. In addition to fun times,the counselors provided com-fort to students who stayed inthe dorm when we got home-sick. The counselors helped uslearn how to get along withother students. They encour-aged us to grow. In school,the teachers taught us basic math,reading, history, and science. In ad-dition, they taught us what is rightand wrong. We learned a lot in ourfirst few years. The principal madesure our days ran smoothly, and that

solid foundation as we moved on tomiddle school.

From sixth to eighth grade, weagain had great staff members toguide us. One of our biggest con-cerns was that the dorm counselors,teachers, and principal would be dif-

ferent and stricter than in elementary.That was true because we were oldenough to handle ourselves and un-derstand how to respect each other.In middle school, we began to learnhow to be independent, and to do

blast. We will never forget meetingKatie Couric in the news building.She was the coolest and nicest per-son. Soon after our trip, we gradu-ated from middle school. When wewalked up on the stage, the wholeeighth grade class started clapping.

Each of us was anxious to leavemiddle school, and move tohigh school.

F rom n in th to twe l f thgrade, our freshman to senioryears, we took many differentclasses that were required forgraduation. As high school stu-dents, we played sports, becameinvo l ved w i th d r ama , andjoined a variety of clubs. Theseafter-school activities helped usto learn and grow outside of theclassroom. Our experienceshelped us to be more indepen-dent. In school, the teachersgave us a class syllabus that re-placed our homework logs.The dorm counselors gave usmore privileges as we took onmore responsibilities. Some ofus struggled through geometry,chemistry, and French. Othersstarted their work experiencesin nearby restaurants, stores,and offices. We all countedcredits and watched our GPA’sas we looked forward to ourgraduation day.

We have enjoyed our yearsat MSD! Last fall, at the be-ginning of our senior year, weall were looking forward to

June 7t h. Today is that day. Some of

us have mixed feelings. We are ex-cited, anxious, happy, and sad. Thisis our last day to be students on thiscampus. We thank everyone who hasmade this day possible. MB

Amy Jo Dwyer

Commencement AddressBy Lindsay Moeletsi Dunn, Special Assistant to the President,

Diversity & Community Relations at Gallaudet University

uper intendent and Mrs.Tucker, members of the

bark on your own interesting journeyinto this big, strange but beautiful

alive. I did not understand what thismeant and I had never met any deaf


S Board, distinguished visitors,faculty, staff, administration,

students and the most importantpeople of al l , parents and familymembers, congratulations for gettingto this big day. It is a humbling honorto be invited to address the graduatingclass of 2003.

Speaking at graduation is no easytask as Delegate Sue Hecht stated inher commencement speech last year.The challenge is always about whatadvice will the speaker give gradu-ating seniors as they enter what Dr.Benjamin Soukup who spoke to theMSD Class of 2000 called, a “fieldof dreams”. The challenge for meis what I can offer a generation,which has seen many revolutions insuch a short time. These economic,social and political revolutions thatmodern technology has made pos-sible sometimes seem more like avideo game than real life.

Most of you were born whencomputers were just being intro-duced. You are now leaving MSDhaving “played” with just about allthe technologies currently available– from sophisticated video gamesto sophisticated graphic design soft-ware. Many, if not all of you, prob-ably think that creating a webpageis as simple as writing your name.You already know that there are re-al ly no l imits to what you canachieve in life because you aregraduating from a school that empha-sized that the only limits are those youplace on yourself. I believe the lastthing you need is for me to be tellingyou what the real world is like and whatyou are going to experience. Let meinstead; take you on a ride with me asI travel through my own personal life.Hopefully it might inspire you to em-

world of ours.I was born in 1959 to Samuel

Mofokeng and Elizabeth Mkame at theMarianhill Mission where my motherhad previously attended boardingschool. I was born free but never knewfreedom in the apartheid South Africathat was formed a year after my birth.

I became deaf a month before my11

th birthday from spinal meningitis.

There was an epidemic in Mangete that

forced the closing of schools. Mycousin, who was the same age as me,died from this illness while I was for-tunate in that my mother came fromthe city to pick me up for the Christ-mas holidays. The next day, I experi-enced fatigue and apparently went intoa coma for several days. I got up tolearn that I was deaf but very much

person before. Since I could speak, itwas not a problem for me to makemyself understood, but it was a prob-lem understanding people.

I had to wait two years before Icould enroll at the school for black deafin Cape Town, as there was a long wait-ing list. Ironically, the school for thedeaf from where MSD webmaster, AlexSimmons, graduated was about 10minutes from my township. However,

I could not enroll as it was only forwhite deaf students so I had to takea 3-day train ride to my school forthe deaf in Cape Town. Attending the Dominican

School for the Deaf in Cape Townwas the best thing to happen to me.There I learned sign language thatwas taught by the Irish Dominicannuns who ran the school. Ironi-cally, the school was pro – oral andyet we learned Irish Sign Language,which we called the “Wittebome”Sign Language. It is a cousin ofASL as its roots are the French SignLanguage also. I had teachers whodefiantly signed to us despite theschool’s oral philosophy. Oneteacher in particular stands out.She noticed that there were a largeenough number of us with unusualintelligence and she felt that weought to be given a chance to de-velop this intelligence in a specialclass with the same curriculum usedin hearing schools.In 1976 the Black Consciousness

Movement (BCM) was becoming apowerful political force in South Africa.Liberation talk was spreading and thegovernment was sending police, secretbranch officers and even military per-sonnel into the townships to find thepeople who were spreading liberationtheories among young people. I was

Lindsay Dunn

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17 years old then and took advantageof the excitement that was spreadingamong young people all over the coun-try to lead a protest at my school forthe deaf. A group of us decided to drafta list of demands to improve the qualityof education for all black deaf children.We wanted the same curriculum astaught in hearing schools with the onlydifference being that teachers had to usesign language. We demanded that vo-cational education be op-tional. We also believedthat we should not beforced into any of the tradesunless we wanted to studytrades. We demanded thatevery student be given anopportunity to take an aca-demic curriculum ratherthan a vocational/specialeducation curriculum.We demanded that theschool hire deaf dormi-tory staff that was fluentin our sign language.

The school adminis-tration was stunned that agroup of black deaf chil-dren would have the nerveto protest. We engaged ina sit in that lasted for twoweeks and we refused todo anything until we met with theprincipal and received assurance thatour demands would be met. It wasinconceivable to the school adminis-tration that they would accept any ofour demands given that we were ba-sically a group of black kids challeng-ing white authority.

Indeed, they effectively ended ourstay at the school by closing our advancedclasses and thereby forcing us to leavethe school or pursue our high schooleducation elsewhere. I went on to en-roll at a hearing school near my home.I was the only deaf student in the entireschool. However, having spent 5 yearsat the school for the deaf, I had enoughdeaf friends to hang with after school oron weekends to offset being stuck withhearing students alone every day.

I graduated in 1979 and becamethe first black deaf person in South Af-rica to graduate with a national matriccertification having taken HigherGrade level courses. This meant that Iqualified to enroll at just about any uni-versity in the world. I had set my sightson Gallaudet and had to figure out howto get there.

I applied for a scholarship from theAnglo American Corporation. They

felt I had a compelling case and wereimpressed that a black deaf personpassed matric. They felt that it wouldbe good public relations for them tooffer me a small scholarship and thatwas basically all I needed. I came tothe United States in 1980 with one bagand $100 dollars in my pocket. But Ihad dreams and hopes that were muchbigger than the bag I carried. KarenSheffer-Tucker and Rich Pelletier weremy American Sign Language instruc-tors during New Signers Program. Wehad fingerspelling bee contests againstthe class that was taught by James E.Tucker, MSD Superintendent and Dr.Beth Benedict (MSD Class of 1976).

Orientation to Gallaudet offeredme many opportunities to interactwith a broad cross section of our deaf

world. We had students from over ahundred different countries for whichEnglish and ASL were foreign lan-guages. At Gallaudet, our primarylabel was STUDENT.

Early in my Gallaudet student life,I befriended Michael Baer (MSD Classof 1980) and Stephen Hlibok. Wediscovered that we had much in com-mon despite very different back-grounds. This ability for people to

relate to each other on thehuman level i s the key tobreaking free from the chainsof bigotry. Later on I devel-oped true and lasting friend-ships with wonderful people ofvarious religious and ethnicbackgrounds. That was whenI realized that we would oneday become citizens of theworld and that ethnic and cul-tural conflicts are NOT natu-ral but are deliberately createdby people for selfish reasons.

It is ironic that later onin my life, I would be em-ployed at my alma mater,Gallaudet University, in a po-sition that guides the univer-sity in its efforts to addressdiversity when I was born intoan existence where my skincolor made me a slave. I

voted for the first time in my life at theUnited Nations Plaza in New York Cityin 1994. My wife swore she wouldnever take an election for granted. Ihope none of you ever forget your re-sponsibility to vote.

Friendships do much to determineour path in life. I was fortunatelyblessed with wonderful friends whohave ambitions to do something use-ful in this world. They have broughtme into some memorable experiences.

President of the Maryland Schoolfor the Deaf Foundation Board of Di-rectors, Fred Weiner’s mother for in-stance, struggled with what to feed mewhen I visited their home in Brook-lyn, NY. She assumed that since I wasan African, I might not possibly be able

“Friendships that help us improveo u r l i v e s a r e c o n s t r u c t i v efriendships. Those that lead us todoing wrong are destructivefriendships. We all have the powert o c h o o s e a n d w e a l l a r eaccountable for our choicesChoose your fr iends wisely,nurture that f r iendship andalways remember to care for it sothat it lasts forever .”

to eat Jewish food. I got to knowFred’s mother well later on during mygraduate studies at New York Univer-sity and truly loved her. She was awonderful person and I believe that un-derstanding our different culturesmade us better human beings.

The friends I made had much todo with shaping my life. I have sincespent more of my life in this great coun-try than in my native South Africa.Some of the people who have shapedmy life are in this room just as thepeople who shaped your life are also inthis room. Friendships that help us im-prove our lives are constructive friend-ships. Those that lead us to doingwrong are destructive friendships. Weall have the power to choose and weall are accountable for our choices.Choose your friends wisely, nurturethat friendship and always rememberto care for it so that it lasts forever. Theworld you all grew up in has had somuch drama. You al l have l ivedthrough some incredible hatred as wit-nessed in the Rwanda massacre, theBosnian civil war, and the THREE warsin the Middle East where the USA wasdirectly involved and of course the ter-rorist acts including the sniper crisisthat was so close to many of us. Butwe must always have hope for whenwe stop hoping, life loses purpose. Wemust strive to find solutions to hate,greed and selfishness and build aworld where you all can expect toraise your children in peace. I amsure your parents will appreciate hav-ing the opportunity to watch theirgrandchildren grow in a world wherepain and suffering is a lot less than intheir own youth.

Never be afraid of the “field ofdreams”. Discover it and make whatyou now may not know, into some-thing you know very well. Acceptthe challenges that you will face inlife and instead of complaining ormaking excuses, overcome these chal-lenges and find your place in thisworld. Your world will not survive

without global cooperation. Yourworld will not be local or national.It will be global because your par-ents had the courage to build thesebridges, which you will now be cross-ing. Do so responsibly and alwaysbe proud of who you are and thegreat institution that shaped you, re-gardless as to the decision you willmake after the party is over and real-ity hits. As you can see, my journeywas rather strange but in the end Iam sure that I will know that I havedone a few good things to make this

I came with nothing but the clotheson me, a bag, a hundred dollars and lotsof hope. Hard work and determinationare very important tools in life. They haveserved me well. I married a beautifulwoman Pauline, a New York native, whois the mother of my three children. Weown our home and I believe we have doneour part in achieving the AmericanDream. I am not unique or exceptional.Every one of you will have your ownopportunities to develop the skills you wantto become whatever you want to be. Gofind those skills and put them to use.Congratulations and good luck. MB

ith the opening of the 2003- parent, Frederick Campus faculty,

MSA Reaccreditation

world a little better place for others.


W2004 s choo l y e a r , theMaryland School for the

Deaf will begin in earnest an in-depth,comprehensive review of its mission,philosophy, purposes, productivity andcommunity. Using the Accreditation forGrowth (AFG) protocol from theMiddle States Association of Collegesand Schools, a central AccreditationPlanning Committee will be formed toguide this yearlong review and strategicplanning effort. Traditionally the focusof accreditation has been to evaluate theinput of a school improvement plan suchas facilities, program and services. AFGon the other hand focuses on the outputof a school in terms of desired studentperformance. Goals are established andpathways known as strategic plans aredeveloped which would guide the schoolin achieving these goals.

The Chair of the AccreditationPlanning Committee (APC) will bethe Assistant Superintendent for Stu-dent Achievement and Results. TheCommittee will be comprised of twomembers of the school’s Board ofTrustees, one representative from theFamily Education/Early InterventionProgram and one member from eachof the following areas – FrederickCampus parent, Columbia Campus

Columbia Campus faculty, FrederickCampus Student Life, ColumbiaCampus Student Life, Frederick Cam-pus Support Service and ColumbiaCampus Support Service.

Supporting this central oversightcommittee will be a Frederick CampusPlanning Committee and a ColumbiaCampus Planning Committee. Theaccreditation effort will be a commu-nity-wide effort in order to reflect thewidest diversity of stakeholders possible.

Parallel to this organizational effort,members of the faculty will also be visit-ing other schools that are going throughtheir own on-site accreditation duringthe 2003-2004 school year. This is de-signed to give as wide an experience andunderstanding of the accreditation pro-cess as possible throughout the ranks offaculty members. Faculty members havealready been canvassed for interest in par-ticipating in this program.

Any questions or interest in par-ticipating in the ongoing accreditationeffort should be directed to ChadBaker, Assistant Superintendent forStudent Achievement and Results, [email protected].

—Stanley C. Baker, AssistantSuperintendent

for Instruction/Principal, FC MB

Memories...

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MSD exchange student Tanja Honkanen wavesto her well-wishers.

Jason Bloom uses his pager to keep in touchwith his friends.

Commencement Speaker Lindsay Dunn expresseshis congratulations to the Class of 2003.

The MSD graduates await further instructions...

Jeffrey Ralls, Jr. walks to the stage to receive his diploma.


From l to r: Anthony Meadows, Andrew Weidig, Rodney Warfield, and Tanner Ashley calmly wait fortheir names to be called.

Sheena Lyles introduces Amy Jo Dwyer,Class Salutatorian.

Mr. Fred Weiner, MSD Foundation President (left) presents a special award to Mr. Alfred Shockleyfor his 20 plus years of service to the MSD Board of Visitors and MSD Foundation.

Gabriel Drummond (r) receives warm congratulations from (l to r) Mr. Lindsay Dunn, CommencementSpeaker; Mr. James E. Tucker, Superintendent; Ms. Barbara Raimondo, MSD Board of TrusteesPresident; and Dr. Richard C. Steffan, Jr., Deputy Superintendent/Principal.

Memories...

Sierra Smith walks to the podium to introduceMilana Grinman, Class Valedictorian.

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Mr. Stanley C. Baker, Assistant Superintendent (l) presents a diplomato Anthony Meadows.

The graduates listen to Mr. Lindsay Dunn's Commencement Address.

Jenica vonGarrel receives her diploma from Mr. Baker. The graduates line up for their congratulatory hugs and handshakes.

Front row: (l to r) Tanja Honkanen, Milana Grinman, Gisella Tomita, Kadian Foster, and Shannon McDonald. Middle row: (l to r) Latrice Bishop, AngelaDrummond, Sierra Smith, Jenica vonGarrel, Sheena Lyles, and Amy Jo Dwyer. Back row: (l to r) Jeffrey Ralls, Jr., Jason Bloom, Anthony Meadows,Chase Harting, Tanner Ashley, Brian Pazmino, Andrew Weidig, and Ronnie Warfield.

Memories...

MSD GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

MSD and MSDE Graduation Requirements

The following students have met the Maryland School for


MARYLAND HIGH SCHOOLGRADUATION REQUIREMENTS (MSDE)

In order to graduate from a Maryland secondary school, a studentmust earn a minimum of 21 credits beyond the eighth grade and passfunctional tests required by the Maryland State Board of Education.

Specific credit distribution is shown below:

I. CREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSEnglish 4 creditsSocial Studies 3 credits (including American

Studies, Government and ModernWorld History)

Science 3 credits (one must be Biology)Mathematics 3 credits (including Algebra and

GeometryPhysical Education ½ creditHealth ½ creditFine Arts 1 credit (Music, Art, Drama, or

Photography)Technology Education 1 creditAdvanced Technology 2 credits

orForeign Language 2 credits

orState Approved Careerand Tech Program 4 creditsElectives 3 creditsStudent Service Learning 75 hours

IIIIIIIIII..... 4 OF THE 21 CREDITS MUST BE EARNED4 OF THE 21 CREDITS MUST BE EARNED4 OF THE 21 CREDITS MUST BE EARNED4 OF THE 21 CREDITS MUST BE EARNED4 OF THE 21 CREDITS MUST BE EARNEDAFTER COMPLETION OF ELEVENTH GRADE.AFTER COMPLETION OF ELEVENTH GRADE.AFTER COMPLETION OF ELEVENTH GRADE.AFTER COMPLETION OF ELEVENTH GRADE.AFTER COMPLETION OF ELEVENTH GRADE.

I. I. I. I. I. CREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSCREDIT REQUIREMENTSEnglish 8 creditsMathematics 3 credits including successful

completion of Algebra I andGeometry or 6 credits ofMathematics

Social Studies 3 creditsScience 3 credits (one credit must include

either Health or Biology)Physical Education 1 creditElectives 7 or 10 credits (dependent upon

Mathematics requirements)Total Required Credits: 28 credits; a minimum offour credits must be taken after completion of theeleventh grade.

II. II. II. II. II. FOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AFOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AFOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AFOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL AFOUR-YEAR HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE,TTENDANCE,TTENDANCE,TTENDANCE,TTENDANCE,INCLUDING THE SENIOR YEAR AINCLUDING THE SENIOR YEAR AINCLUDING THE SENIOR YEAR AINCLUDING THE SENIOR YEAR AINCLUDING THE SENIOR YEAR AT MSD, IST MSD, IST MSD, IST MSD, IST MSD, ISREQUIREDREQUIREDREQUIREDREQUIREDREQUIRED

the Deaf Graduation Requirements:

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Jason HowarJason HowarJason HowarJason HowarJason Howard Bloomd Bloomd Bloomd Bloomd BloomOwings Mills

Angela Rebekah DrAngela Rebekah DrAngela Rebekah DrAngela Rebekah DrAngela Rebekah DrummondummondummondummondummondPocomoke

Gabriel DarGabriel DarGabriel DarGabriel DarGabriel Darnell Drnell Drnell Drnell Drnell DrummondummondummondummondummondPocomoke

Amy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerGlen Burnie

Kadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterSilver Spring

Milana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanBrooklyn, New York

Chase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HartingtingtingtingtingFrederick

Sheena TSheena TSheena TSheena TSheena Tamyra Lamyra Lamyra Lamyra Lamyra LylesylesylesylesylesFrederick

Shannon MaurShannon MaurShannon MaurShannon MaurShannon Maureen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldBrunswick

Anthony Eugene MeadowsAnthony Eugene MeadowsAnthony Eugene MeadowsAnthony Eugene MeadowsAnthony Eugene MeadowsBaltimore

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SierSierSierSierSierra Monae Smithra Monae Smithra Monae Smithra Monae Smithra Monae SmithBaltimore

Gisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiMorita TMorita TMorita TMorita TMorita Tomitaomitaomitaomitaomita

FrederickJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarrrrrrelelelelel

BaltimoreAndrAndrAndrAndrAndrew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworth Wth Wth Wth Wth Weidigeidigeidigeidigeidig

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The following students have met the Maryland HighSchool (Maryland State Department of Education)Graduation Requirements:

Jason HowarJason HowarJason HowarJason HowarJason Howard Bloomd Bloomd Bloomd Bloomd BloomOwings Mills

Amy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerAmy Jo DwyerGlen Burnie

Kadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterKadian Naomi FosterSilver Spring

Milana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanMilana GrinmanBrooklyn, New York

Chase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HarChase McMullen HartingtingtingtingtingFrederick

Sheena TSheena TSheena TSheena TSheena Tamyra Lamyra Lamyra Lamyra Lamyra LylesylesylesylesylesFrederick

Shannon MaurShannon MaurShannon MaurShannon MaurShannon Maureen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldeen McDonaldBrunswick

JefJefJefJefJeffrfrfrfrfrey Andrey Andrey Andrey Andrey Andrew Ralls, Jrew Ralls, Jrew Ralls, Jrew Ralls, Jrew Ralls, Jr.....Bel Air

Gisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiGisella PualanaokekaiMorita TMorita TMorita TMorita TMorita Tomitaomitaomitaomitaomita

FrederickJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarJenica Kara vonGarrrrrrelelelelel

BaltimoreRodney Eugene WRodney Eugene WRodney Eugene WRodney Eugene WRodney Eugene Warararararfieldfieldfieldfieldfield

KnoxvilleAndrAndrAndrAndrAndrew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworew Ellsworth Wth Wth Wth Wth Weidigeidigeidigeidigeidig

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The elective units may be chosen from offerings in anycurricular area. Questions regarding High Schoolgraduation requirements should be directed to the HighSchool Assistant Principal.

he annual honor awards night HARRY BENSON ALUMNI ASSOCIA- GOLDEN HANDS AWARDS

MSD Frederick 2002-03 Honor Awards

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MSD FOUNDATION OUTSTANDINGHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Milana Grinman Jennifer Timmons

MSD FOUNDATION OUTSTANDINGMIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Scott Lehman Rachel Benedict

MSD FOUNDATION OUTSTANDINGCAREER AND TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS

David Broggin Gisella Tomita

MSD FOUNDATION MIDDLE SCHOOLREADING AWARDS

Jessica Register Noe Turcios

HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY PRIDE INSELF AWARDS

David Broggin Samantha Henry

FREDERICK ART CLUB AWARDShannon McDonald

YVETTE BENTON MEMORIAL AWARDMichelle Lapides

Theld on June 5 is always a posi-tive influence on MSD students.Award recipents demonstrate high-est level commitment and compe-tency in their work. They set highstandards for themselves and thenoffer strength and support to otherindividuals. Honorees are as follows:

TION AWARD FOR ATHLETICS:Jenica vonGarrel Anthony Meadows

GEORGE FAUPEL ALUMNI ASSOCIA-TION AWARDS FOR DRAMA

Andrew Weidig Leah Katz-Hernandez

DRAMA CLUB AWARDSMost PrMost PrMost PrMost PrMost Promising Actromising Actromising Actromising Actromising Actressessessessess

Tanja HonkanenMost PrMost PrMost PrMost PrMost Promising Actoromising Actoromising Actoromising Actoromising Actor

Joshua DoudtSenior SerSenior SerSenior SerSenior SerSenior Service Avice Avice Avice Avice Awarwarwarwarwardsdsdsdsds

Jeffrey Ralls, Jr.Best SupporBest SupporBest SupporBest SupporBest Supporting Actorting Actorting Actorting Actorting Actor

Darren HauseBest SupporBest SupporBest SupporBest SupporBest Supporting Actrting Actrting Actrting Actrting Actressessessessess

Milana GrinmanBest Ensemble ActorBest Ensemble ActorBest Ensemble ActorBest Ensemble ActorBest Ensemble Actor

David BroadwaterBest Ensemble ActrBest Ensemble ActrBest Ensemble ActrBest Ensemble ActrBest Ensemble Actressessessessess

Jennifer Perry

MAY FRANCES VANCE ALUMNIASSOCIATION AWARD

Mario Carranza

JAMES H. BEHRENS ALUMNI ASSO-CIATION LEADERHSHIP AWARD

Jenica vonGarrel

ES:ES:ES:ES:ES: Micah TraurigTrista Taylor

MS:MS:MS:MS:MS: Carolyn HuddlestonDaniel Fave

HS:HS:HS:HS:HS: Amanda StoneKevin Gahagan

REVEREND LOUIS W. FOXWELLAWARD

Nancy Benton

FREE STATE CHAPTER, GALLAUDETUNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

SCHOLARSHIPMilana Grinman

THE LAURA J. STRUTHERSMEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Jenica vonGarrel Jeffrey Ralls, Jr.

THE MARGARET KENT SCHOLARSHIPMilana Grinman

THE BERNICE SHOCKLEYSCHOLARSHIPAmy Jo Dwyer

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY NEWSTUDENT PRESIDENT’SSCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Milana Grinman Amy Jo Dwyer

MARYLAND SENATORIALSCHOLARSHIPAmy Jo Dwyer

Gisella Tomita (second from left) is the proud recipient of the MSD FoundationOutstanding Career and Technology award. Standing beside her are: Ms. ErinBuck, Work Experience Coordinator; Ms. Lorraine Stoltz, Publications Teacher;and Mr. Robert Padden, Assistant Principal of Career and Technology Education.

Middle School students Carolyn Huddleston (l) and Daniel Fava (r) receive GoldenHands awards from Ms. Marsha Flowers, MIddle School Assistant Principal.


Ms. Bonnie VanBuskirk (r) presents the High School Faculty Pride in Selfaward to Samantha Henry.

Mario Carranza (l) receives the May Frances Vance Alumni Associationaward from Ms. Mary Sue Boxer, President of MSD Alumni Association.

Jenica vonGarrel (second from left) and Jeffrey Ralls, Jr. receive Laura J.Struthers Memorial scholarships. Standing beside them are Ms. Struthers,Laura's mother and Mr. Struthers, Laura's father.

Ms. Mary Sue Boxer (center) presents Golden Hands awards to High Schoolstudents Kevin Gahagan and Amanda Stone.

Mr. James E. Tucker, MSD Superintendent stands beside Amy Jo Dwyer,the proud recipient of Maryland Senatorial Scholarship Award.

MSD Drama Club awards students for excellence in fields of actingand service. Front row: Jeffrey Ralls, Jr. (senior service) and MilanaGrinman (Best Supporting Actress). Second row (l to r): Ms. Rita Corey,Drama Club Representative, David Broadwater (Best Ensemble Actor),Darren Hause (Best Supporting Actor), Jennifer Perry (Best EnsembleActress), and Ms. Joette Gasco, Drama Club Representative.

MSD Frederick 2002-03 Honor Awards

attend Hood College in would explain to them the proper ers have something important to tell

My Two Years At Hood CollegeBy Kimberly L. Clapp, 2001 MSD Graduate

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I Frederick where I will be ajunior this fall. The past twoyears have flown by, during

which I learned and experienced muchas the only Deaf undergraduate studentin a hearing college. Here I would liketo describe some of those experiencesso that future MSD graduates who areconsidering their higher educationoptions may have more informationwhen making their decision.

I come from a Deaf family andmy whole life I attended Deaf schools,so it was quite a culture shock for meto suddenly attend larger classes aver-aging thirty students, listen to lecturesthrough an interpreter, and reside inthe dorms where nobody elsewas fluent in ASL. I learnedto carry a notepad and penwith me at all times so that Icould communicate with ahearing person in betweenclasses or in the dorm, whenan interpreter wasn’t with me.After a few humorous delayswhenever a professor put in avideo and tried to figure outhow to turn the closed-captioning on, I quicklymemorized the location ofthe closed-captioning buttonon each TV set throughoutthe campus. Hood Collegeitself was very cooperative, providingme with excellent interpreters, respon-sible note takers, and installing a flash-ing doorbell and fire alarm in mydorm room.

Other things were up to me. Iworked out a strategy in which at thestart of each semester, after each firstclass with a new professor, I wouldgo up to the professor and discussany questions or concerns he or shemight have about working with aDeaf student. If they’d never had aDeaf person in their class before, I

way of communicating with methrough an interpreter and ask themto be aware that because of the in-terpreting time lag, I am usually twoto four seconds behind the rest of theclass. Practically every single profes-sor I’ve had so far was very under-standing and willing to work withme. The same thing goes for moststudents; they were very interestedin learning ASL, and since many ofthem thought that ASL is a primi-tive visual code for English as op-posed to a complete language in itsown right with an advanced gram-matical structure, I took this oppor-tunity to correct their misconception.

I also exposed them to the Deaf com-munity and its rich culture and his-tory. Last year I established an ASLClub at Hood College, and it hasbeen very successful.

As for extracurricular activities, Iperformed in one school play and nowam on the varsity tennis team. Thatin itself has been a wonderful experi-ence. My coach and I discussed it andagreed that I didn’t need an inter-preter for practices or matches becausemost of the time we are playing, nottalking. If the coach or the other play-

me, we used the good old standby:paper and pen. All of my teammatesknow finger spelling and a few of themare in the ASL Club as well. To indi-cate scores, we use the same fingercount-of f system as GallaudetUniversity’s tennis team does. Once,in fact, we played against the Gallaudettennis team. They were pleasantlysurprised to see a Deaf player on theopposing team, and my teammateswere comfortable around their play-ers. Everyone had a good time.

Looking back on the last twoyears, I am grateful that I decidedto attend Hood College. While Ihave faced obstacles and been frus-

trated at times, in the end Ifeel that I am a better per-son for having experiencededucation in a hearingworld. I have made someamazing friendships such asone with a Hood studentwho herself is from Ger-many and took ASL I atFCC so she could commu-nicate more effectively withme. Last summer I visitedGermany with her. I havereceived a top-notch educa-tion and even won the MostOutstanding Freshmanaward, which was a proud

moment for me. This fall I will tryout for the newly formedcheerleading squad. Most importantto me, however, is all those Hoodstudents, professors, and employeeswho now have a richer appreciationfor Deaf people and ASL because ofme. Instead of negating my Deaf iden-tity, attending a hearing college hasactually made me more proud that Iam a Deaf person. A hearing collegemay not be the ideal choice for every-one, but it is indeed a worthwhilechoice for you to check out.

Kimberly Clapp (r) with her friends at Hood College.

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hen I first stepped onto student trained to handle problems, study is open to all students and you

First Steps into the Next StageBy Laura Lohmeyer, 2002 MSD Graduate


Wthe campus of MountSaint Mary’s Collegelast fall, I was actually

terrified of being there. I had so manyquestions running through my head,“Did I make the right choice”, “Whatif my roommate doesn’t like me”, and“Will I meet anybody?” I wentthrough the motion of moving in, andlet me tell you, that is the hardest thingto do with 500 other students, plustheir parents doing the same thing.

I finally met my roommate andwe ended up being buddies through-out the year. I got a second room-mate for the spring semester that wasin the army during the fall. She wasvery nice and we got along likefriends. We were a few of thefortunate ones because therewere many people that didn’tget along with their roommates.

Living in the dorm was nota new thing for me, since Istayed in the dorms sometimesat MSD, but it was definitelymore fun. They are your homeaway from home and inside,they look like mini apartments.All of our dorms are coed, butcoed dorms are not always asfun as you would think. Theone thing that shocked meabout our dorms was that they werealways loud. There would always bea girl screaming, music blasting inthe room beside you, and studentsrunning up and down the halls. Butbelieve me, the dorms are extremelyfun because you will always findthings to do other than studying,such as having movie nights, play-ing games, watching TV, or just talk-ing with your friends. And unlikethe dorms at MSD, there is abso-lutely no adult supervision any-where, except each hall has aResident Assistant (RA), who is a

but they are our friends as well.Words of advice: Always stack up onsnacks because you never knowwhen you will be hungry.

Among living in the dorm andtaking classes, there are many otheractivities that you can participate incollege. There are many clubs at theMount, ranging from communityservice clubs to academic clubs tosports clubs. I didn’t really join anyclubs, but I did attend a few meet-ings for some of them. I was alreadytoo busy with softball practices andgames. The travel schedule for thesoftball team was hard because wehad to drive long distances almost

every weekend to play games, butthis wasn’t new to me either becausewe did that all the time at MSD.Aside from softball, I participated insome Intramural Sports for fun, in-cluding flag football.

But, playing sports was not allI did. I also joined the work-studyprogram. I worked as an assistantin the Learning Services office.There, I did general secretarial workand also transported tests back tothe teachers. Even though the workwas sometimes boring, I enjoyedworking with the staff there. Work-

can choose where you would liketo work on campus. There werestudents that worked in the cafete-ria, in the ARCC (gym), and helpedkeep the campus clean. I wouldrecommend it to anyone who is in-terested in earning a little spend-ing money.

Even though I had tons of fun incollege, it was not always good. Therecomes a time where students dreadbeing in school. I would have to saythat final exam week was always theworst thing that happened to students.It wasn’t too bad for me, but every-one was tense and quiet that week. Thelibrary is always crammed with students

studying, the dorms are on all-hour quiet rules (you can get finedif you make too much noise thatweek), and sleep is almost nonex-istent during the course of thisweek. But the positive side of fi-nals week is that vacation is justaround the corner. Believe me when I tell youthat college is definitely an ex-perience everyone should gothrough, for a higher educa-tion, yes, but also for the rea-son of meeting new people andexperiencing new things. Youwill see and hear things in col-

lege that you never learned beforeand you will come out of therewith four years of learning underyour belt. Within those four years,you will learn how you can func-tion in life and your future employ-ment choice as well as your placein the world. At Mount SaintMary’s after one year, I know thatI will come out as a whole new per-son with a better understanding ofmy role in life and that I will beprepared for anything that I face.Words of advice: Choose what youthink is best for you.

Laura Lohmeyer (center) and her Mt. St. Mary’s College friends.

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David S. BirnbaumPresident and CEO of Birnbaum

Profiles of MSD Board of Trustees

employed as an Instructional Specialist withthe Early Childhood Disabilities Unit of

Anjali Desai-MargolinHailing originally from California, Ms.

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Interpreting Services (BIS), Mr. Birnbaumis a leading deaf entrepreneur with over eightyears of management experience in SignLanguage Interpreting Services for peoplewho are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Deafsince birth, Mr. Birnbaum received hisBachelor of Science (Mathematics andComputer Science) from GallaudetUniversity and Masters Degree(Mathematics and Computer Science) fromJohns Hopkins University. His wife, JoanRaciti, is Vice President of BirnbaumInterpreting Services. Mr. Birnbaum, hiswife, and son, Brian, live in Howard County,Maryland. His special interests include socialinvolvement in the deaf community andsponsorship for deaf organizations. Inaddition, he enjoys his son’s participationin baseball travel league, recreationalbasketball and attending sports events. Heloves to travel with his family, reading andbrowsing at bookstores, and swimming.

Ann H.B. Brockenborough, Ed.D.Since retiring for the second time frompublic school special education managementand administration, Dr. Brockenboroughprovides advocacy and speech/languageconsults to local day care programs andfamilies. Before retirement, she was last

Montgomery County Public Schools. Beforemoving to Maryland, Dr. Brockenboroughretired from the School District ofPhiladelphia as Director of Preschool SpecialEducation Programs. During her 25-yeartenure with the Philadelphia School District,she worked as special education administrator,supervisor of speech/language programs,and speech/language pathologist. Shereceived a Bachelor of Science degree inSpeech Correction from HamptonUniversity (VA), and Masters and Doctoratedegrees from Temple University (PA) inSpeech Pathology and Audiology, andEducational Policy respectively. She hasserved as visiting lecturer and adjunct facultyat several colleges and universities, enjoyednumerous affiliations on local Boards andCommissions as well as in social andprofessional organizations. As a member ofthe Maryland and the American Speech-Language-Hearing-Associations, she holdsthe Certificate of Clinical Competence inSpeech/Language Pathology. She has servedon the ASHA Board of Ethics and on variouscommittees of ASHA. She has served as amember of the MSD Board of Trustees since1998. She enjoys swimming, tennis, reading,and the arts. She is an opera buff and anextensive world traveler.

Desai-Margolin earned her Bachelor ofScience degree in Business Administrationand a Master’s in School Counseling, fromGallaudet University. Within the past severalyears, she has held various positions atGallaudet University Career Center.Currently, she is an “Internship andEmployment Coordinator”, working withdeaf students and employers to developinternships and provide job search assistance.She had four years of managementexperience in retailing before joining theuniversity. She is married to Murray andthey have a seven-year-old son, Justin, anda three-year-old daughter, Sarina. Herpersonal interests include traveling, reading,skiing, and being a Mom to her children.

Donald R. EichelbergerMr. Eichelberger is the father of threedaughters, one stepson and onestepdaughter. His oldest two daughters aredeaf and attended MSD. Carly is attendingRochester Institute of Technology. Julia ismarried and has three children. Mr.Eichelberger lives in Walkersville, Marylandwith his wife Kathy. He holds a Mastersdegree in business administration and ispresident of Independent ImagingAssociates, a document imaging service

Jessica Frank (l) enjoys learning about Tanja Honkanen'sexperiences in Finland and America.

(l to r): Mitch Goldberg; Dr. Jeff Lewis, President; David Birnbaum; Dr. Ann Brockenborough, Secretary; Dr. Harvey Goodstein; E. Bernard Palmer,Vice President; Anjali Desai-Margolin; John Ertel; Donald Eichelberger, Treasurer; Irajean Harper; and Carol Stevens. Absent: Samuel M Sonnenstrahl;Dr. Joseph Innes; Dr. Alan Marcus; David Severn, Esq.; Laurie Yaffee-Shevitz; and Barbara Raimondo, Esq.


bureau and content management systemssolution provider. He is the Past Presidentof the Chesapeake Automotive BusinessAssociation, served as Education CommitteeChair and was Man of the Year in 1991 and1993. He is a member of the YoungExecutives Development Program, and hasalso served on the Frederick CountyVocational-Technical Advisory Council, theAdvisory Council for Hearing-Impairedinfants, and the Committee for ImprovedEducation and Deaf Awareness. He iscurrently serving his second term on theMSD Board of Trustees.

H. Mitchell GoldbergMr. Goldberg is a Registered Architect inOhio. He earned his Bachelor ofArchitecture Degree from the Universityof Cincinnati and an Associate ArchitecturalTechnology Degree from the RochesterInstitute of Technology/NationalTechnical Institute for the Deaf. Hecurrently works for DNC Architects, Inc.in Rockville, Maryland. He is a residentof Frederick, Maryland and is a proudfather of three children: son, Myles, andtwin daughters, Lauren and Miriam (Mia).They all currently attend MSD.

Irajean W. Harper, R.N., M.S.N.Ms. Harper was born and raised inWashington D.C. then moved toMaryland at the age of eighteen. Shegraduated from Howard University’sFreedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing,and completed her undergraduate andgraduate work, in Nursing Education atBowie State University. She is themother of three, grandmother of sevenchildren. One of her grandsons, James,is Deaf and she has been his caregiverfrom infancy. Ms. Harper is also aCertified Pediatric Nurse. Through theyears she has developed a special interestin children with special needs. Herexperiences with James have made hersensitive to the problems hearing parentshave in raising a Deaf child, but moreimportantly, sensitive to the social,emotional, and educational challengesfaced by Deaf children. She values everyopportunity to expand her knowledge inthese areas, so that she may empowerfamilies to advocate for their children.

Sandra HarrimanMs. Harriman is the Vice President ofInstitutional Advancement at theUniversity of Maryland UniversityCollege (UMUC), a university known forproviding online education to workingadults worldwide and education to theU.S. Military for over 50 years. Prior toher current position, Ms. Harrimanserved as Director of Development andAlumni Relations at MontgomeryCollege and Howard CommunityCollege. She has been an activecommunity and political volunteer inHoward County, Maryland for 25 years.She is a past president of the Rotary Clubof Columbia-Patuxent, was named oneof Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 1997,and was a Community Hero Torchbearerfor the 1996 Olympics. She was also adelegate to the Republican NationalConventions in 1984 and 1988. She has3 children - Alison, 23; Jason, 20; andJordan, 17. Ms. Harriman, who grewup in Atlanta, Georgia, is the daughterof deaf parents. Her mother and fatherattended the Georgia School for theDeaf. Her mother, Elizabeth Nix, wholives with her, has always been, andcontinues to be, an inspirationdemonstrating courage and optimismdespite great personal difficulties in life.

Joseph (Jay) Innes, Ph.D.Dr. Innes is a graduate of the Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst where hereceived B.A. and M.Ed. Degrees inEducation. He also has an earneddoctorate from Gallaudet University inEducational Administration andSupervision. He began his career as aneducator at the Beverly School for theDeaf in Massachusetts (1975 – 1979)where he served as a teacher, mediaspecialist, director of after schoolprograms, dean of students, and co-director of the schools summer campprogram. He continued his career at theModel Secondary School for the Deaf inWashington, DC (1970 – 1988) servingas an education specialist, mathematicsteacher, chairperson of the mathematicsdepartment, and assistant principal.While at MSSD he also was facultysponsor of the school’s Jr. NAD chapterand established a Student LeadershipProgram for juniors and seniors that

included development of a studentleadership curriculum. In 1988 he joinedthe faculty in the Department ofEducation at Gallaudet University and iscurrently serving as Director of theGallaudet University LeadershipInstitute. Dr. Innes was recentlyappointed to a third term as a memberof the Board of Directors of theConference of EducationalAdministrators of Schools and Programsfor the Deaf and is a member and a Past-President of the Board of Directors ofthe Council on Education of the Deaf.

Jeffrey W. Lewis, Ph.D.Dr. Lewis served three terms as Presidentof the MSD Board of Trustees, from 1997to 2003. He currently works as Directorof the M.A.- Level Mental HealthCounseling Program at GallaudetUniversity and is a licensed psychologistwith a private practice in the Deafcommunity. Jeffrey received his B.A. inPsychology from Gallaudet University andhis Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology fromNew York University. He and his wife, Dr.Nancy Lewis have four children, allenrolled at MSD.

Alan L. Marcus, Ph.D.Dr. Marcus obtained his doctorate fromTemple University in CounselingPsychology in 1991. He also has a Mastersdegree in counseling from the University ofMaryland, College Park. Dr. Marcus isemployed at the University of Maryland,College Park where he holds the position ofDirector of Disability Support Services. Dr.Marcus also maintains a private practice inWashington, D.C. and Maryland where hespecializes in working with couples. Dr.Marcus’ personal interests include beinginvolved with CODA (Children of DeafAdults), the U.S. Deaf Ski Team and spendingtime with his wife and his two children.

E. Bernard PalmerMr. Palmer is currently director of theoffice for Students with Disabilities(OSWD) at Gallaudet University. Inaddition to directing OSWD, Mr. Palmeris also an adjunct professor of History atGallaudet. Originally from Hartford,Connecticut, Mr. Palmer received hisBachelors degree in History with minorsin Literature and Psychology from


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Gallaudet University in 1977, and a Mastersdegree in Deaf Education from WesternMaryland College in 1980. He is currentlypursuing a Ph.D. in History. Mr. Palmerpossesses a diverse professional backgroundwith experience in residential school settings,public service agencies, and at the highereducation level. His work experienceincludes stints in instructional counseling,vocational rehabilitation, guidancecounseling, academic advising and teaching.He has also worked as ProgramsCoordinator for the Honors Program,Special Programs which includes: CollegeBound, Summer Science, Young Scholars,and the visiting Student Program atGallaudet. On the personal front, Mr.Palmer enjoys reading historical biographies,sports, traveling, and cultural activities. Mr.Palmer is married to Carie, an assistantprofessor of English at Gallaudet. They havethree children – Rachel who is 17, Jordan,15, and Andrew 14.

Charles E. Poyer, Jr.Mr. Poyer was born in New Jersey and ismarried to LaRue Foxwell, a Baltimorenative. Of their five children Renee, theoldest and Warren, the fourth, attendedMSD from 1961-1973. Hisgranddaughter, Kristen attended MSDthrough 8th grade. Mr. Poyer worked inthe U. S. Army and retired as a major in1961. He then worked for the SocialSecurity Administration. Upon retiring fromfederal service in 1976 he co-founded, withthree other investors, the Zip Lube Corp.,which opened its first 10-minute auto andtruck lubrication center in that year. Thecompany currently has nine quick-lubecenters in New Mexico. He retired fromactive participation in 1982, (to move backto Maryland) but continues his interest as adirector and stockholder. Appointed by theGovernor, he served as a member of theHoward County Property Tax AssessmentAppeals Board from 1992 to 1999. Mr.Poyer and his wife currently reside inWoodbine, Howard County.

Barbara Raimondo, EsquireMs. Raimondo works professionally as anadvocate on behalf of deaf and hard ofhearing children. She is associated with theAmerican Society for Deaf Children, theConference of Educational Administrators ofSchools and Programs for the Deaf, and the

Gallaudet University Family Centered EarlyEducation Program. She has testified beforeCongress and writes and presents nationallyand internationally on education law andpolicy, newborn hearing screening andintervention systems, and family issues.

She and her husband, DennisKirschbaum, are the parents of two chil-dren who are deaf and attend MSD. Whenshe is not working or spending time withher family, she likes to run.

David A. Severn, EsquireMr. Severn is a 1977 graduate of WesternMaryland College (cum Laude) andreceived his law degree from the Universityof Baltimore School of Law in 1980. Whilein law school, he worked as a law clerk atthe Federal Maritime Commission and theFederal Energy Regulatory Commission.He began practicing law in Frederick in1980 with the law firm of Rosenstock,Burgee, Bower and Phillips. In 1988, hebecame a partner with the law firm of Miles& Stockbridge where he remained untilforming his current firm, Severn, O’Connor& Kresslein, P.A. in 1998. Mr. Severnconcentrates his practice in the areas of realestate, land use, development, and zoning.He appears regularly before PlanningCommissions, Boards of Appeals andlegislative bodies of Frederick County andits municipalities. He recently completeddrafting the City of Cumberland’s newzoning ordinance. He also served on theFrederick County Zoning OrdinanceUpdate Advisory Committee, is the pastdirector of the Land Use Council of theFrederick County Homebuilder’sAssociation, and is President of Sheppardand Enoch Pratt Hospital in JeffersonSchool Advisory Board and Mental HealthManagement Agency of Frederick County,Inc. He is active in the Carroll Creek RotaryClub and is a guest lecturer at FrederickCommunity College and LeadershipFrederick County. He lives in Middletown,Maryland with his wife Lynn, an art teacherat Middletown Middle School, and his twosons, Brian, 18, and Danny, 15.

Laurie Yaffe-ShevitzMs. Yaffe-Shevitz has been in the field ofdeafness since 1989. She started her careerat Family Service Foundation as a therapist,then as Program Director. In 2000, sheleft Family Service Foundation and

designed a substance abuse program forDeaf individuals at the University ofMaryland. The Deaf Addiction Servicesat Maryland (DASAM) is a statewideprogram offering a wide variety of servicesto individuals with substance abuse, co-occurring disorders, and mental healthissues. She has Bachelor’s and Mastersdegrees from Towson University, and is alicensed clinical therapist.

Samuel M SonnenstrahlMr. Sonnenstrahl is a Germantown(Montgomery County) resident. He isnow in his first year with GallaudetUniversity as the Director of AlumniRelations/Executive Director ofGallaudet University Alumni Association.He used to work in the private sector as acomputer programmer and engineer fortwenty-one years. He is a proud productof the Maryland School for the Deaf. Hegraduated in 1975 and his sister Beth didlikewise in 1976. Mr. Sonnenstrahlreceived his Bachelor’s (ComputerMathematics) and Masters’ (DeafEducation) Degrees from GallaudetUniversity. Sam’s wife, Marjorie, hailsfrom California (Fremont). Both theirsons, Ethan (8) and Brett (6) are MSDstudents. One of Sam’s interests/hobbiesis digging up deaf history, especially in deafsports. He did some work in this area forGallaudet University and hopes to do thesame for MSD one day.

Carol J. StevensMs. Stevens has been an interpreter andadvocate with Deaf people since the1960’s in the Baltimore metropolitanarea. Since 2000, she has alsocoordinated the Deaf Shalom Zone, aprogram of Christ United MethodistChurch of the Deaf with providesser vices for and with the Deafcommunity throughout CentralMaryland. The Shalom Zone tries tomeet many of the unmet needs of thecommunity by case managementservices, by developing new programsand by advocacy and empowermentusing Deaf and hearing volunteers. Shehas also headed teams of Deaf peopleon trips to Zimbabwe and Kenya toassist marginalized Deaf people in thosecountries to be empowered and todevelop Deaf communities.


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James E. Tucker, Superintendent

The MSD Story...the statewide Independence MasteryAssessment Program (IMAP). A num-

I also love to talk about our “levelplaying field”. At MSD, every student


When visitors, includingfamilies of prospectivestudents and prospectivedonors, come to MSD

for a tour of Columbia or FrederickCampuses, I am asked many questionsabout MSD programs and services. Itis always an honor and a privilege toanswer these questions… and also to tell“the MSD Story”.

Deafness for today’s America is anever-changing concept for Deaf indi-viduals themselves and Hearing peopleas well. Although negative stereotypesregarding Deaf people continue to per-sist in the news media, Deaf and Hardof Hearing individuals collectively havemade incredible strides in the past 50years in every aspect of American life,notably in the areas of educationalachievement and career advancement.I share with all visitors that MSD con-tributes to this wonderful progress bysetting high expectations for all MSDstudents. This academic year marks ourtenth anniversary of MSD’s adoptionof the Frederick County Public SchoolsEssential Curriculum. Our dedicatedfaculty and staff ensure that our stu-dents receive a rigorous academic in-struction day in and day out.

I also talk about accountability andparticipation in statewide assessments,and MSD students receiving both theMaryland State High School and theMaryland School for the Deaf diplomas.Long before the No Child Left Behind(NCLB) Act was enacted into law, MSDstudents participated in the MarylandFunctional Tests and the pilot HighSchool Assessments. This year, selectedMSD students took the NCLB’s inau-gural Maryland School Assessment andMSD students with special needs took

ber of MSD faculty members are alsotaking graduate courses and necessarycontent area tests in order to meetNCLB’s highly qualified teacher certi-fication standards.

Our wonderful highly diverse stu-dent body is also a favorite topic of mine.Although MSD has a student enrollmentof about 500 students, MSD studentscome from all corners of Maryland andmany ethnic backgrounds. A microcosmof Maryland can be readily experiencedat MSD, and this opens a large windowto the “real world” for MSD students.

Visitors also learn about MSD’sgreat emphasis on early language acqui-sition and full, clear, and direct accessto language and information. MSD be-lieves that American Sign Language andEnglish must be taught to all studentsat the earliest age possible. MSD Fam-ily Education teachers travel hundredsof miles yearly to visit homes of familiesof newly identified Deaf infants and tod-dlers. They provide crucial guidanceand instruction to families in establish-ing language and communication be-tween the Deaf child and members ofthe family. Students achieving normallanguage acquisition milestones oftenarrive at Pre-Kindergarten level withnecessary school readiness skills.

MSD students receiving academicinstruction directly from their teachersin a clear and unobstructed fashion haveenabled them to break free from hav-ing to dually struggle with decodingSpoken English and mastering the sub-ject matter at hand. MSD faculty mem-bers provide a visual-rich environmentwhere students learn through their“eyes”, receiving instruction throughAmerican Sign Language and printedEnglish. Spoken English, auditorytraining, and speech reading classes arealso offered to MSD students, separatefrom academic instruction.

can compete inside and outside of theirclassrooms. Inside the classroom, studentsthrive without the “interpreter filter”.They are not perpetually “four seconds”behind their classmates when they watchthe interpreter. At MSD, every iota ofinstruction is delivered to and received bystudents simultaneously. Outside of theclassroom, all MSD students can com-pete for all extra-curricular roles or posi-tions such as the president of the studentbody government, lead role in a dramaproduction, editor-in-chief for the year-book club, or starting point guard onthe basketball team. MSD students upongraduation bring their acquired knowl-edge, skills, and most of all self-confi-dence to their next step in life.

The importance of Deaf role mod-els at MSD is often mentioned. Rarelythe subject of Deaf role models is men-tioned in the Deaf Education literature.Deaf employees in various capacities work-ing at MSD send a very powerful mes-sage to MSD students. MSD studentslearn early on that they can and will growinto independent and gainfully employedDeaf members of the community at large.

Beginning in 1868, MSD has pro-vided 135 continuous years of academic,trades, and technical instruction to Deafand Hard of Hearing students. This is awonderful testimony of many, manyyears of gubernatorial and legislative sup-port of MSD, the Board of Visitors andBoard of Trustees’ commitment to MSDstudents, and MSD’s staff members’ tire-less dedication to MSD students.

Visitors often marvel at this “MSDStory”. This story is also a testimony ofourselves as noble Americans who believethat every child and youth, regardless ofher or his origin, ethnic background, andindividual strengths and abilities, will begiven every opportunity to grow into lit-erate, law-abiding, and productive citizensof our great nation. MB

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Eight 7th graders, who took Visual Arts II this yearunder Art teacher, Ms. Lorraine J. Stoltz participated

in the 10th year anniversary of the Art in Spire Maze.The theme this year was “Aspire to Greatness”. TheFrederick Festival of the Arts annually hosts the event;and the Transcendental Arts Council of Frederick Countywanted to have a “Creative Community Collaboration”by making a huge maze that involved individuals orgroups painting a 5’x 7’ art panel. The panels werethen put together to create a 580-feet long and 370-feet wide maze. The maze was set up on June 14thand 15th at Baker Park in Frederick. The students,parents, and their art teacher, Ms. Stoltz met onSaturday to find their own panel in the maze and takepictures. It was an awesome experience!

Students participating in the eventand their themes were:

Brady Painter and Michelin BarBrady Painter and Michelin BarBrady Painter and Michelin BarBrady Painter and Michelin BarBrady Painter and Michelin Barrrrrrononononon (not pictur (not pictur (not pictur (not pictur (not pictured)ed)ed)ed)ed)“America…Freedom”

AndrAndrAndrAndrAndrew Donald and Amy Norew Donald and Amy Norew Donald and Amy Norew Donald and Amy Norew Donald and Amy Normanmanmanmanman“Middletown, Our Sweet Home”

AndrAndrAndrAndrAndrea Amati and Daniel Katz-Herea Amati and Daniel Katz-Herea Amati and Daniel Katz-Herea Amati and Daniel Katz-Herea Amati and Daniel Katz-Hernandeznandeznandeznandeznandez(not pictur(not pictur(not pictur(not pictur(not pictured)ed)ed)ed)ed)

“Firemen, Our Heroes”

Rami TRami TRami TRami TRami Traurig and Samatha Curraurig and Samatha Curraurig and Samatha Curraurig and Samatha Curraurig and Samatha Currrrrr y (not pictury (not pictury (not pictury (not pictury (not pictured)ed)ed)ed)ed)“Life to Success”

—Lorraine J. Stoltz,Art Teacher, FC

“Firemen, Our Heroes” “Life to Success”

“Middletown, Our Sweet Home”“American...Freedom”


The International Orioles isan organization at MSDdesigned to promotecultural awareness and

understanding through internationaltravel. As sponsor of the InternationalOrioles, Mr. O’Brien had theopportunity to lead four well-manneredand educationally astute members of the2002-2003 International Orioles,Jennifer Timmons, Tanner Ashley,Darren Hause, and Jeffrey Ralls, ona ten-day tour of Greece duringSpring Break of this year. Afterseveral pre-travel meetingsthroughout the year to discusspassport information, Greek cultureand Greek food, the history ofGreece, money issues, packingissues, and heightened securityissues when traveling, the studentsfelt prepared, confident, and excitedto depart on their long-anticipatedGrGrGrGrGrecian Odysseyecian Odysseyecian Odysseyecian Odysseyecian Odyssey.

After a long trans-Atlanticflight, MSD staff and students ar-rived in AthensAthensAthensAthensAthens, the cradle of de-mocracy and birthplace of westerncivilization. Being met at the airportby MSD’s tour director, PhotisBaroutsos, they were transported tothe Hotel Candia in the heart ofdowntown Athens. Being in Athens,students quickly learned how to usethe city Metro system. Knowing howto use the Metro proved to be mostuseful as students maneuvered them-selves about Athens to shopping dis-tricts, fast food restaurant areas, andto the very important Internet Café.Visiting the Internet Café, sendingemails to family members, and chat-ting with friends became an eveningroutine. Since MSD’s group consistedof only four students and Mr. O’Brien,they were paired with a group of

teachers, parents, and high school stu-dents from Princeton, West Virginia,all of whom were the best travelingcompanions. Bonds were formed andfriendships were quickly made.

As MSD’s Grecian Odyssey be-gan, students had the opportunity totour the city of Athens, visiting theancient sites of the TTTTTemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeus,built in 515 BC to honor Zeus, themost powerful of all Greek gods, and

the Ar Ar Ar Ar Arch of Hadrianch of Hadrianch of Hadrianch of Hadrianch of Hadrian, built by theRoman emperor Hadrian in 131 AD.Students also visited the Olympic Sta-Olympic Sta-Olympic Sta-Olympic Sta-Olympic Sta-diumdiumdiumdiumdium where the first modern Olym-pic Games were held in 1896, and theParliament BuildingParliament BuildingParliament BuildingParliament BuildingParliament Building where studentswere witness to the changing of theguards in front of the TTTTTomb of theomb of theomb of theomb of theomb of theUnknown SoldierUnknown SoldierUnknown SoldierUnknown SoldierUnknown Soldier. Ample time toexplore the city, to sample Greek cui-sine at the many local restaurants, andto shop at the Plaka Plaka Plaka Plaka Plaka district was alsoprovided. A cable car ride to the topof LLLLLycavittos Hillycavittos Hillycavittos Hillycavittos Hillycavittos Hill provided studentswith a spectacular view of Athens atnight. Of course no trip to Athenswould be complete without a climbto the AcrAcrAcrAcrAcropolisopolisopolisopolisopolis to view the TTTTTempleempleempleempleempleof Athena Nikeof Athena Nikeof Athena Nikeof Athena Nikeof Athena Nike, built in 420 BC to

commemorate the victory of theGreeks over the Persians, and to viewthe majestic ParParParParParthenonthenonthenonthenonthenon, perhaps theworld’s greatest architectural feat,built in 432 BC, to house a 35 footgold and ivory statue of the goddessAthena, goddess of war and wisdomand protector of Athens. Studentswere at awe at the site of these manymajestic structures.

A popular venture duringMSD’s Grecian Odyssey tour wasa one-day cruise through theSarSarSarSarSaronic Gulfonic Gulfonic Gulfonic Gulfonic Gulf, making ports-of-callat three nearby islands: AeginaAeginaAeginaAeginaAegina,where students had the chance tosample grilled octopus, a mostpopular Greek delicacy; PorPorPorPorPorososososos, anisland that prohibits the use of au-tomobiles, where donkeys are theonly means of transportation; andHydraHydraHydraHydraHydra, where small windingstreets are lined with Greek spe-cialty shops and restaurants. Whileon board during the cruise, stu-dents had the chance to relax ondeck, passing numerous small un-

inhabited Greek islands, and were en-tertained on board with Greek music,Greek dancing, and with an abun-dance of Greek food.

A several hour bus trek into amountainous area of Greece, on a damp,rainy, and very foggy day, brought themto the mysteriously beautiful ancient cityof DelphiDelphiDelphiDelphiDelphi. The ancient Greeks consid-ered Delphi to be the center of theworld, the city where the Greek godApollo resided, the city where Greekmilitary leaders would travel to seek outanswers to questions from the residentOracleOracleOracleOracleOracle in hopes of finding good for-tune in battle. While at Delphi, stu-dents walked up the mountain to thesite of an Olympic stadiumOlympic stadiumOlympic stadiumOlympic stadiumOlympic stadium, and walkedalong the SacrSacrSacrSacrSacred Wed Wed Wed Wed Wayayayayay, a path which at

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The International Orioles pose for a picture atop the Acropoliswith Lycavittos Hill in the background.

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one time was lined with 3000 statuesleading to the TTTTTemple of Apolloemple of Apolloemple of Apolloemple of Apolloemple of Apollo,where, according to legend, the godApollo communicated with mortals.Students also made a brief visit tothe Delphi MuseumDelphi MuseumDelphi MuseumDelphi MuseumDelphi Museum to view themost famous of Greek artifacts, thebronze CharioteerCharioteerCharioteerCharioteerCharioteer. The weather ofthis particular day provided themwith a unique atmosphere surround-ing the mysterious city of DelphiDelphiDelphiDelphiDelphi.

Students continued their Gre-cian Odyssey with a visit to Olym-Olym-Olym-Olym-Olym-piapiapiapiapia, site of the first Olympic Games.At Olympia, students were providedan abundance of historical informa-tion, and saw the ruins of theTTTTTemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeusemple of Zeus, the TTTTTemple ofemple ofemple ofemple ofemple ofHeraHeraHeraHeraHera, and the Palaestra Palaestra Palaestra Palaestra Palaestra, the train-ing center for Olympic wrestlers andboxers. Students viewed archaeologistsas they excavated the ruins of the sum-mer palace of the Roman EmperorNero, and visited the original OlympicOlympicOlympicOlympicOlympicStadium,Stadium,Stadium,Stadium,Stadium, actual site of the first Olym-pic games held in 776 BC. Accordingto legend, it was Hercules who pro-posed the idea of the Olympic Gamesas a means of honoring the god Zeus.

Journeying through Greece, stopswere made at two important archaeo-logical sites: Epidaurus, and Mycenae.Theater, which originated in Greece,was an important means of enter-tainment for the citizens of ancientGreece. The site of EpidaurEpidaurEpidaurEpidaurEpidaurususususus con-taining possibly the largest and mostintact amphitheater in all of Greecehas a seating capacity of 14,000people. A visit to Epidaurus af-forded students the chance to prac-tice their oratorical skills atcenter-stage if so desired. Studentsalso visited the site of MycenaeMycenaeMycenaeMycenaeMycenae, toview the ruins of the palace of KingKingKingKingKingAgamemnonAgamemnonAgamemnonAgamemnonAgamemnon, and to see the manydomed tombs where ancient Greeksoften buried their dead. Studentshad the opportunity to enter the burialtomb of AtrAtrAtrAtrAtreuseuseuseuseus, who was buried atMycenae in 1250 BC. Continuingthrough Greece, after a brief and very

windy ferry ride, students stopped toview the Corinth CanalCorinth CanalCorinth CanalCorinth CanalCorinth Canal. The CorinthCanal, built in 1893, connects the IonianSea with the Aegean Sea.

As MSD’s journey throughGreece neared an end, , , , , students trav-eled south of Athens to visit the awe-inspiring site of the TTTTTemple ofemple ofemple ofemple ofemple ofPoseidonPoseidonPoseidonPoseidonPoseidon, built in 444 BC and situ-ated at the tip of Cape SounionCape SounionCape SounionCape SounionCape Sounion,overlooking the Aegean SeaAegean SeaAegean SeaAegean SeaAegean Sea. Stu-dents marveled at the beauty of thetemple as they reflected on their won-derful experiences they encounteredduring their adventurous journeythrough Greece.

MSD’s final day in Greece was spentin Athens taking care of last minute busi-ness; last minute sightseeing, last minuteshopping, last minute Internet connec-

tions, a last lunch at an outdoor café inthe Plaka district, and a last dinner at aGreek restaurant overlooking the Medi-Medi-Medi-Medi-Medi-terterterterterranean Searanean Searanean Searanean Searanean Sea from the town of PiraeusPiraeusPiraeusPiraeusPiraeus.

Their trip proved to be educationaland fun, every moment was a newexperience, a new adventure, as stu-dents traveled through Greece try-ing the many different foods, visitingthe many archaeological sites, learn-ing about the history, philosophy,and customs of ancient Greece, lis-tening to the many stories of Greekmythology, meeting new andfriendly people, shopping for theperfect souvenir, and even a chanceto swim in the Aegean Sea.Visiting Greece, students learnedabout some new customs and tra-ditions. One most interesting tra-

dition is that in the GrGrGrGrGreek Oreek Oreek Oreek Oreek OrthodoxthodoxthodoxthodoxthodoxChurChurChurChurChurchchchchch, Easter is celebrated the Sun-day after Easter is celebrated here inthe United States. MSD’s last eveningin Greece, students were witness tothousands of Greek people in proces-sion through the streets of Athens, allwith lit candles, in prayer and song tocelebrate the coming of Easter Sun-day. And with this experience, MSD’sGrecian Odyssey ended.

After another long trans-Atlan-tic journey, where the students sleptfor nearly the entire flight, they ar-rived back to the United States intothe arms of waiting family members.The GrGrGrGrGrecian Odyssey Tecian Odyssey Tecian Odyssey Tecian Odyssey Tecian Odyssey Tourourourourour provedto be a remarkable experience forall of the students involved. Witheach passing day, Mr. O’Brien couldsee the level of confidence withineach student bloom, their sense ofmaturity grow, their worldly knowl-edge increase, and their minds open-ing with each new experience. TheInternational Orioles wishes tothank the parparparparparentsentsentsentsents for providing thiswonderful opportunity of life-long

memories and life-long growth for theirchildren.

—Martin O'Brien,Social Studies Teacher, FC

Darren Hause, Jeffrey Ralls, Jr., Jennifer Timmons, and TannerAshley visit the site of an ancient theater at Epidaurus.

Jeffrey Ralls, Jr., Tanner Ashley, Darren Hause, and JenniferTimmons tour the site of the Parthenon while visiting Athens.


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Contest

4th Grade"Drawing Mechanimal"

(l to r) Todd Rewolinski, 1st place; ClaireTucker, 2nd place; Kyle Blakely, 3rd place;and Jesse Steingieser, 4th place.

(l to r) Liv Polzin, 1st place; Ivana Genievsky (absent—see her drawing onright), 2nd place; C.J. Hirsch, 3rd place; and Augusta Seremeth, 4th place.

3rd Grade"Rainforest"

(l to r) Jonathan Clapp, 1st place; Christy Hediger, 2nd place; EricSetzer, 3rd place; and Gregg McConville, 4th place.

4th Grade"My Personal Flag"

5th Grade"Seasonal Art"

(l to r) Ashlyn Witczak, 1st place; Isaac Cline, 2nd place; HillaryFrankowiak, 3rd place; and Jack Green, 4th place.

At the end of this school year, the3rd,4th, and 5th graders in Ms. Janet

Mertz-Witczak’s art classes participatedin a “theme” drawing contest.“Rainforest” was the theme for the 3rdgraders’ work. “Mechanimal” and “MyPersonal Flag” were the 4th graders’themes. “Seasonal Art” was the 5thgraders’ theme. All of the students werechallenged to think creatively and be ableto draw. Their finished drawings wereposted up in Kent-McCanner Buildinglobby/hallway for public display. Fourpeople were selected to evaluate thestudents’ art works and announce 1st,2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners. The2003 “theme” drawing contest helpedstudents develop art skills and establishgood work habits.

—Janet Mertz-Witczak,Art Teacher, FC

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Clock Stoppers by Jonathan McMillan, Photography I Canal a Nulle Part by Calvin Doudt, Photography I

The Reeds by Ryan Turner, Photography I Steps to Nowhere by Rachel Steingieser, Photography I

The Antique Wagon by Ryan Turner, Photography IMonkey Bars by Darren Hause, Photography I

The 2003 Photo Show took place this springon May 29th – June 6th. Eight students and

seven students from the Photography I andPhotography II classes, respectively, submitted sixpictures each for the contest. This year the competition,which was only open to high school students takingthese courses, was quite challenging for the judges.

The judges were Melinda Padden, Janet Mertz-Witczak, Rita Corey, and Robert Lewis. Ms. LorraineStoltz, Photography I and II teacher, wishes to thankthe judges for their time and careful consideration.The winners and their photos are on display in twoshowcases in the Ely Building lobby at MSD.

—Lorraine Stoltz, Photography Teacher, FC

2003 Photo Show Winners

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The Lamp Post by Daniel Grossinger, Photography I Trapped in the Forest by Milana Grinman, Photography II

Deathly Pure by Jessica Frank, Photography II Time Machine by Bruce Persons, Photography II

Dew Grass by Darren Hause, Photography II An Imprisoned Freedom by Jessica Frank, Photography II

Manifestation of Nature by Krystle Berrigan, Photography II Serenity by Jonathan McMillan, Photography II

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juniors and seniors, and was held from8:05 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. The second ses-sion included eighth graders, freshmen,and sophomores, and was held from 9:40A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Breaking the pro-gram down into two sessions allowed forsmaller groups and more questions.

In both sessions, seven speakers wereeach allotted their own time to take thestage. They spoke about a wide variety

Career Awareness Program

High School students carry theresponsibility of deciding their

plans for the future. During their highschool years, students must decidewhat they will do after graduation.They may decide to work, go to a tradeschool, technical college, communitycollege, or move on to a college oruniversity. Many students do notrealize that they have limitlesspossibilities for their future. For thisreason, the Career and TechnologyEducation (CTE) Department hosteda Career Awareness Program on April9 to showcase Deaf professionals that haveachieved success in a variety of fields.

The CTE Department felt it was im-portant to have Deaf and Hard of Hear-ing professionals demonstrate that thestudents CAN succeed! These profession-als served as role models for the studentsand gave them goals to aspire to.

The Career Awareness Program hadtwo sessions. The first session included

of topics, including what made them gointo their field of work, what educationwas needed to achieve their goals, whatexperiences they have had in their pro-fession, how they achieved effective com-munication on the job, and what thestudents need to do if they would like tosucceed in a similar profession.

A special thanks to all of these Deafprofessionals for their participation, to thestudents in Mr. Robert Lewis’s computergraphics classes (Maggie McLaughlin andJenica vonGarrel) for designing the post-ers for the event, and to Amy Dwyer andJeffrey Ralls, Jr. for introducing the guests.

The CTE Department hopes thatthe Career Awareness Program and theDeaf professionals that participated hada lasting impact on MSD students. Ifstudents would like to learn more aboutvarious Deaf professionals and descrip-tions of their positions, they should visit“Achieving Goals” website at http://netac.rit.edu/goals/. Remember, thetime to plan for the future is NOW.

—Erin Buck,Work Experience Coordinator, FC

MSD-CC middle school students,Vanishe Buchanan, Donnell

Collins, Casey Johnson, Wade Lawson,and Carlos Williams learned newbreakfast words while they cooked theirbreakfast. They set up a restaurant inthe classroom and took turns beingeither a waiter or waitress. They typedtheir own menus consisting of tenitems and then practiced how to takeorders and serve food.

They were thrilled when they be-came chefs, waiters, and waitresses forthe morning of March 21, 2003. Theyset and decorated the table. They cookedsausages, bacon, pancakes, waffles,scrambled eggs, and French toast. Thenthey warmed the food in the oven.

At noon, eleven students fromthe middle school came to the res-

Learning New Breakfast Wordstaurant named “MSD’s BreakfastCafé.” The students were patient andhad to wait to be served. Vanishebecame the hostess and handed themenus to the students. The studentsread the menu and were ready to or-der. Vanishe, Donnell, Casey andWade became waiters/waitress andtook orders from the students. First,they asked the students what theywanted to drink. Then, they gaveeach student an order form and wrotehis/her initials on the order. Thekitchen workers put breakfast foodon the plates. Finally checks weregiven to the students who orderedfood. The students used bogusmoney to pay for their food.

The students had a great time run-ning their own restaurant in the classroom. Vanishe Buchanan cooked French toast.

— Suzanne Behun and Lisa Skaggs,Teachers, CC

Deaf and Hard of HearingProfessionals

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Snip the ClownJoette GascoJoette GascoJoette GascoJoette GascoJoette Gasco .................................................................CosmetologistJoel BarishJoel BarishJoel BarishJoel BarishJoel Barish .................... CEO of WebbyNation

Communication CorporationJudd FehrJudd FehrJudd FehrJudd FehrJudd Fehr ...................................................................... Auto Mechanic

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The World According to Josh:National Academic Bowl 2003


After we had placed 2nd

at theMid-Atlantic RegionalAcademic Bowl competitionin March, the MSD

Academic Bowl team consisting ofPriscilla Biskupiak, a junior; JoshFeldman, a sophomore; JenicavonGarrel, a senior; and DerrickWilliams, a sophomore, qualified to goto the 7

th Annual High School National

Academic Bowl, which was when allthe 1

st and 2

nd place finishers from the

five regions (Mid-Atlantic, West,Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast)would gather and playagainst each other. Itwas a very big honorto even make it to theNationals.

The teams thatwere participating inthe 2003 NationalAcademic Bowlwere: from the WestRegion: ColoradoSchool for the Deafand Blind and Uni-versity High School(a mainstreaming program from Cali-fornia); from the Southeast Region:Florida School for the Deaf and Lin-coln High School (a mainstreamingprogram from Tallahassee); from theMidwest Region: Indiana School forthe Deaf and Wisconsin School forthe Deaf; from the Northeast Region:The Learning Center (from Massa-chusetts) and Monroe #1 BOCES(a mainstreaming program fromRochester, New York) and finally,from the Mid-Atlantic Region(ours): Maryland School for theDeaf and Mountain Lakes HighSchool (a mainstreaming programfrom New Jersey). There were tenteams altogether.

On Saturday May 3, the teamshad the day to themselves to relaxand do some sightseeing aroundWashington D.C. Then on Satur-day evening, we were all treated toa dinner at Union Station. Afterthat, we went on a Moonlight Tourof D.C., seeing some memorablemonuments such as Iwo Jima, theVietnam Wall, and the FranklinDelano Roosevelt Memorial. Thenwe all went back to the hotel andrelaxed for the next day, when theactual competition would start.

The next day, after a hearty break-fast, the teams were treated to a his-toric tour of the Gallaudet Universitycampus while the coaches had a meet-ing. When we got back, it was timefor the orientation, when the ruleswere explained and as well as whenthe lottery was held. The lottery iswhen teams pick out letters from abag, which determines the scheduleof matches for the next two days.

Our first match was against LincolnHigh School at 1:15 P.M. We were anx-ious and eager for the competition to start.But following tradition, there were alwaystechnical problems and the match was de-layed for almost 30 minutes, when the matchfinally started, we were slow getting out of

the gate but managed to eke out a win 45-29. Our next match was against MountLakes High School, our “rival”. We hadbeaten them in the regular game duringRegionals, but they had beaten us in thechampionship game. As expected, the gamewas close until the final round, when theywent ahead of us and gained a victory. Welost 39-30. Our next match was againstWisconsin School for the Deaf, and we wereexhausted from the long day already, andwe tried to keep our spirits and energy up.By the final round, we were leading by fif-teen points. We were feeling pretty good,

and perhaps that was our un-doing. In the final round,we collapsed and Wisconsintook that opportunity to tieus and forced a tiebreakerround. This is when a ques-tion is given, and the firstteam to buzz in and answercorrectly wins. Wisconsin ul-timately got the answer rightafter the 2

nd attempt at a

tiebreaker and they won bytwo (44-46). We were dev-astated. The final match of

the day was against Colorado. We wereexhausted, and so was Colorado. Thatshowed when at the end of the first round,the score was MSD 2 and Colorado only10. By the end of the match, we had lost(43-17). The long, grueling day had fi-nally come to an end. We were all ex-hausted and glad that the day was over.That night, the Gallaudet Field House wasopen to all the Academic Bowl partici-pants, and we played basketball, swam,and rock climbed as well. It was a won-derful way to relax and take our mindsoff the long day. We arrived back at theKellogg Conference Center ready to sleepand get ready for the next day.

(l to r) Academic Bowl Team: Ms. Kerri Lawler-Davis, Sponsor; Priscilla Biskupiak;Joshua Feldman; Jenica vonGarrel; Derrick Williams; and Mr. Mark Denton, Sponsor.

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Our Grecian Odyssey:Reflections on a Memorable Experience

The Maryland School for theDeaf International Orioles hada wonderful experience

visiting Greece this past spring. Fourstudents: Jeffrey Ralls, Darren Hause,Tanner Ashley, and JenniferTimmons, along with Mr. O’Brien, aMiddle School Social Studies teacherand sponsor of the InternationalOrioles, traveled to Greece duringSpring Break from April 18, 2003 toApril 27, 2003. Below are somereflections of their experiences:

Jennifer TJennifer TJennifer TJennifer TJennifer Timmons - immons - immons - immons - immons - We visitedmany places in Greece that I thinkshould be mentioned since we stud-ied these places as students in middleschool. The four main places we vis-ited were Athens, Delphi, Olympia,and Cape Sounion. We flewinto Athens and stayed at ahotel there for a few days.Athens, the capital and larg-est city of Greece, attractsmany tourists because of theAcropolis and the Parthenon,and because of the uniquelifestyles of the people. Wealso drove into the mountainsto visit the ancient site ofDelphi where we learnedabout the Oracle of Delphi. Iremember that story from mymiddle school Social Studiesclass. Ancient Greeks wouldask the Oracle a question andhope to find answers to theirquestions. We also visitedOlympia, the site of the firstancient and modern Olympics. Therewere so many ruins at Olympia thatwere very interesting to see. Greecehas so many ruins partly because theyare old and partly because other coun-tries came and took over Greece anddestroyed so many things. One of my

favorite places to visit was the Templeof Poseidon at Cape Sounion. Thetemple was built to honor Poseidon,the Greek god of the sea. It was sobeautiful to see this temple that wasbuilt thousands of years ago and is stillstanding near the beautiful blue wa-ter of the Aegean Sea. Many thingsimpressed me about my visit toGreece: the rich history of ancientGreece, the many stories of Greek My-thology, and the culture of Greececompared to the United States whichI found so amazing. Did you knowthat in Greece, Easter is celebrated oneweek after Easter Sunday in America?I learned so much about Greece, morethan I ever could learn from readinga history book.

TTTTTanner Ashley - anner Ashley - anner Ashley - anner Ashley - anner Ashley - Greece is a verybeautiful country. There are manytypes of interesting people and historyto see there. The food was great! Iespecially enjoyed the seafood. Ihighly recommend the squid and theoctopus. Greece was my first inter-

national trip, but now that I have trav-eled abroad, I realize I want to travelto many other countries. I loved theoceans in Greece. One of my mostmemorable days was when I wentswimming in the Aegean Sea. I wasso excited. It didn’t matter if the wa-ter was cold. I wanted to go swim-ming in the water. I would encourageanyone to definitely visit Greece. Youwill love it. While visiting Greece Ifelt that I would enjoy living theresomeday, but for now, I’ll stay inAmerica.

DarDarDarDarDarrrrrren Hause - en Hause - en Hause - en Hause - en Hause - My trip to Greecewith the International Orioles, with myteacher and my friends, gave me therichest experience of my life. When Ileft America, I was so excited to travel

to Greece. I was so amazed bythe country. It was completelydifferent from what I ever imag-ined. My thoughts were: “I can’tbelieve that I am thousands ofmiles away from home, walkingaround a city, a country, that hasso many ruins from ancienttimes”. The richest experiencefor me as I traveled throughGreece was visiting cities such asAthens, Delphi, Olympia, andthe Greek islands of Aegina,Poros, and Hydra. Seeing theactual ruins was much more in-teresting than reading aboutthem in books. I made newfriends with students from theother school group who traveledwith us. I still talk with them

online today. I had a serious cultureshock in Greece when it comes to food.I tend to be a very fussy eater in theschool cafeteria and in restaurants. InGreece I had to learn to eat differentfoods such as chicken gyros, souvlaki,and octopus. A most strange experi-


ence is when I ordered a hamburger ata restaurant. It was served withoutbread, without cheese, and without anytoppings, only the meat itself. The nexttime I ordered a hamburger in a restau-rant I requested for the server to addcheese. She was very baffled becauseshe never served cheese on a hamburgerbefore. This was difficult to get usedto but a good experience for me. I mustadmit that I did eat a meal atMcDonalds a few times while in Greece.The International Orioles provided mewith the opportunity to gain such richexperiences while traveling throughGreece, experiences which I will alwaysremember.

JefJefJefJefJeffrfrfrfrfrey Ralls, Jrey Ralls, Jrey Ralls, Jrey Ralls, Jrey Ralls, Jr. - . - . - . - . - I was so ex-cited to travel to Greece with the In-ternational Orioles during SpringBreak. When I was younger I lived inGermany and traveled to Italy but Ialways wanted to go back to Europe.Our flight left from Dulles Airportwhere we flew to Frankfurt, Germany

and then on to Athens. The flightwas very smooth but because of myexcitement, I didn’t get much sleepon the airplane. We were all a littletired when we arrived in Athens. Wemet out EF tour director, Photis atthe airport. He was an excellentguide. The first thing we did was toexchange our U.S. money to Euros.It was interesting to learn how to buythings with Euros. While in Greecewe visited many places. We visitedDelphi, Corinth, Mycenae, CapeSounion, Olympia, Epidaurus, andAthens. I was very impressed withAthens. Athens has mostly whitebuildings. In Athens we visited theAcropolis and the Parthenon. We alsobecame very experienced with how touse the metro system in Athens andquickly learned where to go on ourown. We mostly learned how to takethe Metro to a stop near the InternetCafé so we could send emails to ourfamily and chat with our friends to let

On Monday, at 8:30 A.M., we hadour first match, against Florida, the pre-vious National Champions. The gamewas a close, close one and in the finalround, they were leading by two. Thefinal question in the Final Round was:Name the jump-rope game that usestwo ropes swung together. We wrotedown Double Dutch, and Florida wrotedown double dutch. They awarded the3 points to us because we had capital-ized the D’s while Florida had not! Wewere overjoyed as we won by 1 (44-42)! We went up against Monroe #1BOCES next. The match was again, aclose one, and we lost by 1 point (30-29). We were disappointed, but had tofocus on the next match, which foundus against University High School, theonly team to go undefeated during theround-robin tournament. We came out

roaring of the gate, leading them by 8,but we slowed down as they sped up,and ultimately they defeated us by 10points (40-30). We were upset, ofcourse, but we took some pride in lead-ing them by 8 at a point during thematch. We regrouped as we prepared togo up against The Learning Center. Thegame was a close one, and the final roundwas about the titles of books as given onthe books (example: Judy Blume’s “Talesof A Fourth Grade Nothing”). But in-stead of writing Fourth, we wrote 4th,which was not acceptable and so we lostby 2 points (34-32). The last match ofthe day was against Indiana School forthe Deaf, an excellent team. Before thematch, we were in a good mood andmade jokes with Indiana. Again, weroared out of the gate first and led by 4in the beginning, but Indiana soon over-

them know we were ok and what wewere doing. I was very impressed withthe food in Greece. I didn’t realizethat in Greece people eat a lot of spa-ghetti. We also ate French fries, whichare called chips in Greece. We atepork, chicken, and fried squid andgrilled octopus. The first time we hadthe chance to eat octopus was on theisland of Ageina. I did not try theoctopus there but the last day inGreece I decided to try it. I thoughtthe octopus tasted like chicken. Ev-eryone was so happy with me becauseI tried the octopus. We ate typicalGreek food like gyros and souvlaki aswell. I was also surprised that Greecehas McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizzawhere I must admit I ate a few times.The pizza at Domino’s was much spicierthan the pizza here in America. I liked itmuch better. I wish we could have stayedlonger in Greece but I hope to have theopportunity to go back to Greece againsomeday to visit.

took us and won by 31 points (59-28).We ended up 2-8, but so many of thosematches were so close and could haveeasily been won. We were proud of our-selves nonetheless, and many peoplecame up to us telling us we had a lot ofpotential since we were a young team.

That night, Monroe #1 BOCESeventually beat Colorado to claimthird place. Indiana defeated Univer-sity High School to earn braggingrights to the National Championship.Pia Marie Paulone of Indiana wasnamed Most Outstanding Player.Lincoln High School won the sports-manship award, much to the joy ofeveryone. The National Competi-tion culminated in a fun performanceby the Wild Zappers and a party.

Overall, the National competitionwas a great one, and it has already got-ten the returning Academic Bowl teammembers (Priscilla, Derrick, and Josh)eager to return to the buzzers next year. —Joshua Feldman, 10th Grade


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We the 8th graders wentonward to New York Cityfor two overwhelming days

filled with fun-learning experiences.We left at 6 A.M. on Wednesdaymorning, May 21st and, after a stopfor breakfast, arrived in New York Cityby 11 A.M. We went directly to theMetropolitan Museum of Art to viewan exhibit on Ancient Egypt and anexhibit on the Middle Ages. We firstwent to the Egyptian exhibit. Therewere so many things to see at thisexhibit, statues, artifacts, hieroglyphics,mummies, and even a temple takenfrom Egypt and rebuilt in the museum,that it was difficult to take them all inour heads. If we did, we felt our headsmight explode! Thanks to Mr. O’Brienwe also found time to view the exhibiton the Middle Ages, which we alsofound very interesting. Scott Lehmannmentioned that the museum was aninteresting place and would like to gothere again.

After the Metropolitan Museumof Art, we visited St. Patrick’s Cathe-dral, which was amazingly beautifuland huge in the center of New YorkCity. Chris Phillips mentioned thathe really enjoyed the cathedral andthat when he entered the doors to thecathedral he really got the feeling ofholiness and a feeling of being closerto God. St. Patrick’s Cathedral is 330feet tall. Why are cathedrals built sohigh? The people who originally builtcathedrals wanted the ceiling to be tallso when people entered they wouldbe attracted to the height and lookup therefore they were looking atHeaven. There were several differentchapels honoring various saints of theCatholic Church. We could light acandle for one dollar to honor a saint.Many of us felt that it was an enrich-ing experience. There were also somany seats facing the altar and many

gorgeous stained glass windows. Wewere stunned at the beauty of St.Patrick’s Cathedral.

The Cathedral was a few blocksaway from Rockefeller Center wherewe went next. The statue in front ofRockefeller Center looked like it wasmade of pure gold, a very extraordi-nary sight to see. The NBC studiowas also located in Rockefeller Cen-ter. It was interesting to look insidethe studio. We then walked to TimesSquare, which was astonishing. Therewere so many things to look at: peopleand taxis. The lights were so brightand beautiful during nighttime. Weate dinner at a pizzeria in the heartof Times Square, did some sou-venir shopping, and boughtNew York City souvenir T-shirts. We all wore our NewYork City T-shirts to schoolon Friday.

After dinner we allwalked to Empire StateBuilding. Before wewent up, we first wentinto a SkyRide, a vir-tual reality movieride highlightingthe sights ofNew York City.We then wentup the elevator to the top of the Em-pire State Building. The view wasboth unbelievable and remarkable. Itwas a little chilly up there but we allenjoyed it. The lights were every-where and we were able to identifysome buildings from the top. Afterawhile it really got cold so we wentdown and headed to our hotel.

All of us enjoyed our stay at thehotel. It was good to be at the hotelfor a nice and calm evening. We wereall pretty tired from everything wedid on Wednesday, but we still wokeup on time the next day. On Thurs-

day we went to Ellis Island and theStatue of Liberty by ferry. It was re-ally windy and cold; we didn’t let itbother us because it made us feel likeimmigrants. Ellis Island and theStatue of Liberty are probably oneof my favorite places. Ellis Islandwas full of information, history, arti-facts, and everything you could imag-ine related to immigration. It wasinteresting to think that almost ev-ery one of our grandparents camethrough Ellis Island. We then tookthe ferry to the Statue of Liberty,which was also very beautiful. Look-ing at the Statue of Liberty proved

to all of us the glory of America.We all now can understand whyit was such a wonderful sight forall the immigrants to see as theyarrived in America. We atelunch at the Statue of Libertyand even met a SWAT teamwho were patrolling the is-land because of increasedsecurity.

Although everyonewas tired because of

such a busy and en-joyable two-dayexperience, wedidn’t want ourtrip to New York

City to end. The bus ride back wasquieter than it was to New York City!When we got back it was fun tellingall of our family and friends about ourwonderful 8

th grade class trip to New

York City.The 8

th grade class wants to say

thanks to Mr. Martin O’Brien and Ms.Adrienne Rubenstein for planning thiswonderful experience for us.

—Rachael Benedict with input fromScott Lehmann, Christopher Phillips,Zachary Ennis, Phyllis Steele, and the

members of the 8th grade class of 2003.

New York City: Our Heavenly TripMay 21 - 22, 2003


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Girls’ Track and Field


MSD Girls’ Track and Fieldteam had a tremendousseason. Daniel Frank had

the special privilege as a first-yearcoach to have a great team. The girlsbrought their defending NationalDeaf Prep Championship title fromlast year under legendary coach NancyBenton who retired last year. Also,thanks to Chevelle Barron, AssistantCoach, who had a positive influenceon all the girls in the program.

Sheena Lyles and Jenica vonGarrelare MSD’s only seniors on the team.Sheena excelled in both events (Shot Putand Discus) and Jenica dominated mostlyin long distances as well as relays.

Junior Krystle Berrigan was strongin jumps (high jump and long jump) andran well in sprint relays. Junior AnneGreener-Hage ran very well in 800m and1600m events. Junior Amanda Stoneworked very hard and has been improv-ing her times in long distances.

The sophomore class led by ShanaLehmann set a new school record inTriple Jump (34’4") and excelled insprints, jumps and relays. Masha Lahuncompeted in both high and low hurdlesas well as relays. Ursa Rewolinski par-ticipated in several events such as discusthrow, triple jump, running in 200mand 400m dash and relays. NoemiMartinez was one of MSD’s mostpromising tracksters. She ran very wellin 200m and 400m dash. JenniferTimmons worked very hard at throws.Marijana Suric ran the sprints.

The following freshmen Kara Andradeand Amanda Biskupiak experienced andlearned a lot in jumps, throws, sprints andrelays. Heather Wilkinson and SarahNelinson have been improving in throws.Rachel Steingieser, who held the top spotin National Deaf Prep Girls in 1600m and3200m run for two straight years, did notcompete this year due to an injury.

On May 16, the team won theirfourth straight Eastern Schools for theDeaf Athletic Association (ESDAA)

Track and Field Championship in Provi-dence, Rhode Island. During most of theday, the wind and cold deprived the girlsfrom putting up their best performances.MSD placed first 12 out of 16 events.Shana Lehmann and Masha Lahun re-ceived Most Outstanding Tracksterawards at the end of the track meet. Theyeach won four gold medals. The resultsof the ESDAA Girls tournament are:

ESDAA Final Standings1

stMaryland ......................... 150

2nd

Western PA ..................... 98.53

rdRhode Island ......................81

4th

American (CT) ................ 52.55

thSt. Mary’s (NY) ............... 47.5

6th

New York ........................ 35.57

thLexington (NY)..................26

8th

Marie Katzenbach (NJ) ........29

thLearning Center (MA) ......... 1

10th

Mill Neck Manor (NY) ........1

MSD Lady Orioles winnersMSD Lady Orioles winnersMSD Lady Orioles winnersMSD Lady Orioles winnersMSD Lady Orioles winnersShot Put Sheena Lyles 33' 5 1/2"

(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Record)d)d)d)d)Triple Jump Shana Lehmann 32’11 3/4"

(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Recor(New ESDAA Record)d)d)d)d)Long JumpLong JumpLong JumpLong JumpLong Jump Krystle Berrigan 15' 2 3/4"1600m Run1600m Run1600m Run1600m Run1600m Run Jenica vonGarrel 6:30.8100m Hur100m Hur100m Hur100m Hur100m Hurdlesdlesdlesdlesdles Masha Lahun 18.5

400m Run 400m Run 400m Run 400m Run 400m Run Shana Lehmann 61.6800 Sprint Medley Relay800 Sprint Medley Relay800 Sprint Medley Relay800 Sprint Medley Relay800 Sprint Medley Relay AmandaBiskupiak, Rachel Steingieser, KaraAndrade, and Noemi Martinez 2:17.2300m Hur300m Hur300m Hur300m Hur300m Hurdles dles dles dles dles Masha Lahun 52.3200m Dash 200m Dash 200m Dash 200m Dash 200m Dash Shana Lehmann 27.7800m Run 800m Run 800m Run 800m Run 800m Run Jenica vonGarrel 2:36.54 x 100m Relay 4 x 100m Relay 4 x 100m Relay 4 x 100m Relay 4 x 100m Relay Amanda Biskupiak,Krystle Berrigan, Masha Lahun,Shana Lehmann 55.24 x400m Relay 4 x400m Relay 4 x400m Relay 4 x400m Relay 4 x400m Relay Masha Lahun,Noemi Martinez, Ursa Rewolinski,Jenica vonGarrel 4:54.2

On June 29, Barry Strassler, edi-tor of DeafSportZine (sponsored bythe National Fraternal Society of theDeaf), announced that MSD GirlsTrack and Field team won The FratNational Mythical Deaf Girls Track andField championship. MSD gathered95 team points while the Illinois Schoolfor the Deaf and the Louisiana Schoolfor the Deaf were tied for second placewith 58 points each.

Coach Frank wants to recognize se-nior managers: Milana Grinman and AmyDwyer who were excellent organizers forthe team and took responsibilities such asarranging uniforms, setting up equip-ment, and keeping statistics.

—Daniel Frank, Head Coach andChevelle Barron, Assistant Coach, FC

Front row: (l to r) Assistant Coach Chevelle Barron, Heather Wilkerson, Sarah Nelinson,Amanda Stone, Kara Andrade, Amanda Biskupiak, Noemi Martinez, Shana Lehmann, JenniferTimmons, and Head Coach Daniel Frank. Back row: (l to r) Manager Milana Grinman, AnneGreener-Hage, Amy Dwyer, Marijana Suric, Masha Lahun, Krystle Berrigan, Sheena Lyles,Ursa Rewolinski, Jenica vonGarrel, and Rachel Steingieser.

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3rd Annual East Coast Powerlifting Championship

The Maryland School for the Deaf hosted the 3rdAnnual East Coast Powerlifting Championship and it

was a smashing success. The participating schools wereGeorgia, Model Secondary, South Carolina, and Maryland.There were nine boy weight classes and two girl weightclasses. Competitors competed in the bench press, deadlift, and power clean.

The competition was very intense and Maryland cameout in first place in both boys and girls divisions. Indi-vidual winners were as follows:

First Place119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class: ........................................................................... Derrick Williams ...... 550 lbs132 lb Class:132 lb Class:132 lb Class:132 lb Class:132 lb Class: ........................................................................... Mario Carranza ....... 690 lbs148 lb Class:148 lb Class:148 lb Class:148 lb Class:148 lb Class: ........................................................................... Anthony Meadows .. 715 lbs198 lb Class:198 lb Class:198 lb Class:198 lb Class:198 lb Class: ........................................................................... Martise Colston....... 820 lbs242 lb Class:242 lb Class:242 lb Class:242 lb Class:242 lb Class: ........................................................................... Joshua Doudt .......... 745 lbsGirls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light Platform:m:m:m:m: ............... Ursa Rewolinski ...... 445 lbsGirls Heavy PlatforGirls Heavy PlatforGirls Heavy PlatforGirls Heavy PlatforGirls Heavy Platform:m:m:m:m: .......... Sheena Lyles ........... 715 lbs

Second Place165 lb Class:165 lb Class:165 lb Class:165 lb Class:165 lb Class: ........................................................................... Andre Cassell .......... 780 lbs220 lb Class:220 lb Class:220 lb Class:220 lb Class:220 lb Class: ........................................................................... Flave Dupree ........... 815 lbs

Girls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light PlatforGirls Light Platform:m:m:m:m: ............... Jenica von Garrel ..... 425 lbs

Third Place119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class:119 lb Class: ........................................................................... Markies Dobbins ..... 540 lbs181 lb Class:181 lb Class:181 lb Class:181 lb Class:181 lb Class: ........................................................................... Calvin Doudt .......... 780 lbs

Boys Light Platform Most Outstanding LifterMario Carranza (Maryland) .......................... 5.48 BWI

Boys Heavy Platform Most Outstanding LifterJeniniski Upshaw (Georgia) .......................... 5.36 BWI

StrStrStrStrStrongest Male:ongest Male:ongest Male:ongest Male:ongest Male: .................... Randy Wilson (Georgia) 1,030 lbs.StrStrStrStrStrongest Female:ongest Female:ongest Female:ongest Female:ongest Female: ..... Sheena Lyles (Maryland) 715 lbs.

Team Scores Boys Boys Boys Boys Boys Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls

Maryland ............. 100 Maryland ......... 44Georgia ................. 87 Georgia ............ 22South Carolina ...... 39Model ................... 13

—Andrew Bonheyo, Youth Activities Coordinator, FC

Boys’ Track and Field

The 2003 Boy’s Track and Fieldteam completed its season with

mixed results. The openingMiddletown Relays saw MSD boysfinish in 6

th place out of eleven teams.

MSD also finished in 6th place at the

Zimmerman Invitational butimproved in several areas.

MSD's season ended at the East-ern Schools for the Deaf Athletic As-sociation (ESDAA) tournament heldon May 16 in Rhode Island wherethey captured second place with 98points. St. Mary’s won the tourna-ment with 130 points.

Congratulations to MSD'stracksters for their effort the whole sea-son. Also to assistant coach ChrisvonGarrel for his outstanding assistance.—Conrad vonGarrel, Head Coach, FC

ESDAA Highlights

Andrew Weidig won three first-place meets:

1600 meter run: .................. 5:23.63200 meter run: ................... 12:121600-meter sprint Medley: .. 4:08.7

ESDAA Final Standings1

st St. Mary’s (NY) ..... 130 points

2nd

Maryland ................. 98 points3

rd American (CT) ......... 76 points

4th Western PA ............... 75 points

5th NYSD....................... 43 points

6th Lexington (NY) ........ 22 points

7th Rhode Island ............ 21 points

8th NYSSD ..................... 13 points

9th Mill Neck Manor (NY) .. 6 points

10th

Marie Katzenbach(NJ) ...1 point

Front row: (l to r) Joshua Doudt, Kevin Gahagan, Chris Corrigan, James Markel, Jr., AnthonyMeadows, Andrew Weidig, and Avon Blue. Second row: (l to r) Brian Herpel, James Cornish,Roberto Giota, Jonathan Mitts, Markeis Dobbins, George Solomon, and Jeffrey Ralls. Back row:(l to r) Assistant Coach Christopher vonGarrel, Ahmed Khalil, Davon Cook, Robert Sims, JonathanMcMillan, Stephon Williams, Calvin Doudt, Mohammed Khan, and Head Coach Conrad vonGarrel.


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Boys’ Varsity Baseball

This spring season marked the firsttime in MSD history that there is

a girls’ softball team! The coaches werevery honored to coach sixteen athleticgirls. Originally, MSD was supposed tohave nine games. Unfortunately, badweather prevented the girls from play-ing several games. At least, the girlsplayed four games! Even though mostplayers were inexperienced, they reallyimproved every game.

In the end, they played very well intheir new positions. The girls’ best gamewas their last against Model SecondarySchool for the Deaf with the score beingvery close. The girls are very thrilled to seetremendous improvement in their skills andare looking forward to playing more gamesnext year. The assistant coaches, Keri Maysand Robin Burrhus deserve special recog-nition for their efforts.

—Sherry Bradley-Koo,Head Coach, FC

Front row: (l to r) Manager Shyana Hasan,Amanda Biskupiak, Diana Berrigan, KrystleBerrigan, Priscilla Biskupiak, Masha Lahun, ShanaLehmann, and Maggie McLaughlin. Back row: (lto r) Head Coach Sherry Bradley-Koo, AssistantCoach Keri Mays, Anne Greener-Hage, FrancesSorrentino, Jenica VonGarrel, Ursa Rewolinski,Sheena Lyles, Marijana Suric, Kara Andrade,Amanda Stone, and Assistant Coach RobinBurrhus. Absent: Amy Jo Dwyer.

A new sport was added this year and18 boys came out for MSD’s first

baseball team! Although the boysplayed only three games, the foundationhas been set for the team to come outnext season ready to perform with a fullschedule of 10-15 games.

A few games were lost to MotherNature, but with a beautiful field to playon (thanks to Assistant Coach Ron Sisk)the baseball team will be pumped tohost games next year as well as com-pete against area teams.

Kudos to the 15 boys that stayedwith the team to the end and to MostValuable Player, Bruce Persons andCoaches’ Award Winner Ryan Curry fortheir contributions.

Assistants Ron Sisk and JohnGrindstaff are also commended fortheir efforts.

—Scott Morrison, Head Coach, FC

Girls’ Varsity Softball

Front row: (l to r) Carey Heisey, Bruce Persons, Michel Daze, and Ryan Turner. Back row: (l to r)Assistant Coach Ron Sisk, Anthony Meadows, Christopher Corrigan, Martise Colston, FrancisSteele, Chris Peters, Ryan Curry, and Head Coach Scott Morrison. Absent: Assistant CoachJohn Grindstaff, James Cornish, Calvin Doudt, Joshua Doudt, and Ahmed Khalil.

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2002 V2002 V2002 V2002 V2002 Varsity Footballarsity Footballarsity Footballarsity Footballarsity FootballMVP/Charles E. Moylen

Football Award:Gabriel Drummond

Best Lineman Award:Chris Corrigan

Most Improved Player Award:Derrick Williams

Best Offensive Award:Martise Colston

Best Defensive Award:Calvin Doudt

2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior Varsity Footballarsity Footballarsity Footballarsity Footballarsity FootballCoaches’ Award: Chris Peters

Most Improved Players Award:Avon Blue

2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 VVVVVarsity Varsity Varsity Varsity Varsity VolleyballolleyballolleyballolleyballolleyballMVP/Stoltz-Lehmann Volleyball Award:

Priscilla BiskupiakCoaches’ Award: Shana Lehmann

Most Improved Player Award:Diana Berrigan

2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior V2002 Junior Varsity Varsity Varsity Varsity Varsity VolleyballolleyballolleyballolleyballolleyballCoaches’ Award: Rachel Steingieser

Most Dedicated Player Award:Anne Greener-Hage

2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 Cheerleading (Fall)Cheerleading (Fall)Cheerleading (Fall)Cheerleading (Fall)Cheerleading (Fall)Dodge/Hicks Cheerleading Award:

Milana GrinmanMost Improved Cheerleading Award:

Tanja HonkanenMost Spirited Award:

Tanja Honkanen

2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 Varsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boys’’’’’ Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball BasketballMVP/Harry G. Benson BoysBasketball Award: Rob Sims

Coaches’ Award: Joshua DoudtMost Improved Player:

Andre Watley

2002-2003 Jr2002-2003 Jr2002-2003 Jr2002-2003 Jr2002-2003 Jr..... V V V V Varsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boysarsity Boys’’’’’ Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball BasketballCoaches’ Award: Carey HeiseyMost Improved Player Award:

Ryan Turner

2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 V2002-2003 Varsity Girlsarsity Girlsarsity Girlsarsity Girlsarsity Girls’’’’’ Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball BasketballMVP/Spencer Award:

Priscilla BiskupiakCoaches’ Award: Krystle Berrigan

Best Defensive Player Award:Shana Lehmann

Co-Most Improved Player Award:Amanda Biskupiak &

Jenica vonGarrel

2002-2003 Junior V2002-2003 Junior V2002-2003 Junior V2002-2003 Junior V2002-2003 Junior VarsityarsityarsityarsityarsityGirlsGirlsGirlsGirlsGirls’’’’’ Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball

Coaches’ Award: Masha LahunMost Improved Player Award:

Rachel Steingieser

2002-2003 Cheerleading (W2002-2003 Cheerleading (W2002-2003 Cheerleading (W2002-2003 Cheerleading (W2002-2003 Cheerleading (Winter)inter)inter)inter)inter)Dodge/Hicks Cheerleading Award:

Amy DwyerMost Improved Cheerleading Award:

Jessica TannerMost Spirited Award:

Milana Grinman

2002-2003 W2002-2003 W2002-2003 W2002-2003 W2002-2003 WrrrrrestlingestlingestlingestlingestlingWrestler of Year Award:

Andrew WeidigShockley Most Improved Player Award:

Avon BlueSchartner Wrestling Award:

Chris PetersDavid Harris Takedown Award:

Ryan Curry

2003 Girls’ T2003 Girls’ T2003 Girls’ T2003 Girls’ T2003 Girls’ Track and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and FieldField Award: Krystle Berrigan

White Track Award:Shana Lehmann

Co–Coaches’ Award: Masha Lahunand Jenica vonGarrel

2003 Boys’ T2003 Boys’ T2003 Boys’ T2003 Boys’ T2003 Boys’ Track and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and Fieldrack and FieldField Award: Tanner Ashley

Barr Track Award: Anthony Meadowsand James Markel Jr.

Coaches’ Award: Markeis Dobbins

2003 Baseball2003 Baseball2003 Baseball2003 Baseball2003 BaseballM.V.P. Award: Bruce PersonsCoaches’ Award: Ryan Curry

2003 Softball2003 Softball2003 Softball2003 Softball2003 SoftballM.V.P. Award: Ursa Rewolinski

2003 Powerlifting2003 Powerlifting2003 Powerlifting2003 Powerlifting2003 PowerliftingMost Improved Lifter: Andre Cassel

Most Dedicated Lifter:Calvin Doudt

Most Outstanding Female Lifter:Sheena Lyles

Most Outstanding Male Lifter:Mario Carranza

2002-2003 Special A2002-2003 Special A2002-2003 Special A2002-2003 Special A2002-2003 Special AwarwarwarwarwardsdsdsdsdsInspiration & Leadership

Athletic AwardsMale: Derrick Williams

Females: Shana Lehmann &Milana Grinman

Most ImprMost ImprMost ImprMost ImprMost Improved Athletic Aoved Athletic Aoved Athletic Aoved Athletic Aoved Athletic AwarwarwarwarwardsdsdsdsdsMale: Avon Blue

Female: Jenica vonGarrel

Best All Around Male Athlete:Martise Colston

Best All Around Female Athlete:Priscilla Biskupiak

Foxwell Award: Betty RewolinskiMSD Booster Club Service Award:

Diane Hause

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Varsity Athletic Awards Ceremony 2003

Maryland School for the Deaf Varsity Athletic Awards Ceremony washeld Thursday, May 22, 2003. Several outstanding athletes were

honored before a large crowd of family and guests. The following were givenawards, but all those who played on teams were winners for their commitmentand dedication through practices and games!

—Scott Morrison, Athletic Director, FC

Alumni and Community News By Mary Sue Boxer, Editor


Ethel M. Hall SeblyEthel M. Hall SeblyEthel M. Hall SeblyEthel M. Hall SeblyEthel M. Hall Sebly, ‘35,, ‘35,, ‘35,, ‘35,, ‘35, passedaway on April 2, 2003. Born on De-cember 30, 1916, she was the belovedwife of the late Otto Stephen Sebly,loving mother of Stephany T. Seblyand Wayne N. Sebly, and admiredmother-in-law of Carole B. Sebly.Also she was a devoted grandmotherof Brian J. Reagan. She is also sur-vived by her sisters, Elsie Davis, JessieEure, and the late Edna Cramer andnumerous nieces and nephews. Thevisitation was held at the HubbardFuneral Home, Inc. in Baltimore onApril 5 and 6. The funeral service wasconducted at the funeral home onApril 7

th and the interment was pri-

vate. Memorial donations may bemade in Mrs. Sebly’s memory to theMaryland School for the Deaf, 101Clarke Place, PO Box 250, Frederick,Maryland 21705.

JerJerJerJerJerrrrrr y Patrick Collison, ‘50,y Patrick Collison, ‘50,y Patrick Collison, ‘50,y Patrick Collison, ‘50,y Patrick Collison, ‘50, ofBel Air, Maryland died at his homeon February 24, 2003. He was 70.Born in Baltimore, he was the son ofthe late Roland Paul and AnnaGertrude Albers Collison. He was aresident of Harford County for 40years. He was a member of Oak GroveBaptist Church for 35 years and amember of the Silent Oriole Club inBaltimore. He enjoyed reading andillustrating. He is survived by onebrother, James H. Collison and onesister, Nellie M. Batz, both of Balti-more. In addition to his parents, hewas predeceased by two brothers,Eddie J. Collison and Paul H.Collison; five sisters, Edith C.Webster, Bernetta R. Bolt, Nancy L.Collison, Margaret Cobb, and DorisR. Dovel. The graveside service washeld on March 7 at Oak Grove Bap-tist Church Cemetery, followed by amemorial service in the church.

Barbara ABarbara ABarbara ABarbara ABarbara Avenelle Porvenelle Porvenelle Porvenelle Porvenelle Porter Heaps,ter Heaps,ter Heaps,ter Heaps,ter Heaps,‘53,‘53,‘53,‘53,‘53, died on March 11 at Springfield

Alumni Hospital Center in Sykesville. She was70 years old. Born on September 3,1932 in Statesville, North Carolina,she was the daughter of the late Orenand Thelma Pugh Porter and was thewife of William L. Heaps. They ob-served their 39

th wedding anniversary

on June 16, 2002. Mrs. Heaps workedin the cafeteria at Aberdeen HighSchool a short time after her MSDgraduation. She was a member of OakGrove Baptist Church in Bel Air whereshe and her husband were involved incommunity mission work and Sundayschool. She was a member of the In-dependent Handicapped Club. Inaddition to her husband, Mrs. Heapsis survived by her brother, William R.Porter and his wife, Shirley, of Aber-deen; sister, Betty Jane Budd and herhusband, David, of Chatham, NewJersey. Funeral services were held atOak Grove Baptist Church in Bel Airon March 15. Interment was in St.Paul’s Cemetery in Pylesville. Con-tributions may be made in Mrs.Heaps’ memory to Oak Grove Bap-tist Church, 2106 Churchville Road,Bel Air, MD 21015-4908.

Ethelette WEthelette WEthelette WEthelette WEthelette Wright Ennis, ‘70,right Ennis, ‘70,right Ennis, ‘70,right Ennis, ‘70,right Ennis, ‘70,was awarded the Frederick C.Schreiber Leadership Award by theMetropolitan Washington Deaf Com-munity Center (MWDCC) on April27, 2003 in Columbia, Maryland. TheFrederick C. Schreiber LeadershipAward is presented annually to a de-serving individual for his/her contri-bution toward the growth of the DeafCommunity in the D.C. metropoli-tan area.

Donald Boone ‘72,Donald Boone ‘72,Donald Boone ‘72,Donald Boone ‘72,Donald Boone ‘72, was given asurprise 50

th birthday party on April

5, 2003 in Braddock Heights, Mary-land. There were approximately 50people attending the party. The partywas given by Paula J. Ammons, ’ 68.

Nancy DeHaven Whiggum,Nancy DeHaven Whiggum,Nancy DeHaven Whiggum,Nancy DeHaven Whiggum,Nancy DeHaven Whiggum,‘73, ‘73, ‘73, ‘73, ‘73, and Michael Childs, ‘ 66, Michael Childs, ‘ 66, Michael Childs, ‘ 66, Michael Childs, ‘ 66, Michael Childs, ‘ 66, an-nounced their engagement on De-cember 25, 2002. Nancy has been a

post office clerk in Largo for 30 years.Mike has been employed as a printerfor the Baltimore Sun newspaper for33 years. The wedding date has notbeen announced yet.

Joyce Sams ZellmerJoyce Sams ZellmerJoyce Sams ZellmerJoyce Sams ZellmerJoyce Sams Zellmer, ‘74,, ‘74,, ‘74,, ‘74,, ‘74, an-nounces the birth of her grandsonwho was born on April 17, 2003 toher daughter and her husband. Shehas two grandchildren.

Roger Kraft, ‘85,Roger Kraft, ‘85,Roger Kraft, ‘85,Roger Kraft, ‘85,Roger Kraft, ‘85, and his wifebecame the parents of their fourthchild and son, Luke Kenneth Kraft.He was born on April 1, 2003 at 8:04p.m. Central Time Zone. He weighed7 lbs. 6 oz. He was welcomed by hissiblings, Calvin, 7; Natalie, 5; andTeresa, 2. The family resides in SiouxFalls, South Dakota where Rogerworks for CSD (formerly known asCommunication Services of the Deaf).

Julie C. BourJulie C. BourJulie C. BourJulie C. BourJulie C. Bourne, ‘96,ne, ‘96,ne, ‘96,ne, ‘96,ne, ‘96, marriedMatthew Lockhart on April 25, 2003at the Frederick Church of the Breth-ren in Frederick, Maryland. The wed-

ding dinner was held at the SouthMountain Inn in Boonesboro, Mary-land. The couple had a honeymoonin Puerto Rico for ten days. Mr. andMrs. Lockhart work at the NationalInstitute of Health in Bethesda, MD.

Allison Polk, ‘98,Allison Polk, ‘98,Allison Polk, ‘98,Allison Polk, ‘98,Allison Polk, ‘98, is the Editorand Founder of a new publication,Capital D, in the fall of 2002. Themagazine is published four times a year.

Matthew Lockhart and Julie C. Bourne

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Burgess and wife Donna of Lancaster,PA, and Charles N. Burgess and wifeBetty Jane and Christopher R. Burgess,all of Frederick; two sisters, AnnabelleE. Troxell of Frederick, and KatherineR. Mudd of Bethany Beach, Del.; 11grandchildren; four great-grandchildren;and several nieces and nephews. She waspreceded in death by two brothers, Aus-tin D. Trout and Kenneth C. Trout.Funeral services were held at FrederickPresbyterian Church on May 20. Shewas buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.Memorial contributions may be made tothe Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxil-iary, 400 W. Seventh St., Frederick,Maryland 21701.

Ms. Louise BurMs. Louise BurMs. Louise BurMs. Louise BurMs. Louise Burgess, 88,gess, 88,gess, 88,gess, 88,gess, 88, died onMay 17, 2003 at Sunrise Assisted Livingin Frederick, Maryland. She was the wifeof Dr. Forbes H. Burgess, who died onJune 8, 1972. Born May 30, 1914, inFrederick County, she was a daughter ofthe late Claude Charles and RizpahMatilda Defler Trout. She received abachelor’s degree in Biology from HoodCollege in 1934, and graduated fromSibley School of Nursing as a registerednurse. She worked at the MarylandSchool for the Deaf as a nurse. She wasvery proud of having volunteered for

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Maryland School for the Deaf, 101 Clarke Place,PO. Box 250, Frederick, MD 21705.

more than 75 hours at Frederick Me-morial Hospital in the emergency room.She was a member of Frederick Presby-terian Church. She enjoyed playing cardsand crocheting. She received many rib-bons at the Great Frederick Fair for herwork. She is survived by her five chil-dren, Anne B, Huffer and husband Jayof Hagerstown, Louise B. Shipley andhusband Scott of Frederick, Forbes H.

MSD Alumni ProfileMaurice Abenchuchan, Sr.

By Mary Sue Boxer, EditorAlumni & Community News

a u r i c e N u n e zAbenchuchan, Sr. was

Maurice attended Gallaudet Col-lege where he received his Bachelor

the wrestling team who came out asthe National Champions for the first


Mborn Deaf in Tijuana,Mexico on October

11, 1957. His parents, the late Jo-seph and Dolores and his three olderbrothers, the late Genaro, Isaac, andJose are also Deaf. Before he cameto MSD in 1973, he attended theCalifornia School for theDeaf in Riverside and theVirginia School for the Deafin Staunton.

Maurice as a MSD stu-dent remembered fondly hisfirst Deaf teacher, Ms. BetteHicks. He loved all of hisDeaf teachers because theyused American Sign Lan-guage in the classroom. Healso appreciated his Deafdorm counselors’ involve-ment in his education afterschool. Maurice was theonly sophomore who tookAlgebra I with other seniorsin his favorite Math teacher,Mr. Robert Padden’s class. He re-membered all the fun he had in thatclass because Mr. Padden alwaysmade sure that they followed his in-structions completely.

Sports were a significant part ofMaurice’s life. He participated infootball, basketball, wrestling, cross-country, gymnastics, and track atMSD. In 1976, he felt that his ath-letic standards were average so hedecided to stay at MSD for anotheryear. He had an opportunity to par-ticipate in several organizations/clubs during his time in high school.He was a member of the Junior Na-tional Association of the Deaf,Drama Club, Ski Club, and StudentCouncil. He was the Student Coun-cil President, Vice President for theClass of 1977, and the Editor-in-Chief of the 1977 Cornerstone Year-book during his senior year at MSD.

of Science in Business Education in1982. After his graduation fromGallaudet, he continued to take pre-requisite courses on campus. In1984 he earned his Master of Artsdegree in Deaf Education at West-ern Maryland College.

Maurice landed his teaching jobat the Florida School for the Deaf andthe Blind in St. Augustine, Florida in1984. He taught business education,computer technology, mathematics,social studies, and special educationduring his tenure at FSDB. His jobresponsibilities have changed fromyear to year but currently he is teach-ing word processing, database, andspreadsheet applications, power point,post adult living, and career educationclasses. In addition to his teachingresponsibilities, he is involved in sev-eral extra-curricular activities. He is asponsor for several organizations –Bible Fellowship Club for high schoolstudents, senior classes, and the Jun-ior National Association of the Deaf.He also has been an assistant coachfor swimming team, football team,and tennis team. This year he has beenselected as the Coach of the Year for

time since 1984 when he became thehead coach of the wrestling team.

Maurice and his wife, Elizabethare the parents of five children – fourdaughters and one son. Cheryl whois 23 and hearing recently got mar-ried to Matthew Santana who is in

the U. S. Navy. Rachel, 20 andhard-of-hearing, is a sopho-more at the University of NorthFlorida this fall. Maurice, Jr. is19 and deaf and works on get-ting his Appraisal license.Priscilla is a 16-year-old deafjunior at the Florida School forthe Deaf and the Blind. Theirlast child, Sophia, 10 years old,will start home school in fifthgrade this fall with her motherteaching her. Elizabeth was ateacher aide for several years atFSDB but now she is a home-maker and home schoolteacher.

Maurice’s leisure activities in-volve his time with his family

and God. In conclusion, Mauriceoffers his words of wisdom to MSD:

1. Learn how to take every advantageoffered by MSD

2. Be able to visualize your future3. Be prepared to achieve your

dreams with your careers4. Build good vocabulary skills so you

can have a great understanding ofall subjects by defining one ormore words on a daily basis for therest of your life!

5. Think twice before doing anythingas your response to any and everysituation determines the outcomeof your future

6. Let us fulfill God’s purpose andbless Him greatly as much as Hehas blessed us by allowing us tolive in the richest country wherefreedom is given to the UnitedStates of America and – us! MB

THE ABENCHUCHAN FAMILYFront: Rachel. Middle row: (l to r) Sophia, Cheryl, and Priscilla.

Back row: (l to r) Maurice Sr., Maurice Jr., and Elizabeth

Clarrisa Dick and KathleenCharles

Fiscal ClerksJames Taylor,

Network AdministratorDavid G. Inouye,

Computer Network SpecialistAlex Simmons,

WebmasterAlice Lohoefer,

Secretary

Ruth Howell, Ed.D.,Director

Paula Ammons,Supervising TeacherDeborah Marquez,

Lead TeacherCheri Dowling,

Partners for Success Coordinator

FacultyJeaninne Bernazani

Daniel FrankRobyn LaffertyAmy Lindley

Regina LoDucaJolene Whaley LuttrellMary Ann Richmond

Ellen RoladerMartha RussellMary B. Stoll

Maryann SwannPatricia Timm

Elizabeth WheelerDiane Vari-Alquist

Kathy Zentz

Teacher AidesSheryl BerriganYolette CohenDianne KirbyCarrie ShorttValerie Winn

Richard C. Steffan, Jr., Ed.D.,Deputy Superintendent/

PrincipalJohn K. Snavlin,Assistant PrincipalNancy Downey,

Assistant Principal/Dean of StudentsBrian F. Alles,

Director of Student Support ServicesPaulette R. Stalling,

Director of Communication ServicesEvelyn Hill Johnson,

Supervisor ofCurriculum and Instruction

Dane Colbert,Enhanced Program Coordinator

Helen Berke,Student Life Counselor,

SupervisorVerna Kramer,

Administrative AssistantPolly Coles, Iantha Dean,

Barbara Raimondo, EsquirePresident

E. Bernard Palmer,Vice-President

Anjali Desai-Margolin,Secretary

H. Mitchell Goldberg,Treasurer

David S. BirnbaumAnn H.B. Brockenborough, Ed.D.

John Ertel, Ph.D.Harvey Goodstein, Ph.D.

Irajean W. HarperSandra Harriman

Joseph J. Innes, Ph.D.Jeffrey W. Lewis, Ph.D.Alan L. Marcus, Ph.D.

Charles Poyer, Jr.David A. Severn, Esquire

Laurie Yaffe-ShevitzSamuel M Sonnenstrahl

Carol Stevens

Executive CommitteeSamuel M Sonnenstrahl,

ChairBarbara Raimondo, Esquire

SecretaryH. Mitchell GoldbergAnjali Desai-Margolin

E. Bernard PalmerCarol Stevens

Charles Poyer, Jr.

James E. Tucker,SuperintendentAnne Currin,

Executive AssociateGay Fout,Secretary

Eva Staubitz,Director of Personnel Services

Terri Boyer,Assistant Personnel Director

Deborah Colon-Martin, DonaldHall, Kay Spriggs,Personnel Associates

Deborah Clark, Ed.D.,Director of Pupil Personnel Services

Mary Eidukevicius,Assistant Director of

Pupil Personnel ServicesSuzanne Schwertman,Chief Financial Officer

Ann Miller,Fiscal Accounts

David Gardner,Fiscal Officer

Robin Koontz,Procurement OfficerTerrance L. Morris,

Agency BuyerMary Masser,

Business Services Manager

Laraine Hardy, JoAnn Kaulfuss,Carol Sellars

SecretariesGail Penha

Research Statistician

FacultyMichelle AilstockRichard BallardMyra Barbour

Suzanne BehunDebra Brinker

Lori BrittDean Buck

Joyce Cohen-ScherJody College

Megan ConaghanLaura Crawford

Pierre DazeNancy DowneyAnne Drechsler

Angela DumouchelleJohn Felix

Joanne HardestyBarbara Herschman

David HirschRhonda JenningsTimothy Karman

Linda KunzShelby LeilichJoyce Leitch

Susan MaginnisC. Robin Massey

Jenny PerryWilliam PondAmi Raveling

Elizabeth ReedPaul Roult

Shelly SantamariaLisa Skaggs

Wendy StanleyMarcia Unger

Teacher AidesEvelyn Anthony

Stella Antonio-ConleyCarol Baker

Pamela BensonKathryn Burrhus

Donna DerkowskiDeborah Doe

Cindy GilmoreKaren Golshiri

Rebecca GreenwaldHildur Johannsdottir

Sung Tai KimTanesha Marvin

Joan MillerMary Jo Palmisano

Annette PittsJonathan PittsRosa PortilloSandra ReschJoan Richey

Teresa ScottonCarol Snyder

Damon SparrowKaren Steele

Lenore SwartzwelderCaroline TerrantKaren Wiener

Anessa WhitakerMichelle Wilkerson

Jeanine Zwick

Student Life CounselorsJanelle Berry

Travis GuettlerLisa Hollywood

Lisa LynchJennifer PerlisCheryl RaselHazel RinasMillie Russo

Jari SaavalainenRamona Saavalainen

Leslie SchillingJames Sies

Clarence Taylor

Family ServicesJudith S. Pannier

Stephanie Reynolds

LibrarianKathleen MacMillan

Behavior SpecialistsJohn Castrese

Christopher Duck

Mental Health CoordinatorKarin Polzin

After School ProgramDaniel Rinas,Coordinator

MedicalEdward Cahill, M.D.

Allan Leffer, M.D.Patricia Citro, R.N.,

SupervisorMarion Cooper, R.N.Kathleen Milne, R.N.Pauline Yeargain, R.N.Ruth Nelson, O.T.R.Elaine Persons, R.P.T.

Mental Health ConsultantsPeter Coleman, M.D.Stephen Colyer, Ph.D.Joseph Poirier, Ph.D.

Plant Operationsand Maintenance

Frank Rolen,Maintenance Chief

Connie Pierro,Housekeeping Supervisor

Ron Farabee,Driver

Max BakerArtega Dyer

Kenneth KesslerGeorge RuhlWanna Smith

Donald SturgillBonita Thompson

Benigna Yap

Nutritional ServicesHazel Baldwin,

ManagerAngela Ali-TahaLewis BarnhartMamie Bryant

Phillip HallRonald Weisman

Stanley C. Baker,Assistant Superintendent/Principal

Linda Stull,Administrative Assistant

Marsha Flowers, Bette Hicks,Ann Hirsch, Mary Lynn Lally,

Robert Padden,Assistant Principals

William A. Sherman, Jr., Ph.D.,Director of Student Support Services

Robert Dorrell,Director of

Communication ServicesMelinda Padden,

Director of Curriculumand Instruction

Dirk R. Albrecht,Dean of StudentsPaul Ritenour

Computer Support SpecialistDonna Vogeler,

Student Database ManagerScott Morrison,Athletic Director

Andrew Bonheyo,Extramural Sports Coordinator

Susan Luttrell-Jordan,Vance Rewolinski,

Craig VanWinkle, Linda StoltzStudent Life Counselor SupervisorsKathleen Baker, Yvonne Lease,Wanda Naylor, Deborah Rice,

Secretaries

FacultyCharlene Anderson

Mike AverettLynn Ballard-Weiner

Nancy BarishGussie BelisarioNancy Benton

Sheri Bergman-GalvezSherry Bevan

Tamara BosslerJenny Sue BourneMary Sue Boxer

Sherry Bradley-KooLaurie Brailler

Van BrewerBrian Brizendine

Erin BuckSusan BurnsRita Corey

Gretchen Cronin-DuncanToby Daniels

Roberta DanielsMark DentonSteve Distler

Mary EidukeviciusStacey Farone

Andrea FeldmanPeter Feldman

Michelle FettermanHarold W. Gamble, III, Ed.D.

Lisa GastelleMathis Hediger

Adrienne HiattCaroline JonesJoseph Jordan

Kelly JuncSarah KenopicBarbara Kinzie

Vicki KitsembelSara Konkel

Kerri Lawler-DavisRobert Lewis

Carolyn LopezJerry MabashovEric MansfieldKathy Meagher

Janet Mertz-WitczakCheryl Morris

Deeadra MorrisonDwight NewboldMartin O’Brien

Maureen O'BrienCameron Overs

Judy PfauJane ReddingDenis ReenAbbey Roin

Adrienne RubensteinDorothy Rust

Mark RustEdward SchaberlMarlys ScribnerKathleen SetzerMichelle ShearerEmily SimmonsPaul SimmonsRita Spencer

Cynthia StieffenhoferLorraine Stoltz

Guy Kevin StrachanJennifer Thomas

Bonnie VanBuskirkPaula VanWinkle

Cathleen VietsJeannette Vincent

Julius B. VoldJeffrey White

Janice Zisler-Daze

Teacher AidesMaribel Aponte-Ortiz

Daniel BiskupiakMary Black

Juliette BrookesTrude Buck

Barbara CookSuzanne Gamble

Joette GascoKelly Green

Matt HanfordCarolyn HedigerMary Ann KraftRenee Krotche

Karen McKennaGertrude MoritaLarry Newman

Grisselle NoguerasMary Lou Novitsky

Jane NowalskiJanie Pearson

Winifred PryorElizabeth Rewolinski

Sallie RomanoNicole Sizemore-Smith

Christine SteinCynthia Ulmer-Timlen

Cherrie WatsonNoreen WilliamsCheri Winnings

Student Life CounselorsAlvin Amberg

David AndersonSusan Angell

Becky Jo BakerHarry Barnum

Terence BerrigenTonya BlandPeggy Braun

Robin BurrhusJerry Bush

Michael ChappelleJennifer ColemanYolanda ColstonFrancis Cooney

Deborah CumberlandDonna DiMarco

Daniel FisherShannon GuntherTimothy Hanson

Susan KaplanSusan KirbyDiane KubeyLeah Louallen

Elizabeth LuttrellKeri Mays

Helen McClarin-KearneyJennifer Miller-Barron

Nancy MonroeGary PhillipsFlorence PrattGentry ShortesLinda Svarney

William ThompsonTimothy Vogeler

Christopher G. vonGarrelJaron Whitehurst

Eric WoodsGarrett Wooten

Student DevelopmentCoordinator

Lori Bonheyo

Crisis InterventionJames A. Angell

Transition CoordinatorsKristin C. Christy

Nancy Verdier

Behavior SpecialistsAdebola DesaluTheresa Rollins

LibrarianMary Margaret Kopcho

Guidance CounselorDella B. Hager

Mental Health CounselorAdora Lehmann

Social WorkerLisa Smith

Art TherapistMarie Williams, A.T.R.

PsychologistsSusanna Oliver

Dennis Hilker, Ph.D.Patricia Hodgdon

MedicalAdbul Majeed, M.D.

Catherine Griswold, R.N.,Supervisor

Karen Hallaren, R.N.Joann Hueting, R.N.

Leesa King, R.N.Joyce Rose, R.N.

Jacqueline Tota, R.N.

Mental Health ConsultantRichard Sarles, M.D.

Plant Operationsand MaintenanceJames Cleaveland,

Maintenance SupervisorLee Weedon,

Housekeeping ManagerSteve AllisonBrent BowersBrian Brown

Harriett DixonLillie GoodsellLarry Johnson

David Jones, Jr.Terrance J. JonesJames McKenenGary Milburn

Dwayne MorganNathaniel Rollins

Richard RosensteelJohn Rosmarino

Wayne SmithAgnes StrakonskyGary Strakonsky

Wayne WarsJoan Weedon

Nutritional ServicesRobin Ariosa,Administrator

Maurice A. Jackson,Supervisor

Loretta Ambush,Supervisor

Judy Bostian,Supervisor

Lester BetheaCathy Capino Fisher

Helena ThomasSteve Thomas

Robert Vaughn

THE MARTHE MARTHE MARTHE MARTHE MARYLAND BULLETINYLAND BULLETINYLAND BULLETINYLAND BULLETINYLAND BULLETINMaryland School for the Deaf

101 Clarke Place, P.O. Box 250Frederick, Maryland 21705-0250

Entered as second classmatter at Frederick, MD

Second Class Postage Paidat Frederick, Maryland

Juniors (left to right) Megan Hartlove, Paul Tyler, Anne Greener-Hage, Chris Corrigan, Priscilla Biskupiak, Jennifer Perry, KamiPadden, Kevin Gahagan, Jade Sims, and James Markel, Jr. pose in front of MSD Fountain moments before the 2003 Junior Prom.

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