ALT Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing building-closing celebration
ALT Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing building-closing celebration
ALT Collage of 4 photos showing people involved in volleyball games inside of a large school gym. Teams are wearing the same color shirts, and participants shown are actively involved in one of two games happening simultaneously.
ALT Collage of 3 pictures. Top: Group of people standing and kneeling in a museum exhibit "They Were Heard" while looking at the camera, smiling, and holding their hand over their ear to use the MVSL (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language) for 'deaf.' Bottom left: index card with a line drawing of a faceless person holding a hand over their ear with "Deaf" printed on it. Bottom right: a person stands in front of a wall reading the information about the exhibit "They Were Heard."
![Wall painting: A 'Deaf Utopia'
The ease of communication between Deaf and hearing Chilmarkers reflected an attitude toward Deafness that was remarkable a the time and is still remarkable today. Martha's Vineyard Sign Language was even used between hearing people at times when speaking aloud would have been difficult, like conversing across a field or loud noises.
The sense of community felt among both hearing and Deaf Chilmarkers was never more apparent than at the village's combination general store and post office, a place where people gathered on the porch during the summer months and huddled around the potbellied stove inside during the winter, sharing news, stories, and gossip. In her pioneering book 'Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language' (1985), author Nora Groce interviewed a man who remembered: "We would sit around and wait for the mail to come in and just talk. And the Deaf [people] would be there, everyone would be there. And they were part of the crowd...](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_Dv6UGW4AA5Z_N.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Wall painting: A 'Deaf Utopia' The ease of communication between Deaf and hearing Chilmarkers reflected an attitude toward Deafness that was remarkable a the time and is still remarkable today. Martha's Vineyard Sign Language was even used between hearing people at times when speaking aloud would have been difficult, like conversing across a field or loud noises. The sense of community felt among both hearing and Deaf Chilmarkers was never more apparent than at the village's combination general store and post office, a place where people gathered on the porch during the summer months and huddled around the potbellied stove inside during the winter, sharing news, stories, and gossip. In her pioneering book 'Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language' (1985), author Nora Groce interviewed a man who remembered: "We would sit around and wait for the mail to come in and just talk. And the Deaf [people] would be there, everyone would be there. And they were part of the crowd...
ALT Collage of 4 photos. Top left and bottom right: HMS colleagues exploring the museum. Top right: wall hanging of the manual alphabet, one signed letter with one English letter on each circle hanging from the ceiling. Bottom right: stitching of the alphabet.
ALT We are hiring! (HMS and BPS logos are at the top) Available Positions: ASL Teacher (Secondary Dept), Librarian (0.5 position), One-to-One Paraprofessional (3 positions), Paraprofessional (3 positions), Staff Deaf Interpreter / Native Language Model, Teacher of the Deaf (one year vacancy), Teacher of the Deaf (Secondary Dept, Special Ed background preferred).
ALT We are hiring! Available Positions: Librarian (0.5 position), One to One Paraprofessional, Paraprofessional (3 positions), Staff Deaf Interpreter / Native Language Model, Teacher of the Deaf (ASL)
ALT Collage of 3 photos. Top: Culinary professional is talking with HMS students standing around her while an ASL interpreter translates what she is communicating. Bottom left: Student stands in front of a stovetop with steam rising while pouring spices into his hand. Bottom right: Student stands in front of a stove mixing black beans cooking in a small pot.
ALT Collage of 3 photos. Top left: student is wearing an apron and oven mitts while walking in the kitchen carrying a hot baking sheet. Top right: Student bends over an open oven while wearing an apron and oven mitts retrieving a baking sheet. Bottom: Group of students with a culinary professional sit around a table while smiling and looking at the camera.
ALT Collage of 4 pictures. Top left: "HMS Family Tech Workshop" heading with pictures of various icons for scanning QR Codes, Aspen Student Information System, Zoom, Parental Controls, Chromebook, Google Forms, Seesaw, Google Classroom, and Email. Top right and bottom two photos: pictures of school staff engaging with families while seated at tables and using technology devices, such as laptops and smartphones.