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Bonanza School students complete school project to help classmates who are deaf and hard of hearing

Grade five and six students at Bonanza School have teamed up with Peace Collaborative Services to complete a project that will benefit some of their own classmates.

Peace Collaborative Services consists of teachers, therapists, and others who provide support to six Northwest Alberta school jurisdictions, including the HFCRD, PWPSD, and GPPSD.

According to the Peace Wapiti School Division, students at Bonanza teamed up with PCS Deaf and Hard of Hearing Educator Amy Cornick, after she indicated she needed vocabulary cards for students who are hearing impaired.

Bonanza School Principal Theresa Simmonds says there are two students with hearing challenges this year, and the group thought it would be beneficial to work on a service project that could help out.

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“Ms. Cornick shared that she needed vocabulary cards for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing,” she says. “She was looking for over 200 cards with a picture, the sign language sign, and the word.”

Simmonds says the Grade fives and sixes worked together to create the cards in different sizes, and the larger cards have already proven to be useful as they were used to create a word wall in the classroom of students who face hearing challenges.

Since then, after the vocabulary cards and word wall were created, the students cut out and laminated each card, before organizing them in binders, using specific categories such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

The group managed five sets of cards in total; one will be left at the school, and the other four will be donated to Peace Collaborative Services.

Ethan Montague
Ethan Montague
Reporter/Contributor for MyGrandePrairieNow.com and 104.7 2Day FM. Studied Broadcast News at SAIT. Team member since February 2023.
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