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April 2022 ASLHS Newsletter





 

ASLHS hopes you all have a wonderful Spring Break and Easter!









 

GIVEAWAYS:

In honor of Women's History Month last month, 3 lucky ASL teachers/sponsor received one of the following products from 58 creativity, a Deaf owned business/graphic designer! The winners are: Jessica Minor- Sinclair Community College, Adesi Canaglia-Brown - Spelman College, and Melissa Peterson- Monarch High School.


One lucky winner, Rachel Schoolofield- Fleming Island High School, received a Deaf Culture: Exploring Deaf Communities in the United States: 2nd Edition to celebrate Deaf President Now.



Our Next GIVEAWAY:




Create an IG account for your ASLHS and have students post and add a hashtag to enter the drawing!



Winners will be announced May 6th. How to enter: you must be a member of ASLTA and ASLHS. If you haven't renew or join ASLHS- apply here! ASLHS membership coordinator will randomly draw 3 winners.

 



Haven't renewed your ASLTA and ASLHS membership? Please look under membership for instruction.


 

UPCOMING DEADLINES




 

ANNOUNCEMENTS




ASLHS DEAF SCHOOLS:


Do you teach at a Deaf School and want to establish an ASL Honor Society? We are here to help!



ASL Honor Society wants to support Deaf Schools to establish ASL Honor Society chapters to allow Deaf students to join our competitions, scholarship, and other opportunities to earn cords, medals and so much more! This is a great opportunity for Deaf students to participate in this organization. Contact Stephanie Horvath, ASLHS Membership coordinator for more information at aslhs.membership@aslta.org.





 

ASLHS JUNIOR:




Do you teach ASL at a middle school?

American Sign Language Honor Society is now offering ASLHS JR for 6-8th graders! It's not too late to join!




Go ahead and sign up now for ASLHS. We will have medals and other ASLHS JR. benefits so you can recognize your middle school ASL students!


ASLHS Junior is for any 6th-8th grade student who takes ASL at a middle school (2 years of study preferred, unless only 1 year is offered). Membership will be offered to 6-8 grade students during the 2nd semester of ASL. ASLHS Jr. students can participate in all competitions and will be judged in a separate category. Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. It is strongly recommended, but not required, that sponsors require community service hours and/or ASL/Deaf-related projects for students to qualify.


Here's the BROCHURE you can use to show your administration as a resource in order to set an ASL honor society JR. at your school.


 

FACEBOOK GROUP:


AS A Reminder: We established a private Facebook group for your ASL Honor Society Members/Students to join! Don't forget to remind your students to join! This will be a wonderful opportunity for your students to collaborate, network with other ASL students, share ideas on variety topics regarding ASLHS and so much more


Use this flyer and post it in your classroom to remind your ASLHS members/students to join!



 

COMPETITIONS:


ASL Literature Competition- MUSIC - CLOSED



This year's category is Music Videos. Be inspired to take music to a whole new level through Deaf eyes! Our Deaf judge is Rosa Lee Timms. Click (https://www.rosaleetimm.com/) to learn more about her.


We want to thank you for those who entered the competition! 24 schools entered this competition! AMAZING!! Looking forward to announcing the winners soon!


WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MAY 13, 2022.


 

MEMBERSHIP:







  • It's now time for a renewal or an opportunity to join American Sign Language Honor Society! Don't forget to renew your ASLTA and ASLHS membership fees if you haven't done so.

  • You are not a member but interested joining ASLHS or know someone who’s interested? It’s not too late to join! Be sure to pay your dues at https://aslta.org/membership/. Membership starts from Sept. 1st, 2021 to Aug. 31st, 2022. If you have any questions, contact aslhs.membershio@aslta.org

 

Graduation:


We are accepting graduation orders now-you may pay by check or via credit card on our website. Please go to https://www.aslhonorsociety.org/GraduationHonors.html for instructions on how to send in payment and order. If you have any questions, please reach out to Jason Zinza, ASLTA Treasurer, at treasurer@aslta.org





Check out more information about graduation orders on our website. We are still accepting orders! Please contact Jason Zinza for additional questions at treasurer@aslta.org


*Feel free to check out our cords and medals on our website as well!


Reminder: Credit card payment is suggested for faster service. Other payments can be made but payment will need need to be paid in advance in order (3-4 weeks) to receive your materials in time.






 


ASLHS Teacher Grant


Have an ASL study project in mind related to your ASL classes and need financial assistance? ASL Honor Society offers up to $500 teacher grants for our ASL teachers throughout the year. We provide 3-5 award a year.


Appropriate uses for the ASL Honor Society Teacher Mini-Grant Program include, but are not limited to:

- Guest speaker fees

- ASL Festival / Deaf Awareness Weeks costs

- ASL-curriculum, supplies, or equipment

And more...




Any questions? Please contact Jessica Parker at aslhs@aslta.org.



 

ASLHS Scholarship


New Student Scholarship Application are in!!! ASL students can apply NOW!


The ASLHS is proud to sponsor nationwide scholarships available to students majoring or minoring in ASL, Deaf Studies, Deaf Education, and Interpreter Preparation. We will offer 3 scholarships of $1,500 each. Scholarships are offered to students who will begin college in the fall or are currently enrolled. Applicants must have an active chapter of the ASLHS on campus to be eligible. No scholarships are awarded to students from campuses that are not members of ASLHS.



 


Want to be featured in our future newsletters on our blog?



We are looking for:

-Teachers that deserve to be recognized. Nomination form here

-Students who works hard in your ASLHS chapter and ASLHS sponsor believe student should receive the recognition. Nomination form here

-Classroom highlight- show what your ASLHS chapter have been doing so far! Nomination form here


Please fill out the nomination form given above & have your ASLHS members to fill out social media consent form. Send the information to aslhs.pr@aslta.org. Check out the video here.


 

Follow Along

Have you followed us on social media? If not, be sure to follow us! We have ASL Honor Society Youtube Channel as well! Click here to subscribe our channel to receive updates of what’s going on in our ASLHS community. We already have almost 400 subscribers. Spread the news!




 

American Sign Language Honor Society

2022



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