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OSB Student Wins Eastern
Oklahoma Spelling Bee – Will Go
to Washington
A fifth grade student from
Oklahoma School for the Blind
is going to Washington.
Richelle Zampella won the
Eastern Oklahoma Spelling Bee
and will be attending the
Scripps National Spelling Bee
May 30 and 31. She will be
competing against 277 other
students, including Noah J.
Cassidy of Oklahoma City. She
will be spelling against
students from United States,
American Samoa, Guam,
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and Department of
Defense Schools in Europe, the
Bahamas, Canada, China,
Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
Richelle reads Braille and has also learned to use the slate and
stylus and the abacus. She likes to participate in Braille challenge
competitions and school activities. She has won first place in the
school Braille test competition for four semesters, and she has
been a national finalist in the Braille Institute's Braille Challenge.
Richelle is an A-honor roll student and has been student of the
year at school for the past two years. Her interests include
reading, listening to music and swimming. She loves to spend
time with her family and hopes to become a teacher for the
visually impaired. This is her first trip to Washington, D.C.
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People with Disabilities
Awareness Day 2012
Thank YOU!
This year’s People with Disabilities Awareness Day was AWESOME.
It was awesome because 664 people were at the event. It was
awesome because we had 72 exhibitors there. It was awesome
because our event leaders came and performed their jobs
perfectly.
Without the self-less dedication of the event leaders, exhibitors
would have struggled to get materials in or finding their table,
guests would have had a hard time finding or talking to a
legislator or wouldn’t have known there was a special row for
disability parking and much more.
There were guest, exhibitors and leaders all over that building,
having a good time, networking, learning about organizations and
groups that serve people with disabilities and visiting legislators.
The objective of the day was awareness and you could not have
been in that building without noticing all the green. Good job
everyone!
PWDAD 2012 is well documented with more than 500 pictures.
Following this link to see all the smiling faces,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/okdrs/sets/72157629496035496/ .