Underwood High School senior Dylan Reineke was presented the 2023 Marie Hoenig Memorial Perkins Brailler Award at the Underwood senior night. Dylan was chosen by a committee which considers nominees from three states. Candidates are chosen based on their progress in school and caring for others. “Dylan is a great friend,” said Becky Marth, an […]
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Help! There’s a blind student in my classroom!
Is there a blind student in your classroom next fall? Unsure how to make the upcoming school year as successful as possible? Register for Summer Institute here today! More details about Summer Institute HERE. Session descriptions and more here. Who attends Summer Institute? District attendance listed here by AEA. Find out what schools near you say […]
Read Moreabout Help! There’s a blind student in my classroom!Student makes Iowa high school athletic history
West Central Valley High freshman Kayla Bartholomew discovered something right up her alley when she became Iowa’s first bowling adapted athlete and the first adapted bowling state champion on Feb. 2, 2023. “I have seen more smiles on her when she bowls than I ever have,” said Sara Zimmerman, a teacher of the visually impaired […]
Read Moreabout Student makes Iowa high school athletic historySix-year-old is class influencer
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, six-year-old Dustin Todd must be beaming in his Guthrie Center Elementary first grade class. Everybody wants to be like him this year. Dustin has sight in only one eye, caused by a detached retina at birth which could not be repaired. To help Dustin access his education, […]
Read Moreabout Six-year-old is class influencerJanuary Issue of Connecting Families Newsletter
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Read Moreabout January Issue of Connecting Families NewsletterIESBVI faculty co-authors textbook
An IESBVI math consultant knows so much about how to teach Nemeth Code, she helped write the book on it. Sara Larkin is now an author of a textbook used by universities across the country. Larkin, along with three teachers of the visually impaired from around the United States collaborated over the last three years to write Learning […]
Read Moreabout IESBVI faculty co-authors textbookIESBVI goes national: teachers write lesson plan for the country
Everyone can code. IESBVI staff Jennifer Bliss (science, technology, engineering and math consultant) and Sara Larkin (math consultant) developed one of five national coding lesson plans to help visually impaired students become more familiar with vocabulary and concepts of coding for the American Printing House (APH) National Coding Symposium last spring. Sponsored by the APH, the goals of […]
Read Moreabout IESBVI goes national: teachers write lesson plan for the countrySpring Family Conference is coming
SPRING! SPRING? But it’s winter! Yes, but our SPRING FAMILY CONFERENCE is coming! Friday evening, March 24 and Saturday, March 25, 2023 will be the BIG event! It will be held at Camp Courageous in Monticello. Friday evening will be Pizza and Pool time at Camp Courageous. Our families will be the only ones in […]
Read Moreabout Spring Family Conference is comingSave the Date: Spring Family Conference 2023
Spring Family Conference will be held Friday, March 24 – Saturday March, 25, 2023. Registration information will be posted in January.
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