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http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15914664&BRD=2305&PAG=461&dept_id=478569&rfi=6
Cornell School District middle and high school students will soon have the opportunity to learn sign language through a new club initiated by speech and language pathology teacher Michelle Sanner.
Sanner said the sign language club will meet Wednesdays after school starting Jan. 24 and will be open to youngsters in grades 7 through 12.
She had no estimate on how many students might be interested, but she hopes those who attend the initial session will recommend it to their friends.
Sanner, who started a sign language club at her own high school in Erie and studied deaf education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania before moving on to speech and language pathology, said there are no deaf students at Cornell now, but some of the life-skills students use sign language as part of a total communication approach to speech and language.
"Sign language has been an important part of my life," Sanner said. "It is one of my many passions, and I am both honored and excited to share my knowledge of sign language with the students at Cornell."
Cornell School District middle and high school students will soon have the opportunity to learn sign language through a new club initiated by speech and language pathology teacher Michelle Sanner.
Sanner said the sign language club will meet Wednesdays after school starting Jan. 24 and will be open to youngsters in grades 7 through 12.
She had no estimate on how many students might be interested, but she hopes those who attend the initial session will recommend it to their friends.
Sanner, who started a sign language club at her own high school in Erie and studied deaf education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania before moving on to speech and language pathology, said there are no deaf students at Cornell now, but some of the life-skills students use sign language as part of a total communication approach to speech and language.
"Sign language has been an important part of my life," Sanner said. "It is one of my many passions, and I am both honored and excited to share my knowledge of sign language with the students at Cornell."