Northeastern University announced on March 30th its final winners out of all participants from different states for this national wide competition. The four different contest categories include: ASL Poetry, ASL Storytelling, Deaf Art, and Letter Art (which is similar to ABC handshapes). Five different levels are assigned in each category: Under 8 years old, 9-12 years old, 13-18 years old, Special Needs, and above 19 years old(Open Competition/Community). Special thanks should go to Shari Kido, Middle School classroom teacher in Special Needs, for taking the personal initiative in bringing this opportunity to many of our students and coordinating the project!
See our CSDR winners’ ASL poems below:
STORYTELLING Category:
First Place
Age 8 and under:
Jarita Bustamante
First Place
Age 13-18:
Ellen Auman
POETRY Category:
First Place
(Open- Above 19 yrs old):
Masa Nakama
Second Place
Special Needs:
Devon Chavez
Third Place
Age 13-18:
Montana Murphy
DEAF ART Category:
First Place
(Open- Above 19 yrs old):
Alice Rash
Second Place
Age 9-12:
Ramy Bustamante
Second Place
Age 13-18:
Lilyana Padilla
Third Place
Special Needs:
Jamal Francis
LETTER ART Category
First Place
(Open- Above 19 yrs old):
Kelea Junc
