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American Sign Language Class Touches The Lives of Many

ROP ASL Students at Cypress High School have had a very busy, rewarding, and  successful year

This year has been a busy year for my ASL students. I am very proud of them and wanted to share some of their success stories. This year we have had students sign at our in-service meeting, board meeting, Celebration of Success, and many Cypress High School events.  Recently my students were asked to sign songs at an organizational meeting for Pacific Southeast District Optimist International for their “opening entertainment.”

 

One of my students writes music, and has even been published by Warner Brothers. He donates the money he earns to different charities, and the charity group he has chosen this time is an organization that raises money for cochlear implants for deaf people who want them, but cannot afford them. I think that it is amazing how sign language has touched the lives of so many of my students and in so many different ways.

 

Lastly, four students from last year and two from this year are pursuing careers in sign language interpreting.

 

Christine Contois M.Ed, CIMI

Cypress High School, Room 111

American Sign Language/Child Development

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North OC ROP Auto Team Places 7th in National Competition in New York City, April of 2013

Congratulations to Robert Loera and Aileen Melendez!  The North Orange County ROP/Loara High School Auto Technology team placed 7th in the National Automotive Technology Competition, held in conjunction with the International Auto Show in New York City, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. 

The contest involved a series of challenges in finding and repairing preset faults in all automotive systems, including mechanical, electrical, heating/air conditioning, fuel and computer systems.  Each student won $7500 in scholarships and $350 in tools.  Thirty teams from the US and Canada were selected to enter the final competition, including two teams from California: San Diego and Southland (LA).  San Diego took eighth place, and the Southland team did not make the top ten.

Many thanks to the Orange County Automobile Dealers Association (OCADA), who sponsored the team and paid all the expenses for the pair and their teacher to participate in the event: to Toyota of Orange, for training them for many months, and to Kia Motors America for intense training during the five weeks prior to the event.