Website: https://www.ksb.kyschools.us
Location: 1867 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: (502) 897-1583

Fax: (502) 897-2850
Facebook: facebook.com/KYschoolfortheblind/
Twitter: @KSBWildcats

Happy Thursday Wildcat Families and Friends!

The communication committee at KSB would love to get your feedback . We've developed a short survey which can be found if you click on this link: Communication Survey. Your feedback is very important and will help us improve how and what is communicated to families and friends of KSB. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. Take good care and have a GREAT long weekend!

Peggy

• Monday, May 1-Summative Testing Window Began
• Friday, May 5 - No School
• Monday, May 15 - All books due back to the Library
• Thursday, May 18-Student devices collected
• Thursday, May 18- Prom, 6-9pm
• Friday, May 19-Field Day (make up day May 22)
• Monday, May 22-Athletics Banquet
• Tuesday, May 23-8th Grade Promotion; HS Awards and Junior Ring Ceremony; Graduation
  
• Wednesday, May 24-Elementary Concert and Awards; LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• May 30-June 2-KSB Elementary and Middle Summer Program
• June 5-9-Summer Program-Statewide Elementary and Middle
• June 12-16 Summer Program-Statewide High School; Summer Work Program
  
• June 19-23 -Summer Program KSB High School; Summer Work Program

If you have any change in phone numbers, home address, a change in bus routine or you need someone added/removed from your child’s safe pick-up list; please contact Beth or Linda in the front office.

Are you signed up for OneCall? KSB uses OneCall to send school information, including our Weekly Wildcat. If not, please contact Beth Baker at beth.baker@ksb.kyschools.us or 502-897-1583

Our 6th and 7th graders did an amazing job this week with their KSA testing. Sixth graders completed testing in Reading and Math, and seventh graders completed tests in reading, math, and on-demand writing. Next week, testing continues with our 4th, 5th and 8th graders. If you have a child in those grades, make sure your child gets a good night sleep before the days of testing, and encourage them to do their best!

If you want to see what types of questions students will be answering use this link.

• INSTEAD OF "Be quiet," TRY "Can you use a softer voice?"
• INSTEAD OF "What a mess!" TRY "It looks like you had fun! How can we clean up?"
• INSTEAD OF "Do you need help?" TRY "I’m here to help if you need me."
• INSTEAD OF "I explained how to do this yesterday." TRY "Maybe I can show you another way."
• INSTEAD OF "Do I need to separate you?" TRY "Could you use a break?"
• INSTEAD OF "Stop crying." TRY "Can you use a softer voice?"
• INSTEAD OF "," TRY "It’s okay to cry."
• INSTEAD OF "Do you have any questions?" TRY "What questions do you have?"
• INSTEAD OF "You’re OK." TRY "How are you feeling?
• INSTEAD OF "It’s not that hard." TRY "You can do hard things."
• INSTEAD OF "We don’t talk like that. TRY "Please use kind words."

The KSB Girls Varsity Swim Team placed 3rd overall. Boys placed 7th out of 10 overall.

The Varsity Forensics Team placed 9th out of 10 overall. Gabby Garcia placed 6th in Poetry and 3rd in Serious Prose. We are so proud of our Wildcats!

2023 Summer Program for Blind & Low-Vision Children: Enhance Braille and Nonvisual Skills Coming soon to Louisville, Kentucky!

Receive Braille instruction and other nonvisual blindness skills through fun, hands-on learning. Take advantage of this opportunity for your child to connect with blind role models, students, and more!

NFB BELL Academy will be offered at the Kentucky School for the Blind, July 24-28, 2023. Registration is $25.

Click here to view the flyer

The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is accepting applications for Coca-Cola Merit Scholarships through May 31st

The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), in partnership with Coca-Cola, will be awarding four $5,200 merit scholarships for entering freshmen, undergraduate and graduate students, who will be enrolled in an accredited college or technical program for Fall 2023. OVR, who administers the scholarship program, will award the scholarships to four consumers who are legally blind, to help with educational financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and assistive technology.

To be eligible to compete for a scholarship, applicants must be an OVR consumer with an IPE, be legally blind, have maintained at least a 2.75 GPA, and be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited educational program for the 2023-24 school year. Students must submit their application and all required materials by May 31st.

For more information about the scholarship program, and to obtain an application, please visit Coca-Cola & Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Scholarship - Kentucky Career Center.

Lions Youth Camp for children who are blind or visually impaired began in 1982. For over 40 years we have devoted ourselves to helping children who are visually impaired have amazing experiences. Camp this year will be July 3-7. For more information, view Camp Brochure and Flyer Here

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