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Hi Alums and Friends,

Please pass it on to your friends and others. Click this link below.

We hope to see you at ASD on October 4-5, 2024.

Flyers and Resources Call your preferred hotel to sleep in and ask for a reduction with your AARP, Senior Citizens, Veterans, AAA, or package.

ASD Homecoming Weekend

Friday, October 4, 2024: Class Reunions Gatherings at Isola Bella. Contact Alexandra McGee at [email protected] for riding on a school bus.

Saturday, October 5, 2024: ASDAA and Hall of Fame Banquet at the Ward Gym.
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WHAT FOR: THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASDAA AND THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HALL OF FAME BANQUET

DATE: SATURDAY, 0CTOBER 5, 2024

TIME: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

WHERE: WARD GYM ON ASD CAMPUS

TICKETS: WILL BE ANNOUNCEMENT SOON


Congratulations to the Hall of Fame Inductees 2024:

Seven (7) Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees:
Kenneth Thibaults ‘ 63
Edward Crysler ‘84
Marqui Wright ‘93
Chaya Adams ‘97
Megan Cagno ‘99
Justin Brooks ‘00
Crystal (Bigelow) Stallings ‘00

Seven (7) Achievement Hall of Fame Inductees:
Anna Maria Rinaldi ‘62
Raymond McDevitt ‘63
Robert Backofen ‘69
Richard Pelletier ‘70
Deb (Buell) Stone ‘77
Robert DeMayo ‘84
Ian Sanborn ‘01

Mary M. Gorman from Vermont reported that Carol (Flood) Moore passed away last Wednesday. She attended Austine School for the Deaf but graduated from ASD. More information will follow.

ASL Version:
Click this link here: https://youtu.be/02utOWgTHRk

Barbara Cassin, ' 75, and Alexandra McGee, ' 73. are the co-chairs for the 60th Anniversary of Isola Bella event.

Barbara is a white female with salt-and-pepper hair, a pair of glasses, and has the letters spelling of black ASD in an orange round and the print words saying American School for the Deaf on her white polo shirt.

Barbara explains the cost of the events
through her Vlog.

Please take a look at the flyer.

May 16, 2024:
ASDAA President's Corner
ASL video link:
https://youtu.be/NY0aKLY54EQ

Background and Image:

This is Sandra McLennon, with brown skin and short black afro hair. She has glasses, earrings, and an Apple watch and wears a black and orange polo with the ASDAA logo. She has an orange cushion behind her with a blue background.

The ASDAA President's Corner was based on Anna Maria Rinaldi, the 2nd Anniversary of the ASD Pioneers, and the 60th Anniversary of Isola Bella.

See the photo/picture of Anna Maria Rinaldi

Sandra wants to talk about Anna Maria Rinaldi. When Sandra sent eBlast news about two or three weeks ago (12 days ago) to the alums and others, including her FB account, she received Anna Maria's email message, "Wonderful to receive a note telling us all is well. Spring is here cuz I'm seeing robins everywhere. Hooray. My health is slowly improving. At least. Thx for visiting us all the way from California to bring us robins as I'm seeing them around!!!!! Many thanks, and be safe. Hugs Anna A Rinaldi". Of course, Sandra emailed her back, too. She told Anna Maria that she had seen Robins, too. That's it. Sandra feels heartbroken, as do other alums and friends. Thank you all for sending us the news about Anna Maria. She has impacted our lives in different ways. We always love her so much. We have information about Anna Maria's memorial service and an interview with her with Kathy Falco.

Online links-
Memorial Service:
https://www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com/obituary/anna-m-rinaldi

An Interview with Kathy Falco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp8F8f8KLo

Sandra shares other announcements from the 60th Anniversary flyer and a YouTube video of the 2nd anniversary of the ASD Pioneers.

Enjoy and Be safe, too.
Congratulations to the
2nd Anniversary
of the ASD Pioneers!


2nd Anniversary
ASD Pioneers

Check out the video:

https://youtu.be/oonjwk4U_Ro.

For image description and transcript,
please visit here:

https://youtu.be/oonjwk4U_Ro.

Website:
www.asdpioneers.com


The 60th Anniversary
of
Isola Bella

https://www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com/obituary/anna-m-rinaldi

Obituary for Anna Maria Rinaldi at Chase Parkway Memorial WATERBURY Anna Maria Rinaldi Beloved sister, aunt friend Today at the age of 81, Anna Maria Rinaldi of Macauley Ave., Waterbury, left this mortal existence to a holier sphere. Anna was born April 13, 1943 to wonderful parents, Angelo/Ida Ferri Rinaldi who taught her to live life well. Anna graduated

https://mailchi.mp/asdaa.org/asdaa-presidents-corner

Hi,
This is Sandra McLennon, with brown skin and short black afro hair. She has glasses and an Apple watch and wears a black and orange polo with the ASDAA logo. She has an orange cushion behind her with a blue background.
ASL Version:
Video link
https://youtu.be/qVYmtVi6cWY

April 2024
1. On the significant occasion of the 207th Anniversary of the ASD Founders' Day, we had the privilege of inviting Kathy Falco, Alice Bianco, Jeanne Magnon, Lori Hylinski, Liza Alers, Alexandra McGee, and Sandra McLennon. The event was marked by insightful talks, including Leah Katz-Hernandez's experience working at the White House during President Obama's tenure and Ann Silver's inspiring journey as a Deaf artist.
2. This year's Wall of Success Inductees are MJ Bienvenu, Leah Katz-Hernandez, Ann Silver, and Laurene Simms.
3. The Nominations for the Hall of Fame closed on April 30.
Sandra expressed her gratitude to Louis Rivas and Jeanne Magnon for their hard work collecting all the nomination forms, an essential step in the Hall of Fame nomination process.
Louis and Jeanne will work with their committee on all candidates. Then, they will submit the names of the candidates for the Hall of Fame Inductees to the ASDAA Core Circle/Board to accept their recommendations. Once the recommendations are approved, the ASDAA President will contact and inform the winners.
4. Our Director of Communications/Secretary, Lori Hylinski, will share her Vlog with you about our ASDAA CC April Zoom meeting and others.
5. We, the ASDAA CC, will have another meeting in June to prepare for our ASDAA Cookout on Saturday, August 10, and the 110th Anniversary of ASDAA and the 35th Anniversary of the Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, October 5.
Go Tigers!
Director of Communications:
Lori's Vlog
ASL Version:
https://youtu.be/xA_gYUuDlY0

Hi Alums and friends,

This is Lori Hylinski, the Director of Communication 00.
Lori wanted to share a few things about our recent ASDAA CC Zoom meeting on April 21, 2024.
The December meeting minutes PASSED.
We used two e-votes for the Achievements and Athletics of the Hall of Fame guidelines and donations of $50K for ASD and ASDAA in February and March 2024. BOTH PASSED.
Our Director of Finances, Alice Bianco' 72, shared with us that:
-We submitted the 990-N to the IRS.
-Our bank account reminded us to change our password every six months to prevent hackers and others. We changed it.
-We donated $33K to ASD for the different programs, plus a new scoreboard with our new ASDAA logo.
We are working on the surveys of the ASDAA By-Laws and Membership dues. We will share them with you when we are done. We appreciate your patience.
We discussed and planned for the 110th Anniversary of the ASDAA and 35th Anniversary of the Hall of Fame Banquet for October 5, 2024. We need more volunteers for the event. Please email Lori at [email protected]
New Business:
-Donations to the PSD Alumni as a sponsor for its 200th anniversary should happen in 2020 (COVID) but will be hosted in June 2024. NOT PASSED due to our ASDAA By-Laws saying we can only donate to ASD for the programs.
-We agreed to keep at $200K in the Endowment Fund. PASSED
-We will have the souvenirs for the ASDAA Banquet this fall. PASSED
Announcements:
-Lori H., Kathy F., Sandra M., Alexandra M., Jeanne M., Alice B., and Liza A. are invited to celebrate the 207th Anniversary of the ASD Founders' Day on Friday, April 26, 2024.
-Alexandra McGee', 73, our ASDAA Director of Outreach and Co-Chair with Barbara Cassin' 75, informed us about the 60th Anniversary of Isola Bella event on July 27, 2024.
-Alice Bianco shared an event (potluck) of the CT Chapter of GUAA (Gallaudet University Alumni Association that will be held in July 2024. Know more information later.
-We will have another ASDAA Zoom meeting before the ASD Graduation in June. TBA
Lori Hylinski

asdaa vlog April Hi, alums and friendsI am Lori Hylinski, the Director of Communication 00.I wanted to share a few things about our recent ASDAA CC Zoom meeting on April 21, ...

A friendly reminder for the Hall of Fame 2024:

ASL Version:
https://youtu.be/I8qTWMUDG9I

Background:
The background on the wall is light cream. Sandra has black skin with small Afro hair and wears her glasses and a black polo shirt with the ASDAA logo on the left side.

Hello,
Sandra McLennon is our ASDAA President's Class of '74. She wants to share a friendly reminder about the Hall of Fame with you, due on April 1, 2024.

Next week is April 1st; please check with anyone who is good at athletics at ASD between the 1970s and 2014.

Jeanne Magnon (JM) specializes in our Sports Hall of Fame for Nominations at ASD. Her email address is [email protected].

Louis Rivas (LR) is our Achievements Hall of Fame for Nominations, out of ASD. The Achievements have four categories: Arts, Community Services, Education, and Sports (A.C.E.S.). His email address is [email protected].

What do you need to fill out the form? Do you know someone who deserves to be recognized? Please don't nominate yourself except to ask someone to write or type for YOU. The gathering includes newspapers, photos, the American Era, and others. Then, the committees can review all the forms.

Please visit our ASDAA website and click here: http://www.asdaa.org/home/halloffame.htm.

Due is April 1, 2024.

Good luck, and Go Tigers!

ASDAA, Alumni Association of American School for the Deaf: Hall of Fame ASDAA, American School for the Deaf Alumni Association, Alumi Association of American School for the Deaf

Community Flyers: Save the dates.

https://mailchi.mp/asdaa.org/community-flyers-save-the-dates
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ASDAA Banquet: Oct. 5, 2024

Background:
Sandra McLennon '74 sits on the blue loveseat behind the blue background screen, has brown skin with black afro hair, earrings, an apple watch with black straps, and wears a black polo shirt with the ASD logo, orange word spelling Alumni, and the white logo of Nike.

Sandra wanted to share two important pieces of information. The 35th Anniversary of the Hall of Fame, HOF, and the 110th Anniversary of the ASDAA, which established our non-profit organization in 1914, will hold a banquet for both events on October 5, 2024. Save your time and money.

Sandra made announcements of the Achievements and Sports of the Hall of Fame. Now, you can apply for the nomination of forms until April 1st. Louis Rivas is responsible for the Achievements of HOF, while Jeanne Magnon takes care of the Sports/Athletics of HOF. They used their vlogs on our ASDAA website. Please visit http://www.asdaa.org/home/halloffame.htm.

When you click the link to the ASDAA HOF, you will see two boxes on the homepage with black lines in white words. The left column shows that you can click our ASDAA HOF Guidelines, in which the ASDAA Core Circle/Board approved the new guidelines and forms of the nomination. In contrast, the right column includes 8 vlogs (One for Sports/Athletics and Seven for the Achievement vlogs). The 7 vlogs need to explain each vlog clearly.

When you pick to click one of 8 vlogs, you will see two choices- open YouTube without texts in front of you or visit the left bottom corner, seeing the words saying "Watch On YouTube." You have to click to open the text to read it.

The application deadline is April 1, 2024, not April Fool's Day. We are serious about getting the forms.

Let Louis and Jeanne share their vlogs with you through the website.

We will let you know more information later on. We are excited to see you there.

Go Tigers!

ASDAA Banquet: Oct. 5, 2024 Background:Sandra McLennon '74 sits on the blue loveseat behind the blue background screen, has brown skin with black afro hair, earrings, an apple watch wit...

ASL Version :
https://youtu.be/F0DxXiKUXl4

Background:
A blue ground that Sandra McLennon '74 sits down on a blue loveseat with brown skin, black afro hair, brown glasses, earrings, and an apple watch, plus a black polo shirt with the two logos of ASD and an orange word in the spelling of ALUMNI.

Sandra is excited to make two special announcements. The announcements are TV News and ASD vs ASDAA Basketball games TONIGHT.

Come on over to watch basketball games between ASD and ASDAA tonight.

Have fun getting together.

GO TIGERS!

"Tuning out the noise:
A basketball brotherhood."

Please click this link to watch TV News below:

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/sports/tuning-out-the-noise-basketball-brotherhood/3230150/

Deaf Referees from Connecticut:

Lou Volpintesta, a retired ASD Athletic Director

Justin Brooks, Class of 2000, works at ASD.

Clement Lovelace, ex-Class of 2000, works at ASD.

Jesus Marchan is from Chicago and works at ASD.

Christopher DiSanto, current ASD Athletic Director.

Jason Shilati, a son of Shahriar Shilati, Class of 1971, and Darlene Borsotti, Class of 1976, is a freelance interpreter.

Congratulations to all of them!

Thanks to Arthur Larson and Darlene Borsotti for sharing it with us.

https://mailchi.mp/asdaa.org/asdaa-announcements-basketball-games-and-tv-news

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ASD Homecoming: Oct. 5, 2024

https://bmacards.com/qL9B68

Angel Gifts ( Welcome to Christmas in the forest. Blessings, peace, sharing, happiness, love and joy. [Message] Peace and joy to you and yours at Christmas and always.

Courant Newspaper: It was fine early this morning and now one has to join the newspaper. Oh dear! The school is building 2 dorm for special groups of deaf students under PACE. Hopefully, later, I can get more information for you.

A $14 million building project is coming to CT. Learn why it’s a first-of-its-kind to help young people. The project broke ground Monday on a first-of-its-kind development to support deaf and hard-of-hearing students with emotional and behavioral challenges.

https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/2023-c-suite-honoree-jeff-bravin

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Judy Howe Martin, Class of 1967, passed away yesterday (Nov. 3). She was 76 years old.

Announcements: ASDAA/ASD HC Events

Alexandra McGee:
She shared information about riding a bus to Isola Bella on Friday, Sept. 29th, at 4 p.m. in front of the ASD building.

She is a white woman wearing her black polo shirt with the ASD logo and the logo of Nike in white letters. She uses her left hand to sign in ASL.

Please email Alexandra at [email protected] that you want to ride on a bus before this Thursday, Sept. 28th. Thanks.
ASL Version: https://youtu.be/-2_co9r_9wo

Also, she made a second Vlog about joining into Marching with your Class of Years: 1963 (60th Anniversary), 1968 (55th), 1973 (50th), 1978 (45th), 1983 (40th), 1988 (35th), 1993 (30th), 1998 (25th), 2003 (20th), 2008 (15th), 2013 (10th), and 2018 (5th).

ASL Version: https://youtu.be/UFoRtiWlwnw

Please email her at [email protected] and meet her at the front of the Ward Gym outside or at the ASDAA Booth.

Come on and join us to meet old and new people.

Sandra McLennon:
ASL Version:
https://youtu.be/uvFHOD81Jps

She is a Black Deaf woman wearing her black Polo shirt with the ASD logo on the left and white letters spelling Nike on the right on a cream background. She has a short Afro with glasses, two rings on both fingers and a watch.

Sandra wants to remind people to contact Alexandra McGee about riding on a bus to Isola Bella, [email protected]. We will have a cookout (hamburgers, cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, salad, etc. Alexandra mentioned it.

On Saturday, Sept. 30th, we will have a long day because of the ASD Homecoming events, including volleyball and soccer games, the ASDAA Booth, Community booths, ASDAA selling food, ASD Seniors selling drinks and candies, the Class Reunions Marching, and ASDAA
Elections/ASDAA CC Reports.

The ASDAA Elections and ASDAA CC Reports will start around 3:15 p.m. at the Visual Communication Center (VCC).

Come on and support the new ASDAA Officers for 2023-2025. We need more than 30 alums to vote.

More announcements at the meeting. Come and join us. Thank you.

Go Tigers.

ASL Version: https://youtu.be/wASYYkuWwwg

ASDAA Elections and General Meeting
If you want to run for the ASDAA Officers for 2023-2025, please email Barbara Cassin at [email protected] before August. 29, 2023.

Hi, Alums
This is Sandra McLennon, ASDAA President.

This is the last third term as an ASDAA President since 2017.
She reads our ASDAA By-Laws and finds that all officers can stay up to three terms. Please check the link here, http://www.asdaa.org/home/bylaws.htm- Election of Officers: Article Vll, Section 3.

Sandra wants to run one more term. She needs your VOTE to select me as the president for 2023-2025 and suspend Article VII, Section 3 at the General meeting at the Visual Communication Center, VCC.

Sandra wants to complete a few things to catch up due to COVID-19 and prepares to transit new ASDAA Officers.

See you at ASD for our ASDAA Cookout on the 12th of August.

Go Tigers!

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ASL Version: https://youtu.be/34xRBmoRgNc

ASDAA Cookout

We will have our ASDAA Cookout on Saturday, August 12, 2023, from 12 noon to 4 pm. Please email Liza Alers at [email protected] for more information.

Please pay either zellepay.com. You select the bank you want to pay $15.00 per ticket and use Alice Bianco's email address, [email protected] or write a check to ASDAA Cookout and mail it to Alice Bianco before August 8th. See the flyer about her home address. Thank you.

4th Annual ASDAA Cookout, Saturday, August 12, 2023

Zelle: [email protected]
Email Alice Bianco, [email protected]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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