Regional Braille Challenge Takes Students Back in Time
FSDB Blind Department students and staff members made their annual pilgrimage to the Jacksonville Public Library on Mar. 5, 2020
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- Mar 13, 2020
- 2 min
FSDB Advances to Academic Bowl Nationals
Four deaf high school students representing FSDB—Brieara Warren, Nolan Fisher, Geoffrey Porter, and Daniel Pletenets secured second place...
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
FSDB President Dons a Chef’s Hat for Great Cause
Every spring, hundreds of people converge on the Prime Osborn Convention Center in downtown Jacksonville excited to sample delicious recipes
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Smiles, Laughs a Constant at Strano’s Golf Clinic for FSDB Students
It was quiet on Dye’s Valley Course on Tuesday morning, with the exception of a few occasional laughs and plenty of smiles.
- Mar 9, 2020
- 2 min
School Breakfasts are Out of this World
The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB) celebrated National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) with a special visit on Friday
- Mar 4, 2020
- 4 min
FSDB Defeats St. Augustine in Flag Football Game
The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind defeated St. Augustine in the Yellow Jackets’ inaugural flag football game on Monday night.
- Mar 3, 2020
- 3 min
Matt Smith: Teacher Spotlight
Matthew "Matt" Smith is a mathematics teacher in the FSDB Deaf Middle School. His classroom leaves no doubt as to his specialty area
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Luis Hurtado Nunez: Alumni Spotlight
Having tinkered with around on cars and enjoying doing so with his father and uncles, Luis Hurtado Nunez set out to enroll...
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
“Taste of the World” Literacy Week Celebration
Elementary students gathered in the FSDB Blind Library & Media Center for the final "Taste of the World" event during the last week of Jan
- Mar 2, 2020
- 2 min
Deaf Middle Robotics Team Competes in Texas
The FSDB Deaf Middle School Robotics team traveled to Austin, Texas, on February 6-9, 2020, to compete in the inaugural NTID Regional...
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
FSDB President Announces Retirement
Dr. Jeanne Glidden Prickett, president of the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (FSDB), announced her retirement
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Blind Elementary Music Theatre Students Perform for Local Group
Seven students from the FSDB Blind Elementary Music Theatre group were asked to perform a 10-minute snippet from last year's musical Disney'
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
Deaf Middle School Students Take in Washington DC Sights
Twenty eighth-graders in the FSDB Deaf Middle School and six staff members left St. Augustine in December 2019 en route to Colonial Williams
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
Blind Author Captivates Stakeholders
Parents at the January 2020 FSDB Title I meeting were introduced to a force of nature. “I am the creator of my destiny...
- Feb 26, 2020
- 5 min
Ashley the Artist
When Ashley Santana-Morales was only eight, her art teacher knew she had a gift. “She was very artistic,” said Alex Miranda...
- Feb 26, 2020
- 1 min
Get Some Exercise, Have Fun and Support FSDB
Now in its 24th year, the Vilano Bridge 5K & 10K Run will be held Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
FSDB Student and Family to Appear on Nickelodeon’s “The Crystal Maze”
Priscilla LeFors, an FSDB Deaf Middle School student, and her family are set to appear on Nickelodeon’s The Crystal Maze game show Friday,
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
DJ Prater: Teacher Spotlight
FSDB Assistive Technology Specialist DaJuana "DJ" Prater is based in Gibbs Hall (Blind Department) but goes wherever she is needed.
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
Presenters Bring Career Education to Life
This school year, eighth-grader students in the FSDB Blind Middle School have been privy to a special class period devoted...
- Jan 29, 2020
- 2 min
Makerspace Collaboration on Upcycling Project
Brendan Fadden is a Deaf High School student in the Build a Tradesman (BAT) career-oriented program at FSDB.
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