Signing Santa

Come visit Signing Santa, make an ornament, and decorate a cookie. 

Date: December 14 2024

Time: 10:00 am – 1:00pm

Where: ESU 3 (6949 South 110th St. LaVista, NE)

Registration: Click here to register by December 10, 2024.

I’m A…..Ask Me Anything Zoom

This is an opportunity to ask various individuals your burning questions.  This series is sponsored by Nebraska Hands & Voices.  

I’m A Child of A Deaf Adult: January 14, 2025

I’m An Audiologist: March 18, 2025 

I’m A Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing: May 5, 2025

Time: 8:00 pm

Registration: Click here to register.

ASL Read Aloud

These monthly zoom meetings have two books read in ASL by a Deaf team member.

Dates:

November 20, 2024

December 11, 2024

Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Zoom

Click here to get access to book titles & the zoom link.

Chat and Chow Series

This series will focus on various transition topics

Dates: 

November 20, 2024

January 29, 2025

February 19, 2025

March 26, 2025

April 30, 2025

Time: 

Student Zoom: 12:30 – 1:10 pm

Teacher Zoom: 4:30-5:30 pm

Where: Zoom

Registration:  Registration is not required, click zoom link on flyer to attend. 

Topical ASL Class

This free on campus, in-person ASL course is open to family members of deaf children, educational professionals who work with deaf children and community members from Iowa and Nebraska. Classes will cover family, nouns, sports and more!

Dates:

December 10, 2024

January 7, 2025

January 21, 2025

February 4, 2025

February 18, 2025

March 4, 2025

March 18, 2025

April 1, 2025

April 22, 2025 (adults only)

Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Where: Iowa School for the Deaf

Click here to register.

Level Up! ASL Class

This in-person ASL course follows the TRUE+WAY ASL Curriculum. Students are able to advance through sign levels.

Date:

Tuesdays starting August 27, 2024 & January 7, 2025

Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Iowa School for the Deaf

Click here to register by August 23, 2024 & January 3, 2025

You Are Not Alone

This collaborative effort between Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming will allow parents who have had a child diagnosed with a hearing difference in the last two years the opportunity to meet other parents who are further along in their journey in raising a child who is Deaf or hard of hearing and meet others who may be in similar situations.  This Zoom series will be held four times through the school year.  

Dates and Times: 

• February 8, 2025 from 9:30-10:30 am CST
• May 6, 2025 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm CST

Registration: Click here to register.  

Transition Nebraska: Navigating A Changing Landscape

This eastern Nebraska Transition Conference will focus on what transition in Nebraska can do for youth who have unique challenges.

Date: February 25, 2025

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00pm

Where: Innovation Campus; Lincoln, Nebraska

Registration:  Registration is limited to 200 people.  Click here to register by  January 26, 2025

Hands & Voices Virtual 5K

Complete the 5K in whatever your preferred race mode is! You will receive a race t-shirt and have an opportunity to submit your time 

Dates: Saturday December 28, 2024-January 1, 2025

Registration: Click here to register.  

Mom’s Night Inn

Mom’s Night Inn is an overnight event. This is a wonderful opportunity for moms or female primary care providers to get together to learn about raising a child who has a hearing difference. This experience will be full of learning, lots of opportunities to bond with other moms, and fun. Hotel and meals are included in you registration.  Cost for this opportunity for those staying over is $40 for members and $50 for non-members. Those not staying overnight is $20 for members and $25 for non-members.  There are two options for participants to choose from. 

LINCOLN:

Date:  February 1-2, 2025

Time: 10:00am Saturday – 12:00pm Sunday

Registration: Click here to register by January 14, 2025

Gallaudet University National Literary Competition

We’re thrilled to announce that the National Literary Competition is back for its tenth year! That’s right—a full decade of celebrating student innovation and ingenuity in both ASL and written English

Prizes:

• Our first place winners in middle and high school will receive a Gallaudet University sweatshirt, a $100 dollar gift certificate, and free registration for one of our summer camp programs.
• Our first place winners in elementary school and Deaf Plus categories will also receive a Gallaudet University sweatshirt and a $100 dollar gift certificate.

Entries Due: December 16, 2024-January 10, 2025

Award Ceremony: February 28, 2025

NLC Themes Video

NLC Rules & Guidelines Manual

AG Bell LOFT

Leadership Opportunities for Teens (LOFT) is a program for high school students who are deaf or hard of hearing and use listening and spoken language as their primary mode of communication.  Participants will strengthen their skills in leadership, teamwork, group dynamics, public speaking, and self-advocacy. 

Dates: July 29-August 2, 2025

Application Deadline: March 3, 2025