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The Parent Center is the liaison between the parent and the school, welcoming and encouraging your calls or visits on any number of concerns or issues. The Parent Center Lounge provides a relaxed, comfortable setting to induce learning and communication. It includes resource materials such as videotapes, books, DVD's access to the internet, and other parent needs, along with catalogs for assistive devices. We provide a phone with access to Video Relay Service. Not aware of what that is? Come and visit us. We will demonstrate.

We provide many ways to induce creative communication that will ultimately assist you not only in conveying academic information but other valued information that may be of importance to you and your family such as family history, traditions, social protocols, intellectual facts and theories, as well as your moral and spiritual values. All of which will lead to practical insight on many aspects of your child's life.

Established in 1979 as part of the Special School of the future and through the auspices of a grant from the Kellogg Foundation and Gallaudet College , the Parent Center has grown in the past 29 years. We continue to meet the ever growing educational, needs that we believe will make our students' life more productive and meaningful. Partnership is the key to accomplishing this goal. We are committed to bringing you the best possible programs, resources and access to services to assist you in having a direct, clear and effective partnership in your child's education.

Here's a list of Parent Center Events, both upcoming and ongoing. Please click a link below for more information

Ongoing Events

Sign Classes

UPCOMING EVENTS

Barnes and Nobles schedule

Currently we offer a variety of Sign Language classes to parents, family members, staff, and friends using both group and individual methods. The Parent Sign Language classes are in effect now through the first week in June. The classes are designed so that parents can join in at any time during the year and are always welcomed.

We are an active part of the SMSD community in that we;

• Provide a Parent-to-Parent Directory.
• Provide consultative services to the Mental Health Team and to the Educational Leadership Team.
• Facilitate Parent Support and Discussion Groups to meet the specific needs;
  -Hearing Parents of Deaf Child
  -!PAH! Deaf Parents of Deaf Child /facilitated in ASL
  -Hispanic Parents of Deaf Child/ facilitated in Spanish
  -New Parent Support Group
  -Infant-!PAH! New Deaf Parent of Deaf Child

• Provide activities, educational games and toys to induce more involvement in their child's lives using creative communication tools to induce learning and communication for the entire family.
  
• The Shared Reading Program
• Barnes and Noble ASL Story Time
• Shared Play through Educational Games
• Dinner with My Child
• Offer a variety of education programs from fire safety to accessing interpreters, etc.
• Homecoming Festivities
• Family Learning Weekend
• International Ethnic Festival
• Annual Residential Thanksgiving Dinner
• Silent Dinners/ Silent Activities "Family Matters - Hands-On Science Activity", "Family Counts - Fun Time With Math"
• Manage inquiries from the outside community many times resulting in interest and referral regarding attending our school and after-school programs.
• Assist in coordinating events and various school fundraisers such as the semi-Annual Book Fair, Chocolate Candy Sales, Homecoming family activities.
• Coordinate the annual My-Kids-ID photo identification program
• Maintain a small library of videotapes, books specific to parent needs along with catalogs for assistive devices.
• Maintain a lending library of TTY's
• Lending Educational Games and Toys
• Provide outreach home visit when needed as well as receive and make referrals.
• Winter Wonderland - Gift Giveaway Literacy Program