OSSB PODCAST

This special edition of the OSSB podcast is all about our first summer camp. The Expanded Core Curriculum camp. Participants focus on 3 areas, independent living skills, technology and social skills. We will meet the campers, the staff, and follow the camp throughout the week.

The OSSB end of the year podcast is packed with tons of exciting events and activities. We talk with Mrs. Z’s class and catch up with hot diggety dog. Our principal Mr. Ransey stops in and recaps this school year. Emily shares her end of the year project. WE hear from students and staff about swimming and forensics conference. We visit our annual art festival put on by the elementary department. Girls on the Run was a huge success and Jana shares her story. Mr. Rheinhard, former principal, joins us during teacher appreciation week. Spanish students go shopping using shopping lists written in Spanish and eat a yummy Mexican lunch. We’ll hear about our first ever adult blind sports clinic held at OSSB. There were plenty of end of the year activities, the braille picnic, the ILS picnic, Bowling, a baseball game, track and field day and much more. Most importantly on this podcast, we talk with every senior who is graduating. Also alumni Chris Harington graduated from Ohio Dominican and he had the honor of being the senior speaker and we will share it here. Mr. Wagner shares the many successes of after school programming this year. WE conclude this month’s podcast with the end of the year rap. This rap has some special guests, so stay tuned. A huge thanks from the podcast team to our community for your continued support, your contributions and for giving us time each month. Have a fun-filled and safe summer.

Thank you for tuning into the April podcast and supporting the activities of students and staff at OSSB. Lots of good stuff in store this month for your listening pleasure. Our Aware group presents on “being you” and strategies for acceptance in our school community. We are excited to demonstrate some new equipment that will help the podcast sound a whole lot better. Mr. Kelley’s classes present some research on the beeping Easter egg. Video on the making beeping Easter eggs a nationwide Project http://www.mtv.com/news/2124051/beeping-easter-eggs-dad/ Mrs. Peirano’s class gives us some insight into our annual Easter egg hunt. We hear some exciting news from our deputy state superintendent Dr. John Richard about the leadership for the school for the blind and Dr. Lou Maynus discusses her role as interim superintendent and future plans. Corey grandstaff from the Washington School for the Blind, an alumnist of OSSB, talks to Mr. Kelley’s fifth period career class. Julia brings us the activities calendar for April and May. We begin our senior showcase by having seniors reflect on their time at OSSB and discuss their future plans. And it is prom season, so Emily sits down with Mrs. Parish to discuss plans for this years prom on May 9. We conclude this months podcast with coverage of the Walkathon where OSSB is helping to raise money for Partners in Conservation at the Columbus Zoo to provide aid for people and animals in Rwanda. Thank you once again for tuning in and giving us an hour or so of your time each month.

This month on the podcast we travel to the CloverNook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Cincinnati, Ohio to hear about the Braille Challenge. We listen to excerpts from the Little NC pep rally held on March 7. Our little NC squad traveled to the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired to compete in wrestling, cheerleading, swimming and goalball. We hear from Jeff Ransey who works in the Conservation department at the Columbus Zoo. And why does OSSB have a chocolate fair every year? Stay tuned and find out. You will hear information about the alumni reunion taking place on the OSSB campus the first weekend in June. We catch up with some alumni and see what they are up to these days and we talk about bell Camp happening here on campus in July put on by the Ohio Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. Andre and Mrs. Smith visit the OSU College of Optometry and conduct an informative reach and teach activity. We look at some new technology coming on the market for the blind and visually impaired with a visit from Jim Sullivan from Humanware. He discusses the features of the new BrailleNote Touch Plus. 3d printing is becoming ever so much more popular and OSSB is using 3d-printing in the model club with help from experts from see3d. See3D is designed to connect people who enjoy 3D printing with their visually impaired neighbors. Low vision and blind individuals can request models to give new meaning to words that some students have never been able to understand. We conclude this month’s podcast with another listen-in on a reach and teach activity with our students and the O&M department. They visit a Mennonite school and shared a great day of learning together. Thank you all so much for tuning in every month and supporting the students and staff at OSSB and all the things we do.

In the February 2019 edition of the OSSB podcast, we honor our own, Mr. Phil Northrop. He has dedicated 35 years to teaching students with visual impairments as an orientation and mobility instructor. Mr. Northrop retires February 28. We talk to some of OSSB student council representatives at our Valentine’s day dance. Mr. Lee brings us up to speed with Little NC wrestling and goalball. Mr. Sam Seabay, the main screen talent of the Blind Life on Youtube visits us. He is very interested in the models of historical monuments and places we have at OSSB. You can check out Sam’s Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNbzN3eHbLKPzltSB560DkA What are some of our students doing to get ready for work? WE will learn about Project Step. Secondary Transition Employment Program. And what does OSSB students do on a snow day. Stick around and find out. Julia brings us the activities calendar for March. Stay tuned. Lots of fun and excitement to come.

Welcome to the January edition of the OSSB Podcast. In this episode we will talk about new year’s resolutions, Mr. Kelley’s 8th period class shares their winter break. Andre will talk about Martin Luther King Jr. Students are working hard to get ready for the Braille Challenge at Clovernook on March 1. We celebrate Louis Braille’s birthday and World Braille Day. Cheerleaders and wrestlers travel to The Illinois School for the Visually Impaired in Jackson, Illinois for the NCASB championship. Noah Beckman joins us on the Alumni focus. Miss Honse is working with a class on planning and budgeting, so we will hear about their trip to Bob Evans. The after school programs has a lot to offer our students in fun and creative ways. Thanks to all who tune in every month and show your support to our podcast.

Winter Recital

Winter concert part 2

The month of December is a fabulous fun filled time at the Ohio State School for the Blind. On this episode of the podcast we will share many of these activities. Our ILS department prepared many tasty treats to exchange with one another. Our art classes visited an art museum to check out the work of Queen Brooks. Some of our students sang Christmas carols at Wesley Glen retirement home, and the Columbus Northern Lions club returns to host its 60th holiday party for elementary students. Andre composed and produced a holiday story about how the Evil Mr. Kelley tries to steal Christmas. Principal Ransey talks about the representation of OSSB at the state house. Can Andre devour the Thurmanater? We will see. Our alumni focus this month is the group Innervision. We meet another hard working OSSB staff member who works at the front desk and all over campus. And who doesn’t love a good pancake breakfast? We hope you enjoy this month’s edition of the OSSB podcast.

The November edition of the OSSB podcast is packed with all kinds of excitement. We will meet Larisas from Romania who is blind and has a guide dog, and Lorela from Albania who works with visually impaired children in art and theatre. Thank you Vicky Prahin ACB Ohio director for introducing us and giving us this wonderful opportunity. https://www.acbohio.org/ Andre brings us highlights of the Ocalicon conference. https://ocali.org/ Emily interviews the girl’s goalball team after their 3rd place conference finish. http://ncasb.org/sports/ncasb-goalball/ We will learn about a special custom celebrated by people of the Hispanic culture. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/north-america/mexico/top-ten-day-of-dead-mexico/ Our alumni focus this month is Mr. Dan Lohr. He graduated in 1992. Mrs. Robin Finley will get us fired up about braille at OSSB by talking about a contest that will be taking place between Thanksgiving and January. "See it, Braille it" OSSB students are preparing for the braille challenge in March held at the Clovernook Center for the blind and visually impaired in Cincinnati, Ohio. https://www.clovernook.org/ https://www.brailleinstitute.org/braille-challenge At the end of the podcast, Mr. Kelley invites you to his preparation of Thanksgiving dinner. Deep frying turkey from a blind point of view.

Our October OSSB podcast is packed with all kinds of exciting news and events that have taken place in and around the Ohio State School for the Blind. Our elementary students traveled to the Kentucky school for the blind for the Bill Roby track and field day. Nick and Perseus will share their memories of that day. October 7 OSSB students and staff participated in the 9th annual orthopedic spirit Sprint 5k to raise money to support student activities at ossb. Special thanks to Mrs. Parrish for all of her work making this event a huge success. https://runsignup.com/Race/OH/Columbus/SpiritSprint5K WE take a look at blind soccer with Katie Atkinson. This sport has been around since 1996 and debuted as a Paralympic game in Athens in 2004. https://www.usaba.org/sports/soccer-5-a-side/ We will meet more of our OSSB students this month. White cane day was filled with all kinds of excitement. We will meet Doug Payne. He works for Microsoft and is visually impaired himself. Our alumni focus this month is Alex Crawford. Alex graduated in 2017 and straight out of the gate of OSSB he will give us his prospective as a full-time student who also has a part-time job. Our goalball team is gearing up on the court for the ncasb championship in November. We cap off the month with some halloweenish activities. It is always fun to get a little candy and it is fun to retell a ghost story or 2.

On the September edition of the OSSB podcast, we continue to explore facts about outer space. National pirate day; we have an expert in pirate speak. We meet some students from Mrs. Butler’s class and Mrs. Picard’s sixth period class. Coach Heath gives us a track update as the guys and girls track team prepares for track conference. The Columbus Zoo visits OSSB with some animals. Matt Cromer a graduate of 2009 is our alumni focus. He talks about what he has been up to and his connection with the Easter Seals in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of our seniors visit the original campus of the School for the Blind to learn about architecture and design. Andre and Aujanee interview Beth Slade from Leader dogs for the Blind. Julia brings us the activities calendar for October and we have a summary of track finishes at conference. Please enjoy and we will see you next month.

Welcome back to the 2018-19 OSSB Podcast. This one is a short one where we meet some new students and staff, wrap up our summer and look forward to a new school year. Thank you for your continued support of our podcast.

This special edition of the podcast covers the OSSB ECC summer camp. We look at areas of the expanded core curriculum; O&M, social skills, Independent Living Skills and technology. Participants talked about their experiences and you hear some of the sounds of what happened at camp this week.

Welcome to the End of the School Year Podcast at the Ohio State School for the Blind. Students really wanted to amp it up a little and do some exciting end of the year things for you, the listener. We talk with a few of our graduating seniors, We interview some new students who started OSSB during the 2017-18 school year. Mr. Kelley’s fifth period class will present their individual podcast articles complete with music and sound effects. We’ll hear about the catering programs at the school for the blind and the school for the deaf combine to put on a great lunch for Ohio educators. Andre and Latrell interviewed Mr. Kelley. And Principal Mr. Ransey, as you will hear, turned the tables on the podcast team when they wanted to interview him. The students who take ILS and Braille had a picnic and the podcast team was there to cover that event. Mr. Kelley presents alumni focus “360” and talks with Ryan Chandler, a recent grad of OSSB. We go behind the scenes at John Glen airport with the O&M staff and juniors and seniors. Stay tuned to the very end where the podcast team, including Mr. Kelley, does a little wrap, to wrap up the end of the year. You will hear all of the music we used this year we used in each podcast. We hope all of you have a safe, fun filled summer and we look forward to bringing you more of the same this fall. And thank you again for listening.