Public Information Office

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

DATE:            May 15, 2006 

CONTACT:   Donna Myers, 206.546.4717  

Shoreline CC hosts 2^nd annual
American Sign Language competition

Shoreline, WA ― The ASL (American Sign Language) Club at Shoreline Community College (SCC) hosted the annual ASL Bowl (a silent ASL competition for high school students), Saturday, May 6^th at the main campus of the College.  A total of four high school teams participated, with approximately 150 students competing from Edmonds Home School Resource Center (2 teams), Everett High School (2 teams), Mountlake Terrace and Stanwood high schools.  The Mountlake Terrace students won first place Edmonds Home School Resource Center’s teams took second and third place.  
            The competition is held annually to provide ASL students the opportunity to engage with other ASL students using the skills they have learned in the classroom.   SCC’s ASL Bowl, the only one of its kind in the United States, is hosted and managed by the students who are studying ASL at SCC.  Teams of five players answer questions from judges in several categories, such as finger spelling, Deaf Culture, giving directions, visual gesture and math.  Point values are determined by the judges and assigned to the difficulty level of the questions. 
            “The event helps students develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of ASL as a language, and to gain better appreciation of the Deaf Culture,” says Club Advisor and ASL Instructor Richard Jacobs.  “As an instructor, I want students to get as much exposure to the language and the culture as possible,” says Jacobs, “so that they are better prepared to use their skills when meeting people who are hearing impaired or from the Deaf Culture.”         
            For more information about the ASL Bowl, check out the web site at http://www.shoreline.edu/aslbowl/ or call (206) 546-4647 (TTY only).  Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Avenue North, just west of Aurora Avenue and north of Seattle city limits.

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The ASL (American Sign Language) Club at Shoreline Community College (SCC) hosted the annual ASL Bowl (a silent ASL competition for high school students), Saturday, May 6^th.   A total of four high school teams participated, with approximately 150 students competing from Edmonds Home School Resource Center (2 teams), Everett High School (2 teams), Mountlake Terrace and Stanwood high schools.  The Mountlake Terrace students won first place Edmonds Home School Resource Center’s teams took second and third place. 

 

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