Arlington Regional Day School Program for the Deaf

October Round-Up!

Come join our FREE Community Sign Language Classes!

Our Bowie HS and Martin HS students are raising funds to attend Imagination Texas, an exciting event for Deaf/HOH students featuring workshops with Deaf artists, enjoy a 2-day hotel stay, a dance, and a banquet—all with this year’s zombie theme!

To help cover costs, we’re hosting a clothing drive and need your support! Please donate gently used clothing, shoes, purses, jewelry, and glasses by February 10th.

Arlington RDSPD Audiologists WON $10,000.00!!! They wrote a grant in hopes of new equipment with quicker turn around time when making ear molds! Congratulations to our fabulous Audiologists!!!!!! Thank you Arlington ISD Education Foundation!

Parents- this is such a great opportunity! Register now! Statewide Outreach Center at Texas School for the Deaf

Join us again for our next Parent Night on Tuesday, October 29th!

Our FREE Sign Language Classes are back for the 2024-2025 school year! You do not need to register... just show up! We can't wait to see you there.

It’s time for our second annual Deaf Day on Sept. 21! 🎉

The Zoo, in partnership with the Sign Language Interpreting Program at Tarrant County College, invites members of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities, and their friends and families, to enjoy the day with us! ☀

On the event day, American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, provided by TCC, will be stationed throughout the Zoo at areas such as zookeeper chats, giraffe feeding and select restaurant and merchandise locations to allow seamless communication access to all our guests. Deaf Day 2023 was such a success that we are thrilled to carry that momentum forward this year. Come join us!

For more info visit: https://www.fortworthzoo.org/deaf-day!

We are excited to announce our FIRST PARENT NIGHT!!! RDSPD Parents, join us virtually for our first night of many! Spanish and ASL interpreting will be provided! See you September 10th!

While students are on summer break- our staff is taking professional learning from our fabulous Audiologist!!! We are always growing for our students! 🫶🏼🤟🏼 Thank you Dr. Hodges & Dr. Billups!

Join our team! We offer a $3,000 DHH teacher stipend!

STAFF SPOTLIGHT! Everyone meet: Ben Johnson!!!
He is a new staff interpreter that joined our team this year. Our students were completely captivated by him and his story the moment he arrived on campus. He has such a wonderful positive energy and personality. He is skilled and a great teammate!
A little bit about Mr. Johnson: "My name is Ben Johnson. I am an Intepreter at Bowie HS. I am hard-of-hearing and do wear hearings aids. I learned sign language at a very young age because of my hearing loss and use it daily. My wife Krystal and I moved to Texas back in 2020. Krystal also uses sign language and speaks Spanish fluently. We have two dogs, Emma and Pumpkin, Pumpkin understands sign language too, but Emma is still learning. The four of us love to take walks, hit up the dog park, and go on family trips. We’ve really enjoyed living in Texas and can’t wait to see what other adventures will happen in the future."
Let's all welcome Mr. Ben Johnson! 🤟 He is the best and we are thankful he is on our team!