October 2024
Eleven students participated in the Special Olympics Colorado Southeast Region Bowling Tournament in Pueblo. It was a great finish to the Special Olympics bowling season with families there to support our CSDB All Stars. Many students placed in their division, and everyone had so much fun!
September 2024
September 2024
June 2024
Some dorm students who are Blind/Visually Impaired enjoyed swimming at a local YMCA. They explored the water park area, hot tub, and waterslide! Although some of our students had never tried one before, they tackled the waterslide like old pros! Get inspired, go out there, and try something new this summer!!
May 2024
Students at CSDB celebrated the Prom, beginning with a Promenade and photos!
May 2024
What an awesome workshop and performance by Savannah from KIDZ BOP and Savvy ASL!
She brought so much energy to our elementary, middle, high, and BtL students. They had a blast learning how to rock their music and dance moves while also leveling up their social media game. Big thanks for the fantastic workshops!
And Savannah unleashed a powerhouse performance that rocked the house! Her boundless energy and passionate signing had everyone on their feet, dancing and signing along, creating an unforgettable experience for all present! Savvy ASL
Check out the CSDB Athletics and Activities for more pictures!
April 2024
CSDB 2nd through 6th grade students, in the Student Life program, can participate in an after-school activity called Indoor Adventures, once a week for 6 weeks. They enjoyed different activities like Jenga in three different sizes, a 4-square game, paper crafts, kickball, and tie-dye t-shirts. They laugh, learn, and try their best with all the different activities. We are now starting our after-school activity called Outdoor Adventure, it will run for 7 weeks. They will have different places to visit-walk around, learn outdoor games, and play/socialize at the playground.
March 2024
We are excited about the Goalball Homecoming on March 15-16, 2024. It is a two-day tournament, we invited New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Montana School for the Deaf and the Blind, and Utah School for the Deaf and the Blind goalball teams to competitions at CSDB!
February 2024
The high school and middle school dorms, serving students who are Deaf, in the Student Life residential program, experienced a part of the superintendent search during a public meeting. The students participated in a good discussion about their future Deaf education and the potential leaders who were interviewed. Staff ordered pizza for the students as a reward for paying attention during the Zoom presentations and for giving their feedback in a group discussion. The students and staff also watched the final vote board meeting, over Zoom, in the fitness room. The students and staff say congratulations to CSDB’s Tera Spangler.
February 2024
December 2023
November 2023
CSDB's residential program offers a variety of activities for students to learn life skills and critical thinking skills through engaging activities including the Escape Room and Spa Night.
November 2023
September 2023
Flag football and bowling, are only two of many after-school activities for our students.
This 60-second video shows some of the fun.
[Video: this video is audio described, has captions when voicing occurs and has background music.]
May 2023
Afterschool Soccer
May 2023
Athletic Awards on May 18, 2023. This is a special event for our student-athletes, coaches, and staff. We celebrated our Middle School, High School, and Special Olympics athletes. What a special evening.
May 2023
Last weekend, three CSDB staff members took four students to the 5th annual Deaf Chess Invitational, hosted by the Texas School for the Deaf. The seven participating teams were Texas, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rochester, MSSD, Kentucky, and Colorado.
We all enjoyed plenty of games and social activities on Friday as we prepped for the chess matches ahead. Nick Catalano, CSDB Teacher of the Deaf, wrote more, so check it out! https://csdb.colorado.gov/chess-tournament-at-tsd
Thanks to Nick for the photos: upper left, four students and two coaches on bleachers; upper and lower right, chess tournament in action; lower left, Texas School for the Deaf
May 2023
CSDB has a Special Olympics team that participates in 3 sports spread out through the school year including bowling, basketball, and track & field. Our Special Olympics track team participated in a variety of events to fit their abilities. The coaches do an amazing job ensuring everyone is included through the use of ASL, voice, and audio description in all practices. The players are excited to compete in the Special Olympics Regional competition on Saturday, May 6th. Special Olympics Colorado
February 2023
The dorm students made the most of the school closure last week. Thanks to the amount of snow that landed on campus, they were able to enjoy sledding for the first time this year. Students were excited to get their safety gear on and sail down the big hill on campus. We're getting the word it may snow again today!
Goalball
February 2023
The recap of our amazing Goalball team, this season began in late October and ended in January. The team practiced and showed Bulldog pride by attending tournaments in Texas and New Mexico and competing at CSDB's Homecoming. The team was so happy to be able to visit new cities and have so many new experiences. The Goalball team made an amazing effort, was motivated, and had the pride to cheer the team on in a successful season.
February 2023
Our academic bowl team traveled to the Oregon School for the Deaf for the West Regional matches. The team did an amazing job, we played in 5 matches, and every student did an incredible job answering challenging questions and scoring lots of points. Huge congrats to one of our players, Rashad Ali, he won the Rising Star Award! The Rising Star Award is given to a first-year AB player that shows great enthusiasm and shows the best effort over the weekend. Congrats to Rashad!
There was much more than just the matches through the long weekend, the students enjoyed every minute of the weekend of meeting new people from 20 different schools, meeting Gallaudet University officers and recruiters, attending the Oregon School for the Deaf's infamous Nightmare Factory Haunted House, bowling, socializing, and appreciating the nature of northwest Oregon.
High School Girls Basketball
February 2023
CSDB traveled to Iowa School for the Deaf this weekend for the Great Plains Deaf School, GPSD, Basketball & Cheerleader Tournament. We got 5th place! We lost the first game by one point against Iowa, then lost the second game by 4 points against New Mexico and then won the third game against Minnesota by 32 points. So proud of our bulldog team!
Three of our girls as well were recognized as All Stars of the Tournament - Rosa Molina Orantes, Grace Shular, and Nyla Stingley.
This is a great accomplishment, CSDB is so proud of our girls team bringing back the consolation champion trophy back home! Go Bulldogs!
Homecoming 2023
January 2023
It's an exciting day at CSDB with the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the New Mexico School for the Deaf competing against our CSDB Bulldogs in Goalball, Academic Bowl and Basketball. 2/3rds of the way through Homecoming and there's still more action to come! New Mexico School for the Deaf New Mexico School f/t Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI)
