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One hundred and thirty Davis Drive Middle School sixth-graders in Cary, North Carolina took part in the disability awareness program, Braille Is Beautiful. The Davis Drive teachers taught the Braille Is Beautiful curriculum during enrichment hour. Link to full article.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve heard a collective ‘wow’ from the students like the one I heard
the day we wrote our names with the slate and stylus,” said Marnie Utz, sixth-grade teacher.
“This is an experience our students will take with them through life.” (News Article)

During the service component of the curriculum, Brandon and Stephany, Davis Drive sixth-graders, Braille UNO playing cards that will be given to a blind child.
Davis Drive Middle School students use a Braille Is Beautiful activity to create a Braille cell for the Braille contraction FOR.

Students at Crofton Meadows School in Crofton, Maryland learn Braille through Braille Is Beautiful

“My students enjoyed the program so much they all wanted to keep
working on their Braille even on the last day of school,
then asked to take their own slate and stylus with them.”
-Third-grade teacher at Crofton Meadows School

2 boys using a slate and stylus
2 girls are learning to use a slate and stylus
A boy writing Braille using a slate and stylus
A boy using a slate and stylus to write Braille