{"id":4673,"date":"2017-05-25T13:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2017-05-25T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T18:55:00","slug":"birdville-isd-team-earns-recognition-in-national-competition-for-deaf-hard-of-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/birdville-isd-team-earns-recognition-in-national-competition-for-deaf-hard-of-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Birdville ISD Team Earns Recognition in National Competition for Deaf, Hard of Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4674\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Winning Smithfield Middle School Students\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-518x389.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-82x62.jpg 82w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-131x98.jpg 131w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.birdvilleschools.net\/district\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/b53ed599b92348d84a3067ff9bce8f35-550x413.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Five students from Birdville ISD\u2019s Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, placed among the top four teams in the nation in the Battle of the Books competition, and won the Green Team Best Sportsmanship Award. The team competed against 26 other middle school teams at Gallaudet University (based in Washington, D.C.), a university designed for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Team member Amy Nguyen was named Green Team MVP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shown from left to right, teacher Christine Gaston, Eduardo Bustillos, Nate Coats, Destiny Chavana, Amy Nguyen, Max Ridgway, teacher Teresa Fuller, and Smithfield Middle School assistant principal Jason Turner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Source<\/span><span class=\"s2\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ESC TODAY: Timely Information and Resources for Region 11 Schools, May 10, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five students from Birdville ISD\u2019s Regional Day School Program for the Deaf, placed among the top four teams in the nation in the Battle of the Books competition, and won the Green Team Best Sportsmanship Award. 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