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Miss Deaf America Visits Scranton School for the Deaf

Miss Deaf America Visits Scranton School for the Deaf - Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 5:10PM EST

Reported by: Jayne Ann Bugda
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2008 @05:10pm EST
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY-The Scranton School for the Deaf hosted a very special guest Wednesday evening, Chelsa Tobin, Miss Deaf America.

She performed a skit as "Cat in the Hat" with the students and then talked with them about her accomplishments as Miss Deaf America.

Tobin is from South Dakota and is a college student.

She says she learned a lot from this visit and Scranton School for the Deaf principal, Martin Keller.

Chelsea told WBRE-TV through an Interpreter

"the Scranton State School for the Deaf uses a dual language approach with ASL and English that's a wonderful way to educate deaf students I’d like to become a teacher myself in the future so I was learning a lot form Martin Keller in terms of what Scranton School for the Deaf offers the deaf community in Pennsylvania"

School officials say Tobin is a very positive role model for the students.