JUNE UPDATE

Greetings and thank you for your continued support! With the academic year officially coming to a close this month, we wanted to connect with you and share some updates from our three schools. It has certainly been a strange and challenging time for students and parents around the globe as we all navigate what it looks like to learn and work from home through various digital platforms. CCCD's principals and instructors have done an incredible job making the shift to online learning for our students who are sheltering at home.

As you can imagine, this style of learning is a big change for Deaf students who thrive on interactive, hands-on learning. Teachers have been collaborating with each other and with their pupils via WhatsApp and YouTube in an effort to provide the best education possible from a distance. Though the lack of internet access has been an obstacle for some, we have found that approximately 70% of CCCD's students have been able to access their lessons. This is encouraging news! CCCD's Executive Director, Mrs. Tashi Widmer, shared that they are prayerful that a grant application to the Universal Service Fund in Jamaica will make it possible to provide the remaining 30% of students with tablets that have data service. Please pray with us!

We would typically be sharing graduation photos around this time of year, but as is the case with most schools around the world, CCCD's graduation ceremony has been postponed. Sixteen graduating seniors will be completing their final exams in July and will have the opportunity to celebrate with an official ceremony in December. Please pray with us for the future of these students -- that they would walk closely with the Lord and would live into his purpose for their lives as Deaf adults.