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SCHOOL

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This Sign is Used to Say (Sign Synonyms)

• SCHOOL

Examples of Usage

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The school nurse is always busy.

ASL Gloss

SCHOOL NURSE ALWAYS BUSY.

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Is your school closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

ASL Gloss

M-L-K DAY YOUR SCHOOL CLOSED?

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As a young girl, Alice Cogswell, inspired her neighbor, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, to devote his life to educating the deaf and to create the American School for the Deaf. She and six other deaf children were the first students to attend the American School for the Deaf in 1817.

ASL Gloss

LITTLE DEAF GIRL NAME A-L-I-C-E C-O-G-S-W-E-L-L MET NEIGHBOR HIS NAME T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T. HE FASCINATED HER. YEAR 1871 HE ESTABLISHED AMERICAN SCHOOL FOR DEAF. SHE AND SIX OTHER STUDENTS FIRST ENTER A-S-D

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My son is going to law school at the University of Michigan.

ASL Gloss

LAW SCHOOL MY SON GO WHERE? UNIVERSITY M-I-C-H.

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Chemistry is my favorite class in school.

ASL Gloss

SCHOOL MY FAVORITE CLASS WHAT? CHEMISTRY.

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On Election Day many schools close.

ASL Gloss

ELECTION DAY MANY SCHOOLS CLOSE.

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My school celebrates Earth Day by planting trees.

ASL Gloss

EARTH DAY MY SCHOOL CELEBRATE HOW? PLANT TREES.

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The list of school supplies included a box of crayons.

ASL Gloss

SCHOOL S-U-P-P-L-Y LIST THIS BOX COLOR WRITE (crayons).

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Thomas H. Gallaudet was a minister, educator, and co-founded the first school for the deaf called the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet University was named in honor of him in 1894.

ASL Gloss

T-H-O-M-A-S H. G-A-L-L-A-U-D-E-T HIMSELF MINISTER TEACHER HE CO- FOUNDED FIRST RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL U-S CALLED AMERICAN SCHOOL DEAF A-S-D WHERE? HARTFORD C-O-N-N. YEAR 1894 GALLAUDET COLLEGE NAMED AFTER HIM.

Sign Variations for this Word

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• Variation 2 - Fingerspelled

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