ASL 1.2 – Capitol Hill Starts April 8

ASL 1.2
This is continuation from the beginning class.
Learning sign language is a great way to teach diversity awareness, cultural perspectives, and how to communicate when you meet a Deaf person.

—If you’ve fallen out of practice, this class is a great way to get your hands back up and moving.

—If you took a class with us before and want more, welcome back!

—If you haven’t taken a class with us, but you’re looking for a silent, immersive experience, we are excited to meet you!

We will spend 6 weeks working on improving the skills you already have, and building them into storytelling and conversation skills. We will play games and activities to reinforce basic ASL vocabulary and grammar appropriate for use in multiple settings.

Learning ASL is not as difficult as it seems, its fun!

Mondays – 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Meets April 8, 15, 22, 29
May 6, 13

Location:
HSDC
Hearing, Speech, Deaf Center
1625 19th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122

Cost: $120

Class Registration

Meet your instructor !
Kero

 

Foster “Kero” Grey was born in Virginia, MN to hearing parents.  He became deaf at age two after a severe fever.  His parents knew that he would benefit from learning sign language at an early age.  At age three, they enrolled him in a preschool that provided him with a good foundation for learning to sign, read lips, and speak.  Kero stayed in this school until the third grade.

At grade four, Kero transitioned to a deaf school in Faribault, MN, just south of Minneapolis.  He remembers being shocked and amazed in seeing all of the other students communicating through sign and ASL.  It was an important time in his life as it exposed him not only to language, but also to a great deal of community and culture.  He stayed in this school, honing his skills in communication and absorbing different facets of deaf culture, until his graduation.

When looking back on that time, Kero has an amazing appreciation for his parents.  Not only did they recognize the importance of an early education, but also the critical role that communication plays as it applied to that education.  They gave him the opportunity to acquire the tools that he would need to become successful at communication, and in doing so, yielded to him those critical components of culture, community, and identity.  

Kero moved from Minnesota to Seattle in 2003.  In 2009, he began teaching ASL classes at several community hotspots throughout the city.  For five years, Kero taught classes throughout the Seattle area, volunteering his time to teach both beginner and intermediate levels.  In 2014, he retired from teaching.  Now, he is back teaching again and is excited to work with new students interested in the study of ASL, it’s culture and it’s community.