Photo Description: ISBVI students are sitting on the floor in a circle, as Professor Sammi Grant gives them instructions.


THE FUTURE


"My hope," explains ISBVI teacher John Baxter, "is that our students who entered the class, whether they had very little or a good feel for theater already, will look back and realize how far they have progressed from the first time they took the stage. This trip and each of these experiences have helped us to make leaps that we would have never been able to take with just following a curriculum."


We are excited that the Toula Oberlies Creative Arts Fund is playing an important role in the academic and social development of students at ISBVI. Join us in ensuring youth with vision impairments have access to multi-sensory experiences that spark, sustain, and inspire connections and creativity now and for future generations to come. Learn more on how you can make an impact on ISBVI students through TOCAF by contacting IBCF executive director at lalvarado@isbvik12.org.


Thank you to all the Toula Oberlies Creative Arts Fund supporters and 2022 Chicago program partners! Special thanks to the Crosser Family Foundation- a fund of the Hamilton County Community Foundation, Richard W. Averill Foundation, Janet C. Hohnholt, the John and Shirley Woerhle Fund- a fund of the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, Jeffrey and Cassandra Short, Pete and Anne Schroth, and Don and Tricia Stogsdill. We are thankful to the TOCAF grants review committee and IBCF finance committee for all their efforts to bring the TOCAF fund and award to life: Toula Oberlies, Nick Oberlies, Sara Oberlies Brown, Jim Durst- ISBVI Superintendent, and IBCF Board Members & Staff- Becca Hopson, Kristina Davis, Kathy Nimmer, David Thomas, Michael Parent, Amanda Black, Laura Alvarado, and Chris Munoz. Thanks to 12 Stars Media for the creation of this digital journal and reflection.


7


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7