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American Sign Language
for High School Students
Chelsea Tutorials
2021 - 2022
American Sign Language 1 (9th through 12th grade)
Course Description: Basic American Sign Language is designed to be a first-year beginner language class that introduces the basics of American Sign Language (ASL). The focus of this class will be on the ability to use ASL in a real world situation. Students will learn abilities like basic greetings, general signs, fingerspelling, grammatical structures, and awareness of Deaf culture. This course will give students a foundation in ASL and open doors for further study. Basic American Sign Language will count towards a foreign language or elective credit for high school students.
Prerequisite: None
Instructor: Melissa Foster
Contact info: phone: 205-587-0641 email: MelissaEtc@outlook.com
Required Text: Signing Naturally, Student Workbook, Units 1 – 6 (Workbook must be new or have no writing from previous owners.) You can find the book officially at www.dawnsign.com.
Location: St. Catherine's Episcopal Church (642 Kings Home Dr, Chelsea, AL 35043)
Day: Thursdays 8/12 - 11/18/2021 and 1/6 - 5/5/2022 (no class on 3/24/2022)
Time: 12:30 - 2:00pm
Grade Level: 6th - 12th grade
Credit Value: 1 HS credit for students in 9th – 12th grade
Tuition and Fees:
Registration Fee: $25 nonrefundable payable to Melissa Foster.
Tuition and Supply Fee: $160 per semester payable to Melissa Foster.
Facility Fee: The annual facility fee for this class is $30 per student, not to exceed $150 per family. This fee is payable to Grace Presbyterian Church, PCA, on the first day of class.
To Register: Go to chelseatutorials.org or fill out this registration form by hand. (Melissa will personally allow registration up through the second day of class.)
Bio: Melissa Foster is a graduate of Faulkner University where her major was theater performance. She’s the daughter of Nina Halbert and cousin of Carrie Cooley who taught HeARTfully Creative Art at Chelsea Tutorials through their business called Forget Him Knot. Melissa is also a DVIDA® certified dance instructor. She worked in Mississippi with the Dance Studio of Tupelo for two years. She taught all ages how to dance, but spent most of her time teaching youth and teens.
While in high school Melissa studied American Sign Language, and continued to learn ASL in college for her foreign language credits. Melissa loves to use ASL to interpret songs and praise God through this very expressive language. She constantly continues to work on her ASL skills in order to give the best to her students.
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