Springfield NSW 2260
Australia

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 5: 4 boys and 1 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Gail Vaughan
E-mail: gail.vaughan@det.nsw.edu.au
Telephone: 024322 2609
Message:
Hi, At Chertsey PS we currently have 5 students in the senior class and 6 students in the junior class (4 years-6 years). Auslan (Australian Sign Language) is our whole school Language Other Than English. At the moment we don't have any Deaf families, but our students understand and use Auslan are learning English as well. We'll look forward to emailing a partner school and sharing our experiences. Regards, Gail Vaughan (teacher)

Melbourne
Australia
www.furlongpark.vic.edu.au

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 14: 8 boys and 6 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Marion Treiber
E-mail: treiber.marion.i@edumail.vic.gov.au
Telephone: 03 92123244
Message:
Furlong Park School for Deaf, Sunshine North, Victoria, Australia will have 66 students in 2010 with 37 Prep to Year 6 students. Students are supported with AUSLAN and English and are looking forward to emailing students in other areas of Australia and around the world in 2010.

Sydney
Australia

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 26: 11 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Wendy Williams
E-mail: wendy.e.williams@det.nsw.edu.au
Telephone: 61 2 9824 7777
Message:
The students at Robert Townson High School would love to make contact with deaf students from other schools and countries. The hearing support unit at RTHS has 30 Deaf students ranging in age from 12 to 18.We hope to hear from you soon..!

Lysterfield Victoria
Australia
www.smdeafws.catholic.edu.au

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 9: 7 boys and 2 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Genevieve Hilton
E-mail: ghilton@smdeafws.catholic.edu.au
Message:
St Mary's College has deaf facilities working in partner school at four different campuses. Our school has hearing impaired students enrolled ranging from 5 years to 18 years. I am hoping to link up some of my 9-12 year old students from our primary campus as a start. We are an oral english speaking school, and my students are very enthusiatic about this project. Our school has an enrollment of around 49 students.

Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
www.vcd.vic.edu.au

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 10: 5 boys and 5 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Robyn O'Meara
E-mail: omeara.robyn.e@edumail.vic.gov.au
Message:
We are the only remaining P - 12 school for the Deaf in Australia that uses Auslan (Australian Sign Language) as its primary mode of communication. We will be celebrating our 150 year birthday in 2010. We will not be able to start the program until March 2010 due to coming school holidays but are excited about meeting new friends.

Melbourne
Australia
www.willmottparkps.vic.edu.au

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 5: 0 boys and 5 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Mrs. Megan Sloane
E-mail: sloane.megan.l@edumail.vic.gov.au
Telephone: 03 93056639
Message:
We have students aged between 6 years and 12 years. We are a small group in a large school of hearing students. All students have cochlear implants or hearing aids. One of us uses Australian Sign Language.

Melbourne
Australia
www.yvg.vic.edu.au

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 23: 15 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Julie Gillespie
E-mail: julie.gillespie@yvg.vic.edu.au
Telephone: 03 92627783
Message:
We are a preschool to Year 12 campus and have 26 students from 4yrs- 19yrs. We are a Unit in a mainstream independent school where spoken language is the mode of communication. 15 students have cochlear implants

Bairnsdale
Australia ** NEW

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 6: 3 boys and 3 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Sue Neill
E-mail: neill.susan.j@edumail.vic.gov.au
Telephone: +61 412 020 463
Message:
Bairnsdale Deaf Education program is based at Bairnsdale West Primary School in country Victoria. We support students from pre-school through to secondary school. It is a bilingual program with Auslan as the language of instruction and English as a second language.

Nyborg
Denmark ** NEW

Age category: 18+
Number of students: 10: 5 boys and 5 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Anja Jane
E-mail: apr@cfd.dk

Turku
Finland
http://www.tkukoulu.fi/~comalm/

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 8: 4 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Krista Paavola
E-mail: krista.paavola@turku.fi
Telephone: +358-2-2629959
Message:
We have students aged 5-17 . English studies start at the age of 10. Number of students total 130.

Berlin
Germany
http://www.eaeschule.de

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 8: 4 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: J. Koltzsch

Pianezza (Torino)
Italy
www.istitutosorditorino.org

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 29: 15 boys and 14 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Enrico Dolza
E-mail: direzione@istitutosorditorino.org
Telephone: 00393386325157

St. James
Jamaica
www.jcsdeaf.org

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 9: 2 boys and 7 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Dian Thompson
E-mail: jcsd_1@yahoo.com
Telephone: 912-0119
Message:
Thi is a 7th grade high school group. The first language is ASL/JSL.

Kingston
Jamaica ** NEW
jamdeaf.org.jm

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 5: 1 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Dawn Williams
E-mail: dwilliams@jamdeaf.org.jm
Telephone: 876-4480087
Message:
I am interested in being a partner.

Osaka
Japan

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 30: 15 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: YOSHIDA Shinya
E-mail: earth21shinbay@yahoo.co.jp
Message:
We have 2 sections for 13-15 years old and 16-18. All students likes English but can not write well. We let them communicate and enjoy interacting with teachters. Thank you.

Beirut
Lebanon
www.alhadi.org.lb

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 27: 15 boys and 12 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Tamam Kanaan
E-mail: alhadi@mabarrat.org.lb
Telephone: 01-457575
Message:
Hi I'm the english coordinator in the Institute. We have classes for all levels.

Beirut
Lebanon
http://www.lcd-lebanon.org

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 17: 7 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Dr. Hussein Ismail
E-mail: lcd_lebanon@idm.net.lb
Telephone: 00961 5 954584
Message:
The High School program, which is the only program in Lebanon, offer deaf students to complete their high school studies, to allow them to enter to universities to major of their choices. We welcome and encourage to have a contact with one of these high school students, to improve English and to exchange information.

Skopje
Macedonia ** NEW

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 25: 15 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Frederika Tasevska
E-mail: freditasevska@yahoo.com
Message:
Partenija Zografski is a high school for deaf students in Skopje, Macedonia. We are intrested in exchanging information and experience with students from other countries. It`s our pleasure to cooperate and share knowledge.

Windhoek
Namibia ** NEW

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 24: 15 boys and 9 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Nanyeni Paul Linekela
E-mail: nanyenip@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: +264812846018/ +26461212659
Message:
Our school has about 124 learners who are Deaf and HoH. Have grades range from Grade0-Grade 10. Our medium of communication is Namibian Sign Langauage and English, our school is a member of the Namibian National Association of the Deaf.

Stavanger
Norway

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 5: 1 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Lena Marit Tønder
E-mail: lenatonder_no@yahoo.no
Message:
My name is Lena Tønder and I am the teacher for the Deaf students in college (age group 16-19). All my students are deaf and some of them have good level of english. I think this is a good way of improving their english much better. Looking forward to a good teamwork. Regards Lena

Warsaw
Poland ** NEW
www.instytut-gluchoniemych.waw.pl

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 27: 12 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Karolina Smakowska
E-mail: karolina.smakowska@gmail.com
Telephone: +48 506 832 088

Warsaw
Poland ** NEW
www.instytut-gluchoniemych.waw.pl

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 16: 6 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Karolina Smakowska
E-mail: karolina.smakowska@gmail.com
Telephone: +48 506 832 088

Warsaw
Poland ** NEW
http://www.instytut-gluchoniemych.waw.pl/

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 30: 15 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Bartosz Wilimborek
E-mail: b.wilimborek@gmail.com
Telephone: +48-889-179-450
Message:
Hello! We'd really like to start a project and make friends with students from other schools. Hope to get in touch!

Warszawa
Poland ** NEW
www.instytut-gluchoniemych.waw.pl

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 30: 15 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Ewa Czerkawska
E-mail: Ewa.Czerkawska@gmail.com
Telephone: +486280431
Message:
Warsaw Deaf Institute students are looking for some friends to work on a project together.

Falkirk
Scotland
windsorparkschool@falkirk.gov.uk

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 5: 5 boys and 0 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Mrs. Catherine Finestone
E-mail: catherine.finestone@falkirk.gov.uk
Telephone: 01324 508640
Message:
We are a school for the deaf which caters for children 5-18. We currently have 5 boys aged 6-10, 4 girls 5-9 and 5 boys from 14-16. We also have the outreach services for deaf and visually impaired children and families and provide support from diagnosis to school leaving age.

Falkirk
Scotland
www.wproom1.edublogs.org

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 9: 5 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Mrs Lauren Maley
E-mail: lauren.maley@falkirk.gov.uk
Telephone: 0441324508640
Message:
We are a school for the deaf in Central Scotland who are looking for opportunities to establish links with an international school for the deaf.

kandy
Srilanka
www.cpdwa-srilanka.com

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 4: 0 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: N. Shamila McCluskey
E-mail: bspeiris@hotmail.com
Message:
my brother Tissa Peiris ASL Instructor & Multicultural Specialist Center of International Programs and Services English Language Institute 800 Florida Ave, NE Washington,D.C. 20002 Tel:202 651 5815 VP:202 250 2512 My best friend mrs shamila they have stay in USA, she will plan to support us for montessori deaf children school in the future , n_mccluskey@hotmail.com; tissa peiris (tissa.peiris@gallaudet.edu);

Härnösand
Sweden
www.spsm.se/kristinaskolan

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 20: 10 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Ingrid Bolander
E-mail: ingrid.bolander@spsm.se
Message:
In our School we have students from 6-17 years old. The youngest don´t know english, but the older are quite good at it. Some of our students are hard of hearing, some are deaf and more and more students has CI.

Örebro
Sweden ** NEW
www.spsm.se/Skolor/Birgittaskolan/

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 21: 9 boys and 12 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Maria Hermanson
E-mail: maria.hermanson@spsm.se
Message:
Our students are 15-17 years old and they study English in school - they are in last grade. In all there are 128 students in our school from 7 - 17 years old. We live in Örebro which is two hours by train west of Stockholm. Here the national higher education for the deaf is located. We hope to make new friends in other countries by writing mail and/or use skype/Oovoo ... Feel free to get in touch with us!

's-Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands
www.mbo-deschalm.nl

Age category: 18+
Number of students: 10: 2 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Hans Gijsbers
E-mail: h.gijsbers@kw1c.nl
Telephone: 0031653276634

Sint Michielsgestel ('s-Hertogenbosch)
The Netherlands
www.kentalis.nl/Compas

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 5: 2 boys and 3 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: S. Havinga
E-mail: s.havinga@kentalis.nl

Haren
The Netherlands ** NEW
www.guyotvso.nl

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 16: 4 boys and 12 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Marije Drogt
E-mail: m.drogt@kentalis.nl

Istanbul
Turkey ** NEW
http://www.mimarsinanisitmeengelliler.k12.tr

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 30: 15 boys and 15 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: gülümer karabulut
E-mail: mimarsinan1889@hotmail.com
Telephone: 05063813001
Message:
We have been looking for an hearing-impaired school to work on a comenius project.. We are 'Mimar Sinan Hearing and Impaired Primary school ' in Fatih/ÝSTANBUL. If you are looking for a partner, we are ready to work with you. We organise many activities (sport facilities, drama, theatre, music, dance) for our deaf and dump students apart from the classroom activities and have gained many important awards in the national area. We use ICT technologies in every classroom. Our school was founded in 1889 in Ottoman Times and have a long history.

Izmir
Turkey ** NEW

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 20: 10 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Sakin San
E-mail: sakinsan@gmail.com
Telephone: +905335590334
Message:
We are a school for the deaf in Izmir/Turkey who are looking for partners to collaborate in a comenius project.

St Albans
United Kingdom
http://www.heathlands.herts.sch.uk/

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 13: 5 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Sara Head
E-mail: Sara.head@heathlands.herts.sch.uk
Message:
We are an all age school from 2- 16+ but we are especially interested in this project for our 7 -11 year olds. The number in the chort varies hugely but current numbers who would be interested in an immediate start are: UP1 (age 7-9) three boys, four girls UP2 (Special needs - would possibly be able to write a class email to another class but would need lots of adult support to write own emails - one boy, six girls) UP3 age 10-11 - two boys four girls. The pupils live in England and therefore English is the native national language but their first language is BSL so English is their second language.

Manchester
United Kingdom ** NEW

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 20: 10 boys and 10 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Tina Kirwin
E-mail: t.kirwin@newbrook.manchester.sch.uk
Telephone: 07739955648
Message:
We are a service and we have children aged between6 and 16 who are interested in writing to one or more schools in Austalia. Some children sign others are oral students

Tucson
USA

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 10: 4 boys and 6 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Julie Aguirre
E-mail: julie.aguirre@asdb.az.gov
Telephone: 520.770.3479

Clarkston
USA
www.aasdweb.com/

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 0: 0 boys and 0 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Elyse Ferrell
E-mail: eferrell@doe.k12.ga.us
Telephone: 404-296-7101
Message:
Our school has 200 students ranging in age from 3 to 22. If you would like a penpal, please contact me and let me know the age and gender of your desired penpal. I will work with the other teachers at our school to find an appropriate penpal for your student. We can't wait to get to know you and learn more about your amazing country! Elyse Ferrell Social Studies Teacher Atlanta Area School for the Deaf

Islip Terrace, New York
USA
http://www.clearyschool.org/

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 19: 11 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Richard Stelle
E-mail: rstelle@eischools.org
Telephone: 631 224 2160
Message:
Our school has classes for deaf students ages 14 to 21. Many students attend class with hearing peers. We would enjoy being in contact with students from other schools around the world.

Cave Springs
USA
www.gsdweb.org

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 18: 10 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Melissa Williams
E-mail: mewilliams@doe.k12.ga.us
Telephone: 706-777-2323
Message:
We are thrilled to be able to partner with another deaf school. Our middle school students are excited to start on this project and make friends around the world.

Indianapolis
USA
www.deafhoosiers.com

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 29: 15 boys and 14 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Donna Harris
E-mail: dharris@isd.k12.in.us
Telephone: 941-224-1063
Message:
I teach 5th and 6th grade English. We want to meet other deaf people around the world! Although students are native Americans, American Sign Language is their first language; they are learning English as a second language.

Faribault
USA

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 11: 5 boys and 6 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Pamela Meinhardt
E-mail: pam.meinhardt@msad.state.mn.us

Santa Fe
USA
http://www.nmsd.k12.nm.us/

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 4: 0 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Laurie Anderson
E-mail: laurie.anderson@nmsd.k12.nm.us

Rochester, NY
USA
http://www.rsdeaf.org/

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 14: 6 boys and 8 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Catherine Kipp
E-mail: ckipp@rsdeaf.org
Message:
My students are actually middle school aged (11-14). Most of them are native ASL users who are learning English as a second language.

Lincolnshire
USA

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 8: 4 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Gail Wright
E-mail: gwright@d125.org
Telephone: 847-415-4873
Message:
I am the Itinerant Teacher for students in the mainstream setting at Stevenson High School.

Pittsburgh
USA
www.wpsd.org

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 5: 1 boys and 4 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Dana Dailey
E-mail: ddailey@wpsd.org
Message:
This is a class of 11th grade students. Their first language is American Sign Language. We welcome this opportunity to improve English skills.

Pittsburgh
USA
www.wpsd.org

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 4: 1 boys and 3 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Dana Dailey
E-mail: ddailey@wpsd.org
Message:
This is a class of 9th grade students. Their first language is American Sign Language. We welcome this opportunity to improve English skills.

Tucson, Arizona
USA ** NEW

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 8: 5 boys and 3 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Melissa Brown
E-mail: melissa.brown@asdb.az.gov

Colorado Springs
USA ** NEW
www.csdb.org

Age category: 9-12
Number of students: 5: 3 boys and 2 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Shay White
E-mail: swhite@csdb.org
Message:
I would like to start this pen pal.

Colorado Springs
USA ** NEW
csdb.org

Age category: 6-9
Number of students: 5: 3 boys and 2 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Shay White
E-mail: swhite@csdb.org
Telephone: 719-578-2221
Message:
I have one deaf girl who is 10 years old and others are age 7 to 9.

St Augustine
USA ** NEW

Age category: 12-15
Number of students: 13: 7 boys and 6 girls
Indication of English: no natives

Coordination: Jen Kilpatrick
E-mail: kilpatrickj@fsdb.k12.fl.us
Message:
I have 8th Grade students this year. One class is reading close to or on grade level. The other class is beginning readers...so I have all levels! One of my students in particular would love to have a pen pal who knows some Spanish! Please contact me. We'd love to have pen pals!

Vancouver, WA
USA ** NEW
www.wsd.wa.gov

Age category: 15-18
Number of students: 14: 7 boys and 7 girls
Indication of English: natives

Coordination: Deba Pietsch
E-mail: Deba.Pietsch@wsd.wa.gov