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"Seniors of the Oklahoma School for the Blind Graduate May 21st" (5-09-08)

For immediate release
Contact: Dana Tallon at 405-951-3400 or 800-845-8476
Email: dtallon@okdrs.gov

The Oklahoma School for the Blind 2008 Senior Class — (left to right) Daniel Flanagan , Stanley Hodge, Dayna Malaer, Ashley Williams, Alex Myers and Josiah Selfridge (Grant Breslin not pictured).

Muskogee, Okla. — The Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB) proudly announces that the graduating class of 2008 will celebrate commencement on May 21st, at noon in OSB auditorium, 3300 Gibson Street, Muskogee, Okla.

Making this year’s class special are Grant Thomas Lewis Breslin, Daniel Ryan Flanagan, Stanley Kyle Hodge, Dayna Michelle Malaer, Alex Christopher Myers, Johnathan Josiah Bartlett Selfridge and Ashley Renee Williams.

“I just can’t believe it’s time again for another group to graduate,” Karen Kizzia, OSB superintendent, said. “Many were just little ones when they came.”

“I am very proud of them for achieving this milestone and I know that this is just the first of many great things to come. I know they have work hard for this success and will continue to succeed in the years ahead,” said Kizzia.

OSB is a division of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS), a state agency which assists Oklahomans with disabilities through vocational rehabilitation, education, employment, independent living programs and the determination of medical eligibility for disability benefits.

OSB was founded in 1897 at Fort Gibson as a private school for children who are blind or visually impaired. Over the past 100 years, the school has provided education programs at no charge for thousands of students with visual disabilities, from students who attend school on campus to those served through outreach programs for families, public school teachers and communities statewide.

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