Family Learning and Fun Week 2021/Semana de aprendizaje y diversión familiar 2021

From/De la Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired:

Due to COVID restrictions, our Family Learning and Fun event will be virtual this year. It will include a week of sessions and family fun. Please register below for this exciting event to be held on March 8th-13th.

Debido a las restricciones de COVID, nuestro evento familiar de aprendizaje y diversión será virtual este año. Incluirá una semana de sesiones y diversión familiar. Regístrese a continuación para este emocionante evento que se llevará a cabo del 8 al 13 de marzo.

About the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired

Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired traces its roots back to 1852, when the Louisiana legislature established the Louisiana Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.” In 1870, the State School for the Blind was established on its own campus. In 1898, the school moved to a site on Government Street, and remained at this location until the summer of 2009.

In the 1920’s, the state legislature established the Southern School for the Blind on the campus of Southern University. This was during the days of segregation, and this school was attended by African American students. In 1978, the Southern School for the Blind merged with the State School for the Blind, and the name was changed to Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired.

In the summer of 2009, LSVI moved to Brightside Lane, just south of the LSU campus. LSVI shares the large and beautiful campus at this location with Louisiana School for the Deaf (LSD).

Throughout its more than 150 years as a school and as a home for many of its students, LSVI has maintained an unchanging commitment to offer blind and visually impaired students the academic, career and social opportunities to help them achieve their full potential.

About the Louisiana Deafblind Project

The mission of the Louisiana Deafblind Project for Children & Youth is to provide technical assistance and information dissemination to Louisiana students with combined hearing and vision loss, their families, schools, service providers, school districts, and the Louisiana Department of Education.