Addyson
Addyson started attending Clarke Philadelphia’s Preschool Program when she was three. Today, she is exceling at her neighborhood elementary school. Her mom says, “To think, when Addyson entered Clarke she was only babbling and you could only understand a few
Shane
Shane is profoundly deaf and learned to listen and talk at Clarke Philadelphia. His mom honored the anniversary of the day her son’s hearing technology was activated by noting: “We have celebrated every sound, word and phrase and are thankful
Mariam
Mariam moved to Massachusetts from Pakistan at the age of six and began attending Clarke Northampton as a first grader in the K-8 Program. After graduating from Clarke in 2004, Mariam went on to Northampton High School where she continued
Garrett
Garrett has bilateral hearing loss and started his journey at Clarke Florida when he was 18 months old. Garrett has a passion for music and has been playing the piano for four years. Garrett has been a long-time Listening and
Genie
Genie’s journey at Clarke began when her family moved almost 8,000 miles—from the United Arab Emirates to the U.S.— to access Clarke’s Birth to Three and Preschool Programs in Florida. “We originally planned to travel to Florida for one month
Nura
Nura came to Clarke as a three-year-old with no vocabulary, and by the time she was three-and-a-half, she was a completely different person, says her mom Ketty. She began speaking in full sentences, following instructions and interacting with her peer
Janiyah
When Janiyah first started at Clarke, completing a sentence was difficult for her, remembers her mother, Shika. And soon she was a completely different child, says Shika. Janiyah moved on to a mainstream kindergarten classroom in the fall of 2018,
Trysta
Trysta, born deaf, received cochlear implants soon after her first birthday. “My parents have taught me that the cochlear implants are just a part of who I am,” she says. “Similar to how people wear eye glasses to see, I
Karsen
Karsen attended Clarke Jacksonville until Kindergarten when he graduated from Clarke’s Preschool / Early Childhood Program. Now he’s in his neighborhood mainstream school where he is an honor roll student. Karsen excels in math and civics, and even was invited
