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Below is the latest version of the Reaching Out Newsletter.  For the entire series click the Newsletter link above.

January 2021 Reaching Out - North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind in Adobe Acrobat version

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NDVS/SB Maintenance Worker

Chad in a selfie with the main entrance sign for NDVS/SB in the background.The maintenance team at NDVS/SB have been called jugglers in the past. They juggle two sides of a building – ND Vision Services and Community High School. They juggle weather extremes, from snow removal to lawn mowing. They juggle all sorts of staff needs, from hanging pictures to fixing plumbing issues, from moving furniture to washing windows. But now we have an actual juggler on staff. Chad Lizakowski, who started working at NDVS/SB in August, is a self-taught juggler. He even taught his daughter, and the two now occasionally compete against each other. “It’s been fun making videos that sometimes have gone viral on the internet!” Chad says. Whether he’s juggling for fun or juggling all sorts of tasks on the job, Chad is excited to be working at NDVS/SB, and we are thrilled to have him on staff. Read on to learn more about Chad.

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Coach. Professor. Phy ed teacher. And now a teacher at ND Vision Services/School for the Blind. Ashley Chase’s career has always reheadshot of a woman with long blonde hair wearing a white V-neck blouse.volved around education. Ashley, who will be working alongside Regional Coordinators across the state as well as helping support short-term programming in Grand Forks, just began her new role in August, but she is already looking at long-term opportunities and will be pursuing another graduate degree in Orientation & Mobility at Portland State starting this spring. “I love empowering people to be the very best version of themselves and try to meet aspirations that they may have in their life – and that is what NDVS/SB does,” she says. “I knew I wanted to be a part of that mission every day!” Continue reading to learn more about Ashley.

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Headshot of a professional woman with blonde shoulder-length hair wearing a navy blazer and white shirt.NDVS/SB Assistive Technology Teacher

If you asked me years ago whether I would someday return to North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind (NDVS/SB), I probably would have been surprised. Yet, in many ways, coming to NDVS/SB feels less like starting over and more like coming home.

Where did you grow up and go to school?

I grew up in northeastern Minnesota, where being outdoors and participating in sports were a big part of my childhood. I spent a lot of time outside, and that love of activity, adventure, and being part of a team has stayed with me throughout my life.

I also come from a family of healthcare providers, so for much of my childhood, I assumed my destiny would be to become a nurse or a doctor. My first experiences in that world came through working as a lifeguard at Camp Courage and later at Camp Esquagama. Those experiences gave me a glimpse into healthcare and confirmed that I enjoyed the medical side of helping people.

But I discovered something else, too. I really enjoyed working with people, building relationships, teaching, and helping others learn and grow.

That realization helped change the direction of my life.

I eventually found my way to education and discovered that it allowed me to combine my love of people with my curiosity, creativity, and passion for learning. Education became much more than a career—it became a calling.

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