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	Perkins School for the Blind - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perkins School for the Blind at Watertown, Mass.; chartered 1829, opened 1832 in South Boston as the New England Asylum for the Blind, with Samuel G. Howe as its director; moved 1912.
		From 1877 to 1955 it was called the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind.
		It was the first chartered school for blind children in the United States.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-perkinss.html (317 words)

	ECMS Inc. - Perkins School For The Blind
		The Perkins School for the Blind Campus, chartered in 1829 was the first school for the blind in the United States.
		The school is licensed as a group-care facility by the Office of Child Care Services, and Massachusetts Departments of Education and Mental Retardation.
		Perkins is located on a 38-acre campus 3/4 of a mile from Watertown Square.
	www.ecmsinc.com /perkins.htm (192 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perkins school was incorporated in 1829 and, using rooms in his father's Boston home for classes, the director, Samuel Gridley Howe, opened the doors of the School in 1832.
		Perkins continued to develop "firsts." For example, the Hayes-Binet test was introduced in 1920 and revealed that the intelligence of the blind population is no different from those who can see.
		Perkins launched its Outreach to Elders Program in 1991 to assist the growing population of seniors who are losing or have lost their eyesight.
	www.perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us /section.php?id=53 (896 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The school was founded by John Dix Fisher in 1829 as the "'New England Asylum for the Blind'", and currently located in Watertown, Massachusetts.
		The school is named in honor of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, a wealthy and visually-impaired 19th century Boston shipping merchant, who was one of the organization's incorporators.
		The school moved to its present Watertown campus in the autumn of 1912.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perkins_School_for_the_Blind (245 words)

	BostonWorks - Perkins School for the Blind Jobs and Employer Profile
		Perkins has been, and continues to be, a source of inspiration and opportunity for people who are blind, deafblind or with multiple disabilities across the nation and the world.
		True to its Mission, Perkins School for the Blind continues to grow and evolve with the needs, desires and dreams of its students and their families.
		Perkins is an accredited member of the New England Association of Independent Schools and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Department of Public Health, and by the Commonwealth's Office of Child Care Services.
	bostonworks.boston.com /research/profiles/perkins_school.shtml (395 words)

	Thomas Handasyd Perkins
		Thomas Handasyd Perkins (December 15, 1764-January 11, 1854) was a successful China trade merchant, a philanthropist, an important Boston Federalist, a leader in the cultural life of Boston, and the founding patron of the world-renowned Perkins School for the Blind.
		In 1788 Perkins was married to Sally Elliot at the Federal Street Church by Jeremy Belknap.
		In 1825 Perkins was instrumental in encouraging the purchase of a granite quarry in Quincy, Massachusetts and then, to move the granite, in developing one of the first horse-drawn railways in America, the Granite Railway.
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/thomasperkins.html (1647 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind Music Student Celebrates Thanksgiving With Debut Symphony Orchestra Performance
		The first blind child to be educated in Chad, he was discovered at a concert in N'Djamena, the capital, by Michele Halstead, the wife of David Halstead, the former U.S. Ambassador to Chad who was astonished to discover that he was blind and losing his hearing.
		Perkins School for the Blind helps people who are blind or low visioned, deafblind and multi-handicapped to reach beyond expectations.
		The nation's first school for the blind, Perkins was established in 1829 and provides academic and life skill services to all ages, including infants and elders in their homes, school-age children on campus, and deafblind children in programs around the world.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-19-2002/0001844145&EDATE= (665 words)

	Search Results for "Perkins"
		Perkins School for the Blind, at Watertown, Mass.; chartered 1829, opened 1832 in South Boston as the New England Asylum for the Blind, with Samuel G. Howe as its...
		...work with the blind; he was the organizer of the New England Asylum for the Blind (now the Perkins School for the Blind) and was its head for 44 years.
		In collaboration with Ohio Wesleyan Univ., it operates the Perkins Observatory near Delaware, Ohio, and the Perkins telescope near Flagstaff,...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Perkins (248 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind Jobs - Employment Opportunities at Monster.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perkins School for the Blind was the first school for the blind chartered in the United States in 1829.
		For almost 175 years the staff at Perkins have been providing quality services to students and clients who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind and multiply impaired.
		Perkins School for the blind is an equal opportunity employer.
	company.monster.com /pschoolb (174 words)

	perkins school for the blind -- perkins school for the blind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Oklahoma School for the Blind (Parkview School) Oregon School for the Blind Overbrook School for the Blind Perkins School for the Blind South Carolina School for the Deaf/Blind South Dakota School for...
		Perkins School for the Blind: The Perkins School for the Blind is the sponsoring agency for the New England Center Deafblind Project.
		Perkins School for the Blind Perkins School for the Blind was chartered as the first school for the blind in the United States in 1829.
	www.ublinds.com /perkinsschoolfortheblind (3810 words)

	Landmark Volunteers. Youth across America.
		Perkins’ mission is to help those who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or have multiple disabilities reach their greatest possible independence.
		Having just celebrated its 175th anniversary, Perkins School for the Blind’s mission is to ensure that people who are blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind, or with multiple disabilities reach their greatest possible independence.
		Perkins provides all its students with the tools and knowledge to form a pathway toward a maximum level of independence.
	www.volunteers.com /programs/printprogram.php?ProgramID=45 (661 words)

	The last dance - The Boston Globe
		Like most seniors closing a defining chapter of their lives, students from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown had a vision: A prom in a dimly lit hall.
		The oldest facility for the blind in the United States, its most famous student was author and social worker Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind.
		Also, all Perkins seniors were crowned king and queen in a mid-prom ceremony filled with tears and applause.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/06/05/the_last_dance_prom_for_perkins_school_students_is_both_familiar_unique (732 words)

	Project Uplink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		American Foundation for the Blind – Since 1921, the American Foundation for the Blind — to which Helen Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life — has been eliminating barriers that prevent people who are blind or visually impaired from reaching their potential.
		Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, Virginia – The mission of the Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired is to enable blind or visually impaired individuals to achieve their maximum level of employment, education and personal independence.
		Perkins School for the Blind – Chartered in 1829, Perkins School for the Blind was the first school for the blind in the United States.
	www.vcu.edu /uplink/links/vision_hearing.html (776 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind - Wal-Mart
		Founded in Boston in 1829, Perkins School for the Blind was the first school of its kind in the United States.
		Perkins pioneered education for people who are deafblind when seven-year-old Laura Bridgman became the first deafblind person to learn language, in 1837.
		Perkins School for the Blind pays tribute to this groundbreaking institution and its legacy of establishing education programs that bring hope and dignity to more than forty thousand people with blindness and deafblindness worldwide.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2698465 (536 words)

	Stonyfield Yogurt - Moos Releases
		In addition to the challenges of being blind or visually impaired with multiple disabilities, some Perkins students also tend to get less exercise and are more likely to be overweight than their sighted peers.
		Perkins is the sixth school in Massachusetts to have one of Stonyfield's vending machines, which are now in six states.
		Celebrating its 175th anniversary, Perkins is the first school for the blind in the country, where Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan were educated.
	www.stonyfield.com /aboutus/MoosReleases_Display.cfm?pr_id=84 (797 words)

	KLAS - Perkins Recognized as Computerworld Finalist
		Perkins School for the Blind Recognized as 2004 Computerworld Honors Finalist
		June 7, 2004 - At a fl-tie dinner in Washington, D.C., Perkins School for the Blind received recognition as a finalist in the 2004 Computerworld Honors Collection.
		Perkins was nominated in the category of Education and Academia.
	www.klas.com /AnnouncementsCW04.html (450 words)

	Perkins School for the Blind: Girl scout, girl, scout, troop, deafblind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Boston, October 24, 2000--The Perkins School for the Blind will inaugurate the nation's only Girl Scout troop solely for girls who are both deaf and blind at a special induction at 5:00 p.m.
		The Perkins School for the Blind is the nation's first school for the blind and was chartered in 1829.
		Perkins programs provide educational training opportunities for students from birth to 22 years of age and services for adults in residential, day and community-based programs.
	www.perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us /news_details.php?StepTwo_ID=7 (502 words)

	Conrad N. Hilton Foundation v1.0
		Rothstein pointed out that the Perkins School is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. He said, "We're very proud that Helen Keller studied here, but take equal pride in the fact that her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was a graduate. Perkins has a long tradition as the teacher of teachers."
		Perkins supports over 120 programs in 50 countries and now serves almost 8,000 children in 225 schools or communities. Just fifteen years ago, Perkins was reaching only 250 children in 11 programs in developing countries, Rothstein noted.
		When they looked for a school for Alex, neither the School for the Deaf or the School for the Blind would accept him because of his dual disability.
	www.hiltonfoundation.org /press_release_details.asp?id=32 (636 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Blindness has not prevented her from becoming an Olympic athlete and completing her master’s degree in the education of deafblind children.
		The oldest school for the blind in the
		Perkins staff also work in the community with infants, children and elders who have lost their sight.
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=10546 (332 words)

	Dear America: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
		The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
		When Bess leaves her family to attend the Perkins School for the Blind, youngsters get to follow the education of a blind girl in America’s first school to provide formal education for the blind.
		The Perkins School for the Blind opened its doors to students in 1832 and counts as one of its students, the famous Helen Keller.
	scholastic.com /dearamerica/parentteacher/guides/dearamerica/mirror.htm (2340 words)

	BERKLEE \| Press Release
		Perkins School for the Blind helps 40,000 people in New England and around the globe lead independent lives in the face of physical obstacles.
		Blind, autistic, and a musical savant, DeBlois was the subject of a 1997 CBS television movie-of-the-week, "Journey of the Heart," which starred Cybil Shepherd.
		Founded in 1829 as the nation's first school for the blind, Perkins School for the Blind, located in Watertown, Massachusetts, has been and continues to be a source of inspiration and opportunity for people across the nation and the world who are blind, deaf-blind, or with multiple disabilities.
	www.berklee.edu /opi/2004/0114.html (1189 words)

	Jazz Press Release - Jazz Pianist/Composer Lisa Hilton Performs and Teaches at Perkins School for the Blind@ ...
		Students at Perkins School for the Blind may not have been able to see the vivacious blonde perform, but they hung on her every word and note, when jazz composer/pianist Lisa Hilton conducted a Master Class at the school earlier this year.
		The first school for the blind in the country, Perkins educated Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan.
		Today Perkins serves 60,000 people who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired—from babies to school-age children to elders—here and in 55 developing countries around the world.
	www.jazzreview.com /article/review-4590.html (461 words)

	State Resource Fact Sheets: Massachusetts
		Perkins Outreach Services include a variety of services for individuals who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired who attend local and/or public schools.
		The Deafblind Program at the Perkins School for the Blind provides day and residential educational services to approximately sixty students who are deafblind.
		The Infant/Toddler Program at Perkins School for the Blind provides family centered services to children who are blind, visually handicapped, deafblind or multi-handicapped, from birth to three years of age.
	www.tr.wou.edu /dblink/people/statefact/showstate.cfm?state=MA&display=Massachusetts (1818 words)

	National Council of Private Agencies for the Blind and Visually Impaired - Locations/Services
		Perkins School for the Blind, founded over 175 years ago as the first school for the blind in the United States, seeks an aspirational and seasoned executive to bring strategic vision and leadership to the comprehensive fund-raising and communication efforts of its recently established Foundation.
		Reporting to the School’s President, Steven M. Rothstein, and with a dotted-line relationship to the Chair of the Foundation Board of Directors, the CAO and Executive Director will manage and lead the development and communication strategies, including recruiting Board members and launching the Foundation’s first capital campaign, the largest in Perkins’ history.
		Perkins School for the Blind is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.
	www.ncpabvi.org /jobs.asp (1033 words)

	Welcome to Idealist.org - Imagine. Connect. Act. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Perkins School for the Blind is the first school for the blind charted in the United States in 1829.
		For over 175 years the staff at Perkins have been providing quality services to students and clients who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind and multi-impaired.
		Perkins programs provide educational training opportunities for students from birth to 22 years and services for adults in residential, day and community-based programs.
	www.idealist.org /if/idealist/en/CareerFair/RegisteredOrg/default?career-fair-id=142&org-id=13334&sid=70882925-10-IgDUU (197 words)

	Hilton Foundation Awards $10.2 Million Grant to Perkins School for the Blind :: PNNOnline ::
		Steven M. Rothstein, president of Perkins School for the Blind, and Steven M. Hilton, president of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, announced today that the Hilton Foundation has awarded $10.2 million to the school to expand its work in developing countries.
		Rothstein pointed out that the Perkins School is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year.
		Perkins supports over 120 programs in 50 countries and now serves almost 8,000 children in 225 schools or communities.
	www.pnnonline.org /article.php?sid=5189&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (917 words)

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