Whitman, Lafayette Staff Members Support Deaf Research; Participate in Run for Community Services

Staff members from Whitman and Lafayette Elementary Schools, which count among their outstanding student bodies many deaf and hard-of-hearing students, participated in this year's Color Me RAD 5K race, helping to raise funds for Deaf Community Services of San Diego.

Several of Whitman's school's deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers participated, including Michelle Froman, Jeanne Cicchetto, Beth Gallimore, Laura Kim and Marianne Watson, along with teacher Cathy Watson and audiologist Marcia Veltre. Beth Gallimore and Laura Kim, both deaf and hard-of-hearing teachers at Lafayette, also participated.

The fun 5K wound through downtown San Diego and included an area where runners were blasted with colored cornstarch. The result? Some very colorful fun for a good cause.

For more information on Whitman Elementary, contact Principal Pam Thompson at pthompson1@sandi.net. For more information on Lafayette Elementary, contact principal Jerrilee Fischer-Garza at jfischer-garza@sandi.net.