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School For Deaf Students In Boston Has Moved A Lot, But This Teacher's Been An Inspiration For 20 Years
"The children are the best. There's no other school that has these kinds of kids who are so funny and appreciative," Gemanique Viall said.
December 3, 2024 / 8:00 AM EST
CHARLESTOWN—The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Boston is the oldest public day school in the country.
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It's moved around quite a bit over the years, from Roxbury to Allston, and to its newest location in Charlestown. But despite all the changes, Gemanique Viall has been inspiring students there for 20 years. She teaches English to deaf middle school students as their second language.
"She's really good with helping us learn vocabulary and read books and do our homework, and she really helps a lot with our learning ASL too, and she's just a great teacher," a student using American Sign Language told WBZ-TV through an interpreter.
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Gemanique Viall teaches a class at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf in Charlestown, Mass/CBS Boston
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