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Summit Area Public Foundation Awards Grant to Summit Speech School
The Summit Area Public Foundation, a longtime supporter of Summit Speech School, recently awarded a $35,000 grant to the School. The funds will be used toward a capital improvement project including replacement of the roof at the School’s building in New Providence.
The Summit Area Public Foundation has been a regular supporter of the School since 1990, when it provided $1,000 to help with the cost of moving into the present New Providence location. Since that first grant, the Foundation has awarded $669,000 to the School; recent grants have provided critical support for its Parent/Infant Program which serves the families of babies and toddlers who have been diagnosed with a hearing loss.
Established in 1972, the Foundation makes grants to local non-profits in areas like education, health care, the arts, human services, and other community needs, and also administers donor-advised and restricted-purpose funds.
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About Summit Speech School
Summit Speech School was founded in 1967 to teach deaf and hard of hearing children to listen and speak for themselves, so they can succeed as part of the hearing world. The School works with children and their families, from infancy through high school, to develop skills in listening, learning, and communicating, building on the student’s own hearing ability supplemented with modern technology such as hearing aids and cochlear implants.
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In addition to the Parent/Infant Program, the School offers a Preschool for children 3-5 years old that prepares them to enter mainstream schools in kindergarten or first grade, and a Mainstream Support Program serving children in grades K-12 in local schools throughout northern and central New Jersey. An in-house Audiology Center specializes in working with children so their hearing can be tested properly and assistance provided if they need it.
The School currently serves about 215 children from throughout northern and central New Jersey, and in September opened a satellite preschool class in Burlington County. Over the years, its students have shown remarkable success in building happy and productive lives that transcend their hearing loss.
