Hume Resident Receives High School Diploma from The Hadley School for the Blind
Hume resident Leann
Shultz has received her high school diploma from The Hadley School
for the Blind, an international distance education school based in
Winnetka, Ill.
Since the 1930s, The Hadley School for the Blind has offered a
nationally-recognized, accredited High School Program available to
students with visual impairments age 14 and up who live in the United
States. Students can earn their diploma directly from Hadley, or they
can choose to graduate from their hometown high school by applying
Hadley course credits toward existing schoolwork. In working toward a
Hadley diploma, students may also transfer credit earned from their
previous high school.
When Shultz was 5
years old, her parents discovered she was having trouble seeing. She
was eventually diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. School was a
struggle for Shultz. She had trouble seeing the blackboard and
completing her work and was often teased by her peers.
With her limited
vision and without a high school diploma, Shultz was still able to
raise three children. Eventually, she learned about Hadley through a
friend.
“I enrolled
because I wanted my high school diploma so badly, I was willing to
try again,” she says. “I had a tutor when I needed extra help and
good teachers.”
Shultz is happy to
be able to prove to her grandchildren that you are never too old to
learn, and she recommends Hadley to individuals who are visually
impaired who want to further their education.
About Hadley: Founded in 1920,
The Hadley School for the Blind’s mission is to promote independent
living through lifelong, distance education programs for people who
are blind or visually impaired, their families and blindness service
providers. The world’s largest educator of braille, Hadley serves
10,000 students in all 50 states and 100 countries each year and
thousands more through Seminars@Hadley, free “just in time”
webinars on a variety of vision-related topics. For more information,
visit www.hadley.edu or call 800-323-4238.
