​卡尔加里教育委员会（Calgary Board of Education），卡尔加里天主教教育局（Calgary Catholic School District）与ASVI（Alberta Society of the Visually Impaired）合作，在2019年3月8日在Kingsland Centre举办了第15届亚伯达盲文挑战赛。该比赛共有23名学生参加，其中有7名学生从整个亚伯达省赶来参加比赛。

祝贺今年晋级决赛的选手们，决赛将于6月21日至22日在南加州大学举行。

• 哈比巴 H.，大学学校（University School）
• 卡登 J.，雷德迪尔（Red Deer）
• 维达 B.，圣艾伯特（St. Albert）

盲文挑战赛是北美唯一面向盲人或视力障碍人士的学术竞赛。盲文研究所开发了这个比赛，旨在激励学生练习和提高他们的盲文识字技能，这对于学业和就业成功至关重要。

任何会阅读和书写盲文的1-12年级的盲人或视力障碍学生都有资格参加盲文挑战赛。参赛者将接受基本盲文技能的考验，如阅读理解、拼写、速度和准确性、校对以及图表和图形。

来自加拿大和美国各地的学生参加初赛。得分排名前50名的学生将被邀请于6月前往洛杉矶参加总决赛。盲文研究所将提供学生及其监护人前往洛杉矶的机票。

更多信息：

• 盲文研究所
• 2019年盲文挑战赛决赛选手

​The Calgary Board of Education, Calgary Catholic School District, in partnership with ASVI (Alberta Society of the Visually Impaired) held the 15th annual Alberta Braille Challenge on Mar. 8, 2019 at Kingsland Centre. Twenty-three students participated and seven students travelled from all over Alberta to attend.

Congratulations to this year’s winners who have qualified for the finals, which will take place on June 21-22 at the University of Southern California.

• Habiba H., University School
• Caden J., Red Deer
• Veda B., St. Albert

The Braille Challenge is the only academic competition of its kind in North America for students who are blind or visually impaired. The Braille Institute developed the competition as a way to motivate students to practice and hone their braille literacy skills, which are essential to academic and employment success.

Any blind or visually impaired student in Grades 1-12 who can read and write braille is eligible to participate in the Braille Challenge. Contestants are tested on fundamental braille skills such as reading comprehension, spelling, speed and accuracy, proofreading, and charts and graphs.

Students from all across Canada and the United States participate in the preliminary rounds. The top-scoring 50 are invited to Los Angeles in June for the final round. The Braille Institute will fly the student and a guardian to Los Angeles to participate.

More information:

• Braille Institute
• 2019 Braille Challenge Finalists