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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New# Staff Writer
Ester Settle is giving some special youngsters at Rappahannock Elementary School a very special gift. She’s giving them the opportunity to learn a skill that most so-called normal children will never master, a skill that they can demonstrate with pride to their family, friends and classmates.
Two days a week. Ester spends 45 minutes with retared youngsters in Betsy Coffey’s special education class, teaching them sign language. Since she began in October, the kids have progressed from the English sign alphabet to expressing complex ideas and emotions with their hands.
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