David Cornett This is Me

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1. 1. The Times Leader: Pencils, pens -- and sign language - - The Times Leader

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   Published on: 8/18/2004   Last Visited: 8/19/2004

   During a special meeting Tuesday night of the St. Clairsville-Richland City School District's Board of Education, the board approved a recommendation to hire David Cornett as a sign language interpreter for this coming school year. Cornett's employment will allow Brumfield to receive her education in the local public school district.
   
   School officials in St. Clairsville welcomed the incoming student and her new interpreter to the district Tuesday.
   
   "We're very excited about having Dave on board, and we're very excited to have Ashly coming to the school district," said Superintendent Bill Zanders.
   ...
   Cornett was also someone from the St. Clairsville area who was interested in reestablishing his roots back home this summer.
   
   The area native has since studied across the country and worked internationally. A pastor and administrator at St. Anne Parish in Webster Springs, W.Va. since 1999, Cornett is currently on leave for at least a year from the Catholic priesthood.
   
   He was looking forward to spending time with family in the Ohio Valley, and was thrilled to hear through the grapevine that the St. Clairsville school district was looking for a full-time sign language interpreter.
   
   "For me, this is like a dream job," he said. "I've lived away from home for a long time."
   
   Cornett began learning sign language in 1977 while studying at Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa. He continued to work among the deaf while completing graduate studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. His studies took him to Montreal and then to Zaire, where he continued work at African schools for the deaf.
   
   In the 1990s, Cornett worked as director of the deaf Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, in Zaire and the Congo. He subsequently worked at Madonna University in Michigan, serving as an interpreter for a deaf Congolese student.
   
   Cornett is fluent in five languages, including American sign language and Bantu sign language - a Congolese sign language in which he has written two dictionaries.
   
   While in St. Clairsville, Cornett will spend all of his time with Brumfield to help her communicate with all of the teachers and students.
   ...
   Cornett, who is fluent in French and English, said he didn't speak Spanish.
   
   "But that's OK, Ashly," he told her through signs.

2. 2. Deaf Today v2.0: Pencils, pens -- and sign language

   www.deaftoday.com/news/archive - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/18/2004   Last Visited: 2/8/2005

   During a special meeting Tuesday night of the St. Clairsville-Richland City School District's Board of Education, the board approved a recommendation to hire David Cornett as a sign language interpreter for this coming school year. Cornett's employment will allow Brumfield to receive her education in the local public school district.
   
   School officials in St. Clairsville welcomed the incoming student and her new interpreter to the district Tuesday.
   
   "We're very excited about having Dave on board, and we're very excited to have Ashly coming to the school district," said Superintendent Bill Zanders.
   ...
   Cornett was also someone from the St. Clairsville area who was interested in reestablishing his roots back home this summer.
   
   The area native has since studied across the country and worked internationally. A pastor and administrator at St. Anne Parish in Webster Springs, W.Va. since 1999, Cornett is currently on leave for at least a year from the Catholic priesthood.
   
   He was looking forward to spending time with family in the Ohio Valley, and was thrilled to hear through the grapevine that the St. Clairsville school district was looking for a full-time sign language interpreter.
   
   "For me, this is like a dream job," he said. "I've lived away from home for a long time."
   
   Cornett began learning sign language in 1977 while studying at Divine Word College in Epworth, Iowa. He continued to work among the deaf while completing graduate studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. His studies took him to Montreal and then to Zaire, where he continued work at African schools for the deaf.
   
   In the 1990s, Cornett worked as director of the deaf Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, in Zaire and the Congo. He subsequently worked at Madonna University in Michigan, serving as an interpreter for a deaf Congolese student.
   
   Cornett is fluent in five languages, including American sign language and Bantu sign language - a Congolese sign language in which he has written two dictionaries.
   
   While in St. Clairsville, Cornett will spend all of his time with Brumfield to help her communicate with all of the teachers and students.
   ...
   Cornett, who is fluent in French and English, said he didn't speak Spanish.
   
   "But that's OK, Ashly," he told her through signs.