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Panning people playing video games.

Taraji: Hello! My name is Taraji (TJ). I want to tell you the latest news. All the eSports MSD Tartars made the playoffs! Yay! I’ll be competing against William. Then Lanyah vs. Channing. Go Tartars! Go! Go!

Marquise standing with Taraji:  (Taraji) I won Round 1 just now. I’ll go on to Round 2. I’ll do my best to beat them, then move on to the Championship. (Marquise) Go Tartars!

Marquise and Taraji are back. Taraji: I made it to Round 2 but didn’t make it to the championship. But don’t worry, I’ll be back next year! I can do it! Go Tartars! Yea! See my shirt! (shows his eSports tshirt).

Camera pans around the room with multiple screens with video games.

Zeek: Fortni… Fortnite! They’re playing, I don’t know, I guess we didn’t win. Now we’re all playing for free. We didn’t make it in the competition,

Lanyah: My name is Lanyah. We were in the playoffs, there were strong players. Channing and I played.

William: My name is William. I lost, oh well. I didn’t do too bad. I was just in the playoffs. I played four games. Go Tartars!

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Opening screen: Black with white lettering, “The Spirit Club had their celebration at Zehnder’s Waterpark in Frankenmuth! April 14, 2025.

Pictures 1 – 3: Students playing on large floating lilypads in a pool.

Pictures 4 and 5: Students in a narrow pool or lazy river.

Pictures 6 – 8: Students in a pool with the floating lilypads and basketball hoops.

Pictures 9 and 10: students on stairway with a wood railing.

Pictures 11 – 18: Kayla handing out certificates to members of the Spirit Club.

Picture 19: Kayla with a student and another man in a pink shirt and tie-dyed towel on the left.

Picture 20: Spirit Club huddle!

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Students each standing in front of walls.

Hello, my name is Molly. This was my first experience with the Pistons. It was a good experience! Thank you Coach Joe, for teaching us students to be basketball players and to build up the confidence to play. Go Pistons in the play offs!

Hello! My name is Channing Kennedy (CK). I want to thank Coach Joe for coming to the Michigan School for the Deaf so we can learn to play basketball. We learned how to pass and shoot. We gained confidence in handling the ball. Thank you for the free basketballs, shirts and tickets! The Pistons played the Boston Celtics. And we were picked to go, thanks for the experience in watching the Pistons play. Now I say “Go go go Detroit Pistons when you go to New York to beat the Knicks!

My name is Taraji (TJ). Thank you Coach Joe for coming to MSD to teach us various basketball skills. Thank you so much! I really enjoyed it. Also thank you for the free shirts, basketballs and stuff. We all enjoyed it, and thanks for picking us to go to the Detroit Pistons game against the Boston Celtics. It was an experience! Now Go Go Detroit Pistons! Beat the New York Knicks! YAY!

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Opening screen: Action pictures taken at the Berg Seeger Track & Field Classic, April 11-12, 2025. Pictures taken by Faye Sefcik Photography, @fayesefcikphoto.

Picture 1: Phoenix running on the left

Picture 2: William running in the front

Picture 3: TJ running on the right, Matteo to the left of him

Picture 4: Phoenix running

Picture 5: William running second from the left

Picture 6: William running in the front

Picture 7: TJ running second from the right

Picture 8: William in the long jump

Picture 9 and 10: William running in a Michigan jersey

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Video Transcript/Descriptions: Opening frame: MSD's Track & Field team went to the Texas School for the Deaf for the 15th Berg Seeger Track & Field Classic! April 11-12, 2025.

Picture 1: a view out of a plane window. Blue skies with puffy clouds below, and the wingtip visible in the upper left corner.

Picture 2: Selfie with some members of the track team and other people sitting in the airplane.

Picture 3: Selfie with a teen boy and girl standing next to a fence. The boy has short blonde hair and is wearing a team jersey, the girl has long brown hair and is wearing a white shirt with a blue and white striped jacket.

Picture 4: Picture of feet. Team members are standing in a tight circle with one foot forward.

Picture 5: Five team members playing on a set of swings.

First Video: Track Team in front of steps and on steps. Background has a red and white pattern from the leftside to the center, and a wood wall on the right side. Student: “We are here in Texas, our flight arrived yesterday. We’re here for the (Berg) Seeger Meet”. Closeup of Staff t-shirt with the Berg Seeger Track & Field Classic logo from 2024. All: “Yay! Wish us luck! Yay”!

Picture 6: Team members in a mod pool. Some in the water, and some sitting on the edge. Picture 7: Two team members underwater, seen through the transparent side of the pool. Picture 8: Two team members standing in the pool.

Picture 9: Team member in the pool looking at her cell phone.

Picture 10: Two team members standing in front of a purple neon sign that says “Hello Gorgeous.”

Picture 11: One teen in the left side mod pool giving a double “V” sign, the other teen is on the steps.

Picture 12: Teams practicing on the track with blocks. Skyscrapers in the background. Picture 13: Team members wearing jerseys and competition numbers standing by a fence. Picture 14: Four girls from various teams running a race.

Picture 15: Four girls from various teams running a race, approaching the finish line.

Picture 16: Full moon.

Picture 17: Five girls from various teams running a race at night.

Picture 18: Five girls from various teams running a race approaching the finish line at night. Picture 19: Five boys from various teams running a race at night.

Picture 20: Close up of two boys running the race. Boy on the right is from MSD.

Picture 21: Six boys from various teams running a race at night.

Picture 22: Six boys from various teams running a race at night.

Picture 23: Silhouette of a fox or coyote with a very long tail and a large bright eye sitting in the grass.

Second Video: Mikey in a green Berg Seeger T-shirt at night with a park and city lights behind him. “Hello! Friday night was exciting! I have a few events our players were in tonight, the 200 and 100 meter dashes. Here are the girls’ results. In the 100 meter dash, Phoenix was 15th overall. Lanyah was 23rd overall, and Laura was 35th overall. In the 200 meter, Phoenix was 18th overall. Lanyah was 20th overall, and Laura was 34th overall. We are very proud of the girls! Yeah! Now for the boys, here’s what we have. The 100 meter results are: William was 10th, TJ was 16th, and Matteo was 31st. In the 200 meter, William was 3rd overall, and he will be in the finals tomorrow in the top 6. Yay! TJ was 20th, and Matteo was 22nd. Way to go, boys! We’re ready for tomorrow!”

Third video: Three members of the Track and Field Team standing in front of a fence with the track behind them. Lanyah: We Matteo: are ready for you Laura: for Day number Two! Lanyah: Where? Matteo: Berg Seeger, Texas! All: Yay!

Picture 24: TJ and William standing in front of a fence. They are wearing their jerseys. Picture 25: Selfie of coaches Mikey and Sarah. Track is in the background.

Picture 26: Team member in the middle of a long jump.

Picture 27: Another team member in the middle of a long jump.

Picture 28: Team member ready to throw a discus.

Picture 29: Another team member preparing to throw a discus.

Picture 30: Boys from various teams lined up for a race.

Picture 31: Team members, coaches and friends under a canopy.

Picture 32: Team member on the track. A man is clapping for him.

Picture 33: Another team member on the track.

Picture 34: Four boys from various teams running a race.

Picture 35: Three boys from various teams running a race.

Picture 36: Four boys from various teams running a race.

Picture 37: Six boys from various teams running a race.

Picture 38: Students and coaches socializing in a large room with scattered tables and chairs and a stage.

Picture 39: MSD Coach and team member at a table. Team members from other schools sitting at other tables behind them. Picture

40: MSD team members at a table with refreshments. Students from other schools at tables behind them.

Picture 41: Top three finishers of the Boys 200m Dash on podiums with medals. William Booker is on the #2 podium.

William Booker took Second Place in the Boys 200 Meter Dash! We are proud of our Track & Field team! Go Tartars! 

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Image 1: A black framed monitor with a Blue strip across the top with the TSD Logo in the left top Corner, and the Berg Seeger logo in the right top corner. Below the blue strip is a black background with "200m - Boys" in white letters, then a blue divider line. Below the divider line is " 1st Place Mathew Silvay JR Riverside, 2nd Place William Booker Michigan, 3rd Place Santiago Lopez New Mexico"

Image 2: Background wall of a gym with a large Home of the Rangers at the top, blue strip, white cement block wall, then folded bleachers in blue and white. Three podiums in black marked 2, 1 , and 3. William Booker on the number 2 podium wearing a green t-shirt and camo shorts wearing a silver medal with red neck ribbon. Matthew Silva Jr on the number 1 podium wearing red sleeveless shirt and shorts wearing a gold medal with blue neck ribbon. Santiago Lopez on the number 3 podium in a red t-shirt, black shorts and a bronze medal with white neck ribbon. 

Our Tartars are ready for Day 2!

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Three members of the Track and Field Team standing in front of a fence with the track behind them.

Lanyah: We

Matteo: are ready for you

Laura: for Day number Two!

Lanyah: Where?

Matteo: Berg Seeger, Texas!

All: Yay!

Our Tartars went to the Texas School for the Deaf for the Berg Seeger Track and Field Classic.

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Mikey in a green Berg Seeger T-shirt at night with a park and city lights behind him.

“Hello! Friday night was exciting! I have a few events our players were in tonight, the 200 and 100 meter dashes.

Here are the girls’ results. In the 100 meter dash, Phoenix was 15th overall. Lanyah was 23rd overall, and Laura was 35th overall.

In the 200 meter, Phoenix was 18th overall. Lanyah was 20th overall, and Laura was 34th overall. We are very proud of the girls! Yeah!

Now for the boys, here’s what we have.  The 100 meter results are: William was 10th, TJ was 16th, and Matteo was 31st.

In the 200 meter, William was 3rd overall, and he will be in the finals tomorrow in the top 6. Yay! TJ was 20th, and Matteo was 22nd. Way to go, boys! We’re ready for tomorrow!”

The 2024-2025 school year brought us MSD's first ever Varsity bowling team!

The Middle School Volleyball Team had a celebration (with help from the Varsity players) at the L.A.S.E.R Skating rink on 10/29/24. They had a blast!

MSD went to the Wisconsin School for the Deaf for the Firebirds Volleyball Classic. It was a great weekend!

Winners are below!