Tucker Resident Honored With Award

Winnetka, IL? On October 12, 2006 The Hadley School for the Blind presented Stephanie 
Kieszak-Holloway, of Tucker, Ga., with the Robert J. Winn Family Education Award. Each year, 
Hadley instructors nominate students most deserving of this honor.

“The uncertainty of not knowing any blind adults and the expectations for a blind person was 
challenging,” Stephanie said. “It didn’t know what to expect for her. Now I don’t have those same 
questions anymore. It’s more like how do we do this not can it be done.”

With a six-year-old daughter Kendra who is visually impaired, Stephanie enrolled with Hadley in 
2003 so she could provide her daughter the best support possible. Since enrolling she has 
successfully completed four courses including “Child Development,” “Learning Through Play” 
and “Reach Out and Teach.” The Hadley School, founded in 1920, is the nation’s largest distance 
education school for people who are visually impaired.

Stephanie is a full-time mother of two children and appreciates the flexibility of Hadley courses. 
She also works as a biostatistician for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is 
president of the Georgia Organization of Parents of Blind Children.

She says that Hadley gave her the challenge and encouragement she needed to reorganize her life 
and make adjustments to her daughter’s blindness. She plans on taking more Hadley courses in the 
near future.

This award is presented annually to the parent or caregiver who most typifies Hadley standards of 
significant achievements in completing courses in our Family Education Program. This person has 
demonstrated the knowledge gained from Hadley courses and applied their experiences to their 
unique family situations or community or society at large.