Category: News
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2004 National Soccer Team of the Year
WPSD’s Soccer Team Selected the FRAT’s National Team of the Year By Val Wojton III, Soccer Coach Sports Editor of DeafSportZine and Editor of DeafDigest Barry Strassler from the FRAT (National Fraternal Society of the Deaf) announced that the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf soccer team is the Soccer National Team of the Year!…
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David Clinger's new kid
David Clinger (Class of 1988) and his wife, Nicole Yohe Clinger had a baby girl at Magee Woman Hospital on Thursday, December 16, 2004 at 4:19 p.m. Her name is Olivia Ann Clinger. She weight 8lbs 3oz and was 20 inches long. She was born 5 days late. Everything went very smooth and the labor…
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Nostalgic Reunion for Class of ’74
By Vicki Danco ’74 The Class of ’74 had its 30th Class Reunion on August 28 at the Hyatt Hotel in Pittsburgh. It was a huge success with 16 of 27 classmates attending. Mary Lou Novitsky and Vicki Danco co-chaired the event. On Saturday, the alumni toured WPSD. Everyone was very impressed with the renovations.…
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WPSD Alumna Teaches Abroad
by Mary Agnes Connor ’01 This summer, I had the opportunity to spend eight weeks in Mexico and do an internship there. I wanted to do an internship in a Spanish-speaking country because I thought it would help me improve my Spanish, and help me decide which field to pursue. For the first six weeks,…
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Hello from Gally!
WPSD Alumnus Gather for a Group Picture to Say Hi! (L to R) Neil Macgill, Jr. ’03, Jessica Demme ’03, Jessica Fields ’03, Nellie Noschese ’03, Oyamo Caracci ’03, Mary Agnes Connor ’01, Bobbie Jo Kite (graduate student), Christine Kitchen ’01, Erin Myers ’03, Kirstin Macgill ’03, Danielle Graybill ’03, and Zack Porter ’03.
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Death of Dennis Santiago
By Joe Fahy PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Wednesday, September 22, 2004 From article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04266/383393.stm To his foster mother in Bellevue, Dennis Santiago was a gentle, hardworking man who often dropped by to help around her house and play with her small black-and-white dog, Toby. To his mother, brothers and sisters in Erie, he was a family-oriented person…
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Angel Ann Leeser
Angel Ann Leeser, daughter of Patricia McCahren (Class of 2003). She just turned 1 year old.
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Update of Dennis Santiago ('88)
By Carl Prine TRIBUNE-REVIEW Monday, September 20, 2004 From entry: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/s_252991.html Dennis Santiago’s grief-stricken family kept a sleepless vigil Sunday, praying for rescuers to find the Carnegie man who tumbled into the turbulent swirl of Chartiers Creek. “I’ve got a feeling in my heart that he’s alive,” said Santiago’s mother, Gloria Cruz, who rushed from…
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Class of '88 Dennis Santago, missing and presumed dead
By Carl Prine and Karen Zapf TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday September 19, 2004 From Article: They kept screaming for him to grasp the rope, his only lifeline over brown, churning waters. Dennis Santiago didn’t hear them because he was deaf. When more than 20 rescued Carnegie residents last saw him around 5 a.m. Saturday, Santiago, 35, was…