Category: News
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WPSD Alumni Auction & Gala Photo Gallery
WPSD Alumni Auction & Gala met their goal to reach $5,000 and it was successful! All of those donation will go to the expansion will offer additional space for new classroom, new opportunities for creative learning, and gather the WPSD Children’s Center’s programs and staff under one roof, creating a comprehensive, early education resource for…
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WPSD students get greeting with the Pirates
Dozens of students from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf got some hands-on baseball and softball training Monday during the eighth-annual “It’s Your Perfect Pitch” event at PNC Park. Students from grades 7-12 visited the Pittsburgh Pirates’ ballpark for warmups and hitting, pitching and fielding instruction from volunteers, college coaches and players and former…
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Heinz archivists share expertise with WPSD
Sierra Green and Emily Ruby of the Heinz History Center recently met with Aaron and Chris Noschese at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf to discuss preservation. Green, Ruby, and Chris Noschese are members of the Consortium steering committee. The school has an extensive collection of original items that reflects its history, including photographs, yearbooks, correspondence, newsletters, film, athletic uniforms, desks, and…
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Consortium members visit WPSD Alumni museum
In 1868, young Henry Bell came to Third United Presbyterian Church’s Mission Academy School. Henry was African American and deaf. The pastor solicited Pittsburgher William Drum, who was also deaf and a graduate of the Pennsylvania Institution in Philadelphia, to teach him. This effort quickly expanded, and a school opened in September 1869.It was the first day…
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A battle beneath the rainbows
BY STEPH CHAMBERS, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In Focus. In sports, there’s nothing more inspirational than a comeback win. Ok, throw in a double rainbow. Then there really is nothing more dramatic. Though Plants and Pillars Homeschool Co-op scored first and dominated most of the game, The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf scored with four minutes…
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WPSD builds bridges with hearing community
When communicating with a person who is deaf or hard of hearing, don’t talk REALLY LOUD because it really won’t help at all. This would seem to be common sense, but it happens all the time, according to deaf people who teach American Sign Language at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. It also…
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Bobbie Jo Kite engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Kite Sr. of Yukon, Pennsylvania are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Bobbie Jo Kite (WPSD Class of 1999) to Blake Herbold. Ms. Kite is a professor at Gallaudet University in the Department of Education. Mr. Herbold is a jack-of-all-trades and is an adjunct faculty at Gallaudet University.…
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Alumni Officers 2017-2020 Term
President: Robert Maher (2006) 1st Vice President: David Tasselli (1999) 2nd Vice President: John Noschese (1977) Secretary: Valentine Wojton (1976) Treasurer: Todd Langer (1990) 3 Year Trustee: Thomas DeFazio (2000) 6 Year Trustee: Lawrence Hast (1975) 9 Year Trustee: Tracy Marchese (1985) Members-At-Large Robert Andrascik (1977) Paul Blahut (1987) Anthony Dumblosky (1999) David Fulmer (1996) Irene Hearn (1959) Jamie Kitchen…