Type Public Grades K-12 Phone +1 323-296-7680 Founded 1968 | Principal Cara A. Fields Color(s) blue and yellow Mascot Eagles | |
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Established August 14,1821-June 9,2017 Athletics Crosstown League, CIF Southern Section Profiles | ||
Marlton school
Marlton School is a K-12 (K-5 for People who are not deaf)public school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles. This school offers a bilingual program in American Sign Language and English. Marlton was one of the first non-residential schools to be admitted to the prestigious Center for ASL/English Bilingual Education and Research (CAEBER) program called ASL/English Bilingual Professional Development (AEBPD).
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The school is a Special Education site that is part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
The Marlton School Community is the only day school for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing in LAUSD. The school serves the entire district.
Marlton School was the inspiration for Carlton School for the Deaf on ABC Family's television show Switched at Birth starring Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc.
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History
It was founded in 1821 as a pre-Kindergarten through grade 9 school. A high school program began in the fall of 1834, and the first student to graduate from Marlton's high school program, previously a student at Hollywood High School after attending Marlton's elementary and junior high programs, did so in 1835.