Type Public Faculty 100+ Phone +1 360-696-6525 Founded 3 February 1886 | Established February 3, 1886 Grades K-12 Mascot Terriers Number of students 110 | |
Superintendent Ms. Shauna Bilyeu (Effective July 1, 2016) School color(s) Kelly Green, Black, and White Address 611 Grand Blvd, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA | ||
Washington school for the deaf a bilingual approach
The Washington School for the Deaf (WSD) is a school for deaf children located in Vancouver, Washington, in the United States. The school educates children from all over Washington.
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History
The Washington Territory Legislature of 1885-86 passed a bill to build the Washington School for Defective Youth. On February 3, 1886, Governor Watson C. Squire. the eleventh territorial governor signed the bill into law. The school was split to form the State School for the Blind and the State School for the Deaf in 1913.
Residency
WSD is also a residential school. It has cottages where students reside throughout the week. Students arrive on Sundays and depart on Fridays. Cottages are for students who live far enough not to be able to travel by bus every day to school. There are cottages for male and female students: Preschool, Elementary, Middle School, and High School. WSD's residential programs offers extracurricular activities, peer interaction, student growth and development, achievement, and more.
Athletics
High School Boys, Eight-Man Football, Basketball, Track and Field,
High School Girls, Volleyball, Basketball, & Track and Field
Middle School Boys Soccer & Basketball
Middle School Girls Soccer & Basketball
Elementary Soccer