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The New York School for the Deaf is a private school for the deaf in
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just north of New York City, United States.


History

The New York School for the Deaf was chartered in 1817 as the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and opened its first classes in
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in 1818 just after the
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, and thus is recognized as the second oldest deaf school in the United States. It moved twice in the 19th century to other
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locations, and finally to Greenburgh, New York in 1938, where it remains. The school had its origins in 1808, when the Rev. John Stanford gathered a small group of deaf children to teach them the alphabet and basic language skills in New York City. In 1892 the school was the first U.S. school of any kind to introduce a military curriculum. For half a century, tight formation drill was an everyday occurrence on the parade grounds. In 1952, the school dropped the military curriculum and welcomed girls again, and since then has expanded its programs to benefit both deaf and hard-of-hearing school children, and more recently, pre-school classes as well.


Education

Since 1977, Fanwood uses the
total communication Total communication (TC) is an approach to communicating that aims to make use of a number of modes of communication such as signed, oral, auditory, written and visual aids, depending on the particular needs and abilities of the person. History ...
method of deaf education, which employs multiple means of communication including
sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...
and other modes, as necessary for each child.


Technology

TTY phones and closed caption TVs were used in the 1970s. More recently the school has introduced video phones,
interactive whiteboard An interactive whiteboard (IWB), also known as interactive board or smart board, is a large interactive display board in the form factor of a whiteboard. It can either be a standalone touchscreen computer used independently to perform tasks ...
s and computer assisted learning.


Organization

NYSD is a private, tax-exempt non-profit organization under article
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of U.S. law.


Distinguished alumni, faculty, and visitors

* Bernard Bragg - deaf performer, writer, director, poet, and artist *
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- first President of the Board of Trustees * Helen Keller - visited the school as a teenager in 1893, chaperoned by her friend
Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Graham Bell (, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Te ...
*
Samuel Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph ...
- trustee, 1861-1863 * James M. Nack - deaf poet *
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (May 5, 1809 – April 27, 1889) was an American academic and educator who served as the 10th President of Columbia University. Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, he graduated from Yale University in 1828 and serv ...
- deaf American scientist and educator *
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- professor, Civil War chaplain, writer, pastor


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:New York School for the Deaf Special education in the United States Schools for the deaf in the United States Educational institutions established in 1817 Private K-12 schools in Westchester County, New York Deaf studies Deaf culture in the United States