Alberta School for the Deaf | |
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Address | |
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6240 113 Street NW , Canada | |
Coordinates | 53°30′00″N 113°31′26″W / 53.500°N 113.524°W |
Information | |
School type | Provincial School for the Deaf |
Founded | 1956 |
School board | Edmonton Public Schools |
Area trustee | Michael Janz [1] |
Principal | Sandra Mason [1] |
Grades | 1–12 [1] |
Enrollment | 100 [1] (2021–21) |
Language | American Sign Language (ASL), English [1] |
Website |
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The Alberta School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Edmonton, Alberta with elementary and secondary residential and day programs serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students. [2]
Teachers are both deaf and hearing. Alberta School for the Deaf is modeled on a bilingual-bicultural approach. [3] The total enrollment, including the elementary school, is 100 as of 2020–21. Students from across Alberta and the Northwest Territories attend the school. [1]
Deaf students from Canada often attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. for post-secondary programs.[ citation needed]