Missouri School for the Deaf

Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD) is a school in Fulton, Missouri, that has serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the state since 1851.{{cite news|url=https://www.fultonsun.com/news/local/story/2020/jul/07/missouri-school-deaf-plans-fall/833458/|title=Missouri School for the Deaf plans for fall|newspaper=Fulton Sun|date=2020-07-07|accessdate=2021-06-23}}

It has grades K-12 and serves students aged 5 to 21.{{cite web|url=https://msd.dese.mo.gov/sites/msd/files/MSD%20Brochure.pdf|title=MSD Brochure.pdf|publisher=Missouri School for the Deaf|accessdate=2021-06-23}} The internal academic divisions are: Stark Elementary School, Wheeler Middle School, and Wheeler High School.

In 1997 its enrollment was about 65 or 70 studenta, with about 33% having additional disabilities.{{cite news|last=Eisenbath|first=Mike|title=Tournament For Deaf Shows Values Of Competition|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|place=St. Louis, Missouri|date=1997-02-02|page=3F}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80124160/for-missouri-school-for-the-deaf/ Clipping] from Newspapers.com.

Campus

Elementary and middle school students are in cottages built in 1997; they are Gannon Cottage, named after Jack R. Gannon; Redden Cottage, after Laura Redden Searing (Howard Glyndon); and Reid Cottage, after teacher William Cooper Reid. Before 1997 they were in Stark Hall's dormitories.{{cite web|url=https://msd.dese.mo.gov/campus-life/elementary-middle-school-cottages|title=Elementary & Middle School Cottages|publisher=Missouri School for the Deaf|accessdate=2021-06-23}} High school students are in Kerr Hall, named after MSD founder William Dabney Kerr; and Tate Hall, named after MSD superintendent James Nolley Tate. They have separate sides for female and male students.{{cite web|url=https://msd.dese.mo.gov/campus-life/high-school-dormitories|title=High school dormitories|publisher=Missouri School for the Deaf|accessdate=2021-06-23}}

Athletics

{{As of|1997}} MSD's sports teams usually play other schools categorized as 1A, and it plays against other schools for the deaf in the Great Plains tournament.

Notable alumni

Jack R. Gannon, teacher, coach, and author
CJ Jones, actor

References

External links

{{Official website|http://msd.dese.mo.gov/}}

Category:Public K–12 schools in the United States

Category:Public elementary schools in Missouri

Category:Public middle schools in Missouri

Category:Public high schools in Missouri

Category:Schools in Callaway County, Missouri

Category:Schools for the deaf in the United States

Category:Public boarding schools in the United States

Category:Boarding schools in Missouri