The Maryland School for the Deaf was established in 1868, using two stone barracks that had housed captured Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The school has classes for pre-school through high school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Students live on campus during the school week. The school also assists families with hearing impaired members. The campus (next two images) is on the southern edge of the historical area of Frederick. A new elementary school and family education building (last image) was completed 2008. A second campus was opened in Columbia (near Baltimore) in 1973. It is not unusual to see groups of people around Frederick signing as they go about their daily lives.
5 comments:
Its really nice to know that there are school for our special brothers. Thanks for sharing! :)
I always wanted to learn sign language. I just don't want to HAVE to learn it.
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This is a beautiful school campus. How lucky those students are. And I'm with Alice, I would love to learn sign language, but feel blessed that I have not had to learn it.
A lovely looking campus...
So nice to hear about this special school. Wonderful images!
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