Category: News
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2017 Alumni Reunion Gallery
It was blast time for people of the alumnus to visit 36th Triennial Alumni Reunion event in Western Pennsylvania School f/t Deaf campus on June 23-25, 2017. Enjoy the pictures for you to view. 2017 Alumni Reunion 161 photos
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2017 Alumni Reunion Update: Bring Your Child(ren)!
We made some few changes in registration, you can bring your child or children to Alumni Reunion on Friday and Saturday, including lunch. The cost per child is $10. Dinner and Performance will not be included. If you already registered, and want to bring children, you could contact reunion@wpsdalumni.org to update your registration and you…
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Scores are only half the game or Deaf basketball tourney
It wasn’t just game time this week inside the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf’s gymnasium in Edgewood. It was tournament time. Student-athletes, coaches and family members from three states and Washington, D.C., traveled to Western Pennsylvania for the 14th annual Tri-State Middle School Basketball Tournament. The tournament marked the culmination of WPSD’s season, a…
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Alumni Night 2017 Photo Gallery
WPSD Alumni Women’s Basketball WPSD Alumni Men’s and Boys’ Basketball Alumni Night 2017 photo galley (106 photos)
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2017 Alumni Reunion: A Misinterpreted World
WPSD Alumni Association, Inc. invites you to see the Deaf performance: Branton Stewart of California. He will be on the stage on Saturday evening of June 24, 2017 as part of 36th Triennial Alumni Reunion at Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf campus. Branton’s A Misinterpreted World is a stand up comedy show that will guaranteed…
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Book says Civil War pivotal in deaf history
Note: Harry Lang is 1965 WPSD graduate, he published his new book to the public in America. The American Civil War played a pivotal role in bringing the nation’s deaf population out of society’s shadows, asserts a forthcoming book by a former NTID professor. Harry G. Lang has spent a good part of his professional…
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DeafPeople’s Deaf Person o/t Month: Steven Farmer
Dr. Steven Farmer is DeafPeople.com’s Deaf Person of the Month in December 2016. From the post article: An epic adventure with a cast of stars Steven E. Farmer, Ed. D., was appointed the new Superintendent of Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in March 2016, and took office on July 1. WPSD, the state’s top…
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Deaf in The Vibrant World of Pro Wresting
Title: Pennsylvania Referees Who Happen To Be Deaf Flourish In The Vibrant World Of Professional Wrestling by Trapper Tom, Editor, KSWA Digest In professional wrestling, a referee is an arbiter of the rules, the impartial delegate who is expected to call the action “down the middle.” The referee’s ideally invisible work is an…
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WPSD brings together peers for soccer
Seth Reeves, possibly the fastest player on the pitch, broke free of defenders and streaked toward the goal. Maintaining command of the ball on his foot, he lined up the shot and kicked. It was a perfect strike. The ball sailed into the back of the net, and the crowd reacted — in varying ways.…