WPSD Alumni Association

Category: News

  • Wrestlers perform to benefit school

    Program raises money to aid deaf students

  • Message from President – April 2011

    President John Noschese want to share with you about upcoming two events in next two months: May Day & Horse Derby Night and Alumni Reunion. Click below for more information.

  • Sale of old SSSD campus completed

    BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF) Published: March 22, 2011 Source Marywood now owns former SSSD HARRISBURG – Marywood University is officially the new owner of the campus of the former Scranton State School for the Deaf. “They are now in possession of the property,” said Troy Thompson, spokesman for the Department of General Services…

  • New Logo for AAWPSD

    The Board members of Alumni Association of Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf have decided that we need a new logo for our organization. We would like for you to create one. The logo should be related to education and reunion, not mascots. So if you have any idea or suggestion, please email me with…

  • Donate WPSD Alumni Pavilion Project

    Danny Sheppeck , WPSD Alumni Vice President and Chairperson of Pavilion. He explains how to make donation and name of bricks by writing through the application form. If you are interested to make donation to WPSD Alumni for Pavilion Project fund, downlonad and print the PDF format to fill out the application form: Pavilion Project…

  • SSSD low sale price blamed on the cost…

    ..of price blamed on the cost of asbestos removal. Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 The cost of rehabilitating Scranton, Pennsylvania’s State School for the Deaf campus is estimated somewhere between $25 million and $30 million. The high cost of ridding the campus of environmental problems and renovating select buildings is the reason why Marywood University agreed…

  • House approves SSSD campus sale

    BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF)Published: October 6, 2010Source Link HARRISBURG – A bill authorizing a $500,000 sale of the former Scranton State School for the Deaf to neighboring Marywood University cleared a major hurdle Tuesday on its track to final passage. The House voted 193-3 to approve the bill containing a number of transactions…

  • Osborns celebrate 60th anniversary

    The Chronicle-Express Posted Oct 05, 2010 @ 02:47 PM Keuka Park, N.Y. Charles and Dorisanne Osborn of Keuka Park celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 16. They were married Sept. 16. 1950 in Kenmore. At the time, Charlie was a student at Colgate-Rochester Divinity School in Rochester. After his graduation in 1952, they served as…

  • Motocross champion is an inspiration to deaf people

    Friday, September 17, 2010 By Eleanor Chute, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Source link of the article It should be no surprise that 19-year-old Ashley Fiolek is a champion motocross racer. When she was just 2 years old, she loved riding through the Michigan woods — hours at a time — with a parent on a motorcycle. She…