Category: News
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Andrea Echavarria featured in group of Pgh artists
On a recent Sunday evening, a group of artists gathered to paint – like they’ve done for weeks — each creating a finished product different from the other. The art connects them, as does the man who brought them all together. His name is Tom Mosser, and he is a well-known artist, locally and nationally.…
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$2 million expansion to help WPSD younger children
Take the scenario a step further and imagine you have no way to tell relatives your thoughts, feelings or needs. That’s what it’s always like for young children who are deaf. About two to three children out of every 1,000 in the U.S. are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or…
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WPSD Archival Photos launches
We made an exciting announcement to share with you to see the unlimited (almost!) WPSD photos online right now. We have thousands of archival photos of our preservation, historical and education at our Alumni room in WPSD. Many people like you are asking that they want to see the photos that never seen before. We…
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WPSD Class Reunion 1977 & 1978 Photo
In the photo, first row: Mark Tarno, Thomas Hattaway, John Noschese, Rosemary (Rolewitz) Noschese. Second row: Robin Shay, Andrew Friday, Catherine (Stauffer) Friday, Robert Andrascik, Mary Ann (Hines) Carter, Susan (Eash) Laino, Barbara (Frank) Kite, Joan (Schellman) Cody. Third row: Raymond Gwizdak, John Stahl, Mark Kite, Merrill Cargo, Wes Hawkins. Fourth row: Jay McLaughlin, David…
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Jocelyn Demme is starting to feel the HEAT
There’s one thing you need to understand about Cranberry volunteer firefighter Jocelyn Demme: It’s that she does NOT consider herself to be hearing impaired. Nor does she identify as being hard of hearing. She is deaf. She can’t hear you, and that, in turn, has limited her own ability to speak. Deafness from birth has…
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2018 graduates high-5 their way to commencement
The 2018 graduates of Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf high-fived teachers and students while marching through the halls of their school on Thursday. The event is an annual tradition for WPSD, located in Edgewood. Established in 1869, the non-profit, tuition-free school provides academic and extracurricular programs to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from birth…
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WPSD Alumni Auction & Gala Photo Gallery
WPSD Alumni Auction & Gala met their goal to reach $5,000 and it was successful! All of those donation will go to the expansion will offer additional space for new classroom, new opportunities for creative learning, and gather the WPSD Children’s Center’s programs and staff under one roof, creating a comprehensive, early education resource for…
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WPSD students get greeting with the Pirates
Dozens of students from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf got some hands-on baseball and softball training Monday during the eighth-annual “It’s Your Perfect Pitch” event at PNC Park. Students from grades 7-12 visited the Pittsburgh Pirates’ ballpark for warmups and hitting, pitching and fielding instruction from volunteers, college coaches and players and former…