Alberta School for the Deaf | |
Address: | 6240 113 Street NW |
City: | Edmonton |
Province: | Alberta |
Country: | Canada |
Coordinates: | 53.5°N -113.524°W |
Schooltype: | Provincial School for the Deaf |
Schoolboard: | Edmonton Public Schools |
Founded: | 1956 |
Grades Label: | Grades |
Grades: | 1–12 |
Principal: | Sandra Mason |
Trustee: | Michael Janz |
Enrollment: | 100[1] |
Enrollment As Of: | 2021–21 |
Language: | American Sign Language (ASL), English |
The Alberta School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Edmonton, Alberta with elementary and secondary residential and day programs serving deaf and hard-of-hearing students.[2]
Teachers are both deaf and hearing. Alberta School for the Deaf is modeled on a bilingual-bicultural approach.[3] The total enrollment, including the elementary school, is 100 as of 2020–21. Students from across Alberta and the Northwest Territories attend the school.[1]
Deaf students from Canada often attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. for post-secondary programs.