Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind

The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) is a K-12 residential school, located on Knob Hill, one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, near the famous laboratory of Nikola Tesla. The school was founded in 1874 as The Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes by Jonathan R. Kennedy, who had previously been steward at the Kansas State School For the Deaf.[1] The school began in a rented house in downtown Colorado Springs with seven students, three of whom were Kennedy's own children.[2] One of his children, Emma, later married another student, Frank H. Chaney, and they became the parents of the actor Lon Chaney.

Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind
Location
33 North Institute Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coordinates38.835°N 104.807°W / 38.835; -104.807
Information
TypeResidential school
Established1874
Head of schoolDr. Nancy Wilkins Benham
GradesPreschool-12th grade and post high school education
Color(s)Red, white and black    
MascotBulldogs
LanguagesAmerican Sign Language, English
Websitehttp://www.csdb.org/

Colorado Springs' founder William Jackson Palmer was the land-grantor of several institutions in Colorado Springs, including the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.[3]

CSDB were the 2004 National Champions in the Deaf Academic Bowl.

CSDB serves students and their families who are deaf, blind, or both. CSDB also coordinates the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP)[4] that serves deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to three years old within their home. CSDB provides outreach services to support students, families, and school districts throughout Colorado.

References
  1. Gannon, Jack. 1981. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, p. 42-43 (PDF Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine)(PDF Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine)
  2. "Colorado School For The Deaf and Blind". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  3. https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/colorado-school-deaf-and-blind
  4. "Colorado Home Intervention Program". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-03-23. serve families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing



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