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Kendall Demonstration Elementary School

March 05, 2023

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) is a private day school serving deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through grade 8 on the campus of Gallaudet University in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Alongside Model Secondary School for the Deaf, it is a federally funded, tuition-free demonstration school administered by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University.[1][2][3]

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
Location
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, D.C.
United States
Coordinates38°54′31″N 76°59′23″W / 38.90874°N 76.98968°W / 38.90874; -76.98968Coordinates: 38°54′31″N 76°59′23″W / 38.90874°N 76.98968°W / 38.90874; -76.98968
Information
TypeUniversity-affiliated laboratory school
Established1857
FounderAmos Kendall
Faculty30
GradesEarly intervention
through eighth
Enrollment112
Student to teacher ratio5:1
LanguageAmerican Sign Language and English
Color(s)Yellow and blue
Athletics conferencePVAC
MascotWildcat
Websitewww.gallaudet.edu

History

 
Kendall School Division II marker

KDES is named for philanthropist Amos Kendall, who in 1856 donated land and hired Edward Miner Gallaudet away from American School for the Deaf, which his father had founded, to lead a school for his wards, a group of indigent deaf and blind children. Congress chartered the school as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in 1857, funding tuition costs for students from D.C. In 1860, Maryland began sending all its deaf students to the Columbia Institution. In the early years, the institution served students in elementary and secondary school, before beginning to offer college degrees in 1864.[4]

In 1885, the pre-college department was separated from the undergraduate college, becoming Kendall School for the Deaf and Gallaudet College.[4] Female students were admitted beginning in 1887.[5] In 1901, a law was passed requiring that all deaf, school-age residents of the District of Columbia be educated at Kendall School.

Kendall was founded as a fully integrated school. At the time, that was common for schools for the deaf. However, in 1904, Kendall School's black students were moved to the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf in Baltimore at the urging of white parents and the recommendation of the National Association of the Deaf.[6][7] D.C. students had to wait until they were old enough to board at school to begin their formal education.[8]

Preschool for three- and four-year-olds was added in 1946.[4]

After the 1952 Miller v. D.C. Board of Education ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Kendall began again educating black students.[9] Initially, black students were educated apart from white students in the Division II building. Two years later, Brown v. Board of Education desegregated schools and the divisions were combined.[4]

In 1968, Kendall became the first school to use computer-assisted instruction for deaf students.[10][clarification needed]

In 1970, Congress passed P.L. 89-694, which established KDES as a demonstration elementary school separate from the high school, Model Secondary School for the Deaf.[11] In addition to serving their student bodies, the intention was to have the schools develop educational resources and strategies that would improve deaf education nationwide. This change was the result of a 1965 report to Congress about the poor state of deaf education in the United States.[12][13]

During the 1970s, as a part of that effort to improve outcomes for deaf students, KDES expanded its early education to begin serving children from the onset of deafness. That included support for parents of deaf infants and toddlers who were not yet of school age, as well as a cued speech inclusion program at the National Child Research Center, a mainstream preschool in northwest D.C., that was in operation from 1973 to 1982.[4][14] In 1981, a review found that of the 13 children who spent at least two years in the NCRC-Kendall program, a majority were at or above grade level.[15][16]

During Deaf President Now in 1988, Gallaudet students shut down the campus. While the protestors were willing to allow KDES staff and students to enter, the administration decided to cancel classes. At a rally, KDES students expressed their support of a deaf president for Gallaudet.[17] The Unity for Gallaudet protests in 2006 also resulted in the temporary closure of the elementary school.[18]

In 2000, the Clerc Center created the Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students (TecEds) project to increase the usage of technology at its schools and therefore prepare students for technology in the workplace. As part of the project, interactive whiteboards, laptops, and projectors were brought into every classroom.[19]

Surveys of schools for the deaf over the past few decades show that the Clerc Center schools, KDES and MSSD, have long had the highest percentage of deaf staff members—46% in 1997, 58% in 2007, and 78% in 2017.[20][21][22]

Academics

KDES is accredited by the Middle States Association and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf, and is a member school of the American Society for Deaf Children.[23][24][25] It follows the bilingual–bicultural education philosophy, meaning American Sign Language and English are both used in instruction. It is also uses the bimodal approach—rather than English being only present in its written form, students have opportunities to hear and practice oral English. The program is designed to benefit all deaf and hard-of-hearing students, including those who use amplification devices and those who do not.[26]

The early intervention program includes classes for parents, a playgroup for caregivers with their deaf babies and toddlers, half- and full-day preschool, and pre-kindergarten. For grades K-8, the school uses Maryland Common Core standards for English and math, Clerc Center standards for ASL, and Next Generation Science Standards for science.[27]

Graduates are automatically eligible to continue their education at Model Secondary School for the Deaf.

Extracurriculars

KDES participates in several academic competitions for deaf students. In 2014, 2018, and 2019, KDES won its division in Gallaudet's Battle of the Books for elementary and middle schoolers.[28] In 2018 and 2019, KDES was the top scoring team at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf's math competition for middle schoolers.[29] The school holds an annual ASL spelling bee to determine who will represent the school at an ASL spelling bee against students from other schools for the deaf across the country, including Maryland School for the Deaf and California School for the Deaf, Fremont.[30][31]

Athletics

In 1927, Kendall played in the first basketball tournament organized by what would become the Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association. The school continued to participate in the league through the 1960s.[32]

Kendall was a founding member of the Mason-Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association, playing in the league's first basketball tournament in 1953. However, the Kendall team did not advance past the first round, losing 57-52 to Kentucky School for the Deaf and then 36-35 to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in the losers' bracket, and did not participate in any later tournaments.[33] One Kendall student, John Miller, made the 1953 All-Tournament team, as well as the all-city team that year.[34]

Today, the KDES Wildcats compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference against mainstream private schools. The school fields cross-country, volleyball, basketball, and track and field teams. They also play games and tournaments against other schools for the deaf.

Student body

KDES students live with parents or guardians in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Because all services are free, students are parentally placed rather than being placed in the school by their school district. The racial makeup of the K-8 student body during the 2015–16 school year was 45.5% African American, 23.4% Hispanic, 18.2% Caucasian, 7.8% Asian, and 5.2% multiracial.[35]

Each student has an IFSP or IEP. KDES only accepts students whose primary disability is deafness, though deafblind students are accepted. A minority have cochlear implants. As of 2016, 51% have profound hearing loss and 23% have severe hearing loss.[36]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center". www3.gallaudet.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Burger, Brianne (5 February 2019). "OSERS: Special Institutions - Gallaudet University". www2.ed.gov. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Catherine (10 March 1987). "A SPECIAL SCHOOL". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "The History of Kendall Demonstr". faculty.seattlecentral.edu. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. ^ Harrington, Thomas. "The Deaf Collection at the Gallaudet University Library". Education Libraries. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Untitled Document". www.aslaccess.org.
  7. ^ Jowers-Barber, Sandra. "The Struggle to Educate Black Deaf Schoolchildren in Washington, DC". Retrieved 25 October 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Stokes, Lauren (2 February 2007). ""We refused to leave our children behind" in Miller v. Board of Education – The Phoenix". swarthmorephoenix.com. The Phoenix. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ Miller v. Board of Education of District of Columbia (D.D.C. 3 July 1952).Text
  10. ^ "Programs for the Handicapped" (PDF). Office of Mental Retardation Coordination, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. June 28, 1972. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  11. ^ Pub. L. 91–587
  12. ^ "Toward Equality: Education of the Deaf" (PDF). The Commission on Education of the Deaf. February 1988.
  13. ^ "EDUCATION OF THE DEAF A Report to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfarie by his Advisory Committee on the Education of the Deaf" (PDF). U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  14. ^ Kelly, Marguerite Kelly (31 January 1980). "PARENTS ALMANAC: Speech for the Hearing-Impaired". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  15. ^ Scafbuch, Linda (1982). "Final Program Review of the Cued Speech Project". Resources in Education. 17. ISBN 9780897740357. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Cued Speech News". National Cued Speech Association. May 1982. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  17. ^ Christiansen, John B.; Barnartt, Sharon N. (2003). Deaf president now! : the 1988 revolution at Gallaudet University. Gallaudet University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-1563681523.
  18. ^ Wilgoren, Debbi; Kinzie, Susan (11 October 2006). "Gallaudet Closed Today". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  19. ^ Mackall, Phil (1 May 2004). "Interactive Whiteboards Enhance the Learning Experience for Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing Students -". THE Journal. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Deaf Schools: TRUE-BUSINESS Deaf?". www.trudysuggs.com. DeafNation. 1 November 1997. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Deaf Schools: TRUE-BUSINESS DEAF?—10 Years Later". www.trudysuggs.com. i711. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Deaf Schools: TRUE-BUSINESS Deaf?—20 Years Later". www.trudysuggs.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Accredited Schools - CEASD". www.ceasd.org. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  24. ^ "MSA-CESS -> Member Resources -> Membership Directory". www.msa-cess.org. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  25. ^ "School Members". American Society for Deaf Children. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  26. ^ Scott, Susanne; Simms, Laurene; Berlin Nussbaum, Debra (Spring 2004). "The "Why" and "How" of an ASL/English Bimodal Program" (PDF). The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  27. ^ "Curriculum". www.gallaudet.edu. Kendall Demonstration Elementary School. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  28. ^ "National Competition History". www.gallaudet.edu. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  29. ^ "Competition Winners | NTID Math Competition". www.rit.edu. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  30. ^ "Academic Competitions – Student Clubs & Organizations – Maryland School for the Deaf". www.msd.edu.
  31. ^ "ASL Spelling Bee: A Twist on the Classic Competition - KDES". www3.gallaudet.edu. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  32. ^ "History". ESDAA. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  33. ^ "Boys' Mason-Dixon - The First Tournament". masondixon.org. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  34. ^ "Manuscripts". www.gallaudet.edu. Gallaudet University. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  35. ^ "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for KENDALL DEMONSTRATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  36. ^ Phenicie, Carolyn (26 June 2016). "K-12 at Gallaudet: Schools Beloved by Deaf Students Defy National Trend Away from Specialized Education". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  37. ^ Moore, Matthew S.; Panara, Robert F. (1996). Great deaf Americans (2nd ed.). Rochester, N.Y.: Deaf Life Press. pp. 262-267. ISBN 0963401661. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

  • Official website

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Kendall Demonstration Elementary School KDES is a private day school serving deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through grade 8 on the campus of Gallaudet University in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington D C Alongside Model Secondary School for the Deaf it is a federally funded tuition free demonstration school administered by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University 1 2 3 Kendall Demonstration Elementary SchoolLocation800 Florida Ave NE Washington D C United StatesCoordinates38 54 31 N 76 59 23 W 38 90874 N 76 98968 W 38 90874 76 98968 Coordinates 38 54 31 N 76 59 23 W 38 90874 N 76 98968 W 38 90874 76 98968InformationTypeUniversity affiliated laboratory schoolEstablished1857FounderAmos KendallFaculty30GradesEarly interventionthrough eighthEnrollment112Student to teacher ratio5 1LanguageAmerican Sign Language and EnglishColor s Yellow and blueAthletics conferencePVACMascotWildcatWebsitewww gallaudet edu Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Extracurriculars 3 1 Athletics 4 Student body 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit Kendall School Division II marker KDES is named for philanthropist Amos Kendall who in 1856 donated land and hired Edward Miner Gallaudet away from American School for the Deaf which his father had founded to lead a school for his wards a group of indigent deaf and blind children Congress chartered the school as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind in 1857 funding tuition costs for students from D C In 1860 Maryland began sending all its deaf students to the Columbia Institution In the early years the institution served students in elementary and secondary school before beginning to offer college degrees in 1864 4 In 1885 the pre college department was separated from the undergraduate college becoming Kendall School for the Deaf and Gallaudet College 4 Female students were admitted beginning in 1887 5 In 1901 a law was passed requiring that all deaf school age residents of the District of Columbia be educated at Kendall School Kendall was founded as a fully integrated school At the time that was common for schools for the deaf However in 1904 Kendall School s black students were moved to the Maryland School for the Colored Blind and Deaf in Baltimore at the urging of white parents and the recommendation of the National Association of the Deaf 6 7 D C students had to wait until they were old enough to board at school to begin their formal education 8 Preschool for three and four year olds was added in 1946 4 After the 1952 Miller v D C Board of Education ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Kendall began again educating black students 9 Initially black students were educated apart from white students in the Division II building Two years later Brown v Board of Education desegregated schools and the divisions were combined 4 In 1968 Kendall became the first school to use computer assisted instruction for deaf students 10 clarification needed In 1970 Congress passed P L 89 694 which established KDES as a demonstration elementary school separate from the high school Model Secondary School for the Deaf 11 In addition to serving their student bodies the intention was to have the schools develop educational resources and strategies that would improve deaf education nationwide This change was the result of a 1965 report to Congress about the poor state of deaf education in the United States 12 13 During the 1970s as a part of that effort to improve outcomes for deaf students KDES expanded its early education to begin serving children from the onset of deafness That included support for parents of deaf infants and toddlers who were not yet of school age as well as a cued speech inclusion program at the National Child Research Center a mainstream preschool in northwest D C that was in operation from 1973 to 1982 4 14 In 1981 a review found that of the 13 children who spent at least two years in the NCRC Kendall program a majority were at or above grade level 15 16 During Deaf President Now in 1988 Gallaudet students shut down the campus While the protestors were willing to allow KDES staff and students to enter the administration decided to cancel classes At a rally KDES students expressed their support of a deaf president for Gallaudet 17 The Unity for Gallaudet protests in 2006 also resulted in the temporary closure of the elementary school 18 In 2000 the Clerc Center created the Technology in Education Can Empower Deaf Students TecEds project to increase the usage of technology at its schools and therefore prepare students for technology in the workplace As part of the project interactive whiteboards laptops and projectors were brought into every classroom 19 Surveys of schools for the deaf over the past few decades show that the Clerc Center schools KDES and MSSD have long had the highest percentage of deaf staff members 46 in 1997 58 in 2007 and 78 in 2017 20 21 22 Academics EditKDES is accredited by the Middle States Association and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf and is a member school of the American Society for Deaf Children 23 24 25 It follows the bilingual bicultural education philosophy meaning American Sign Language and English are both used in instruction It is also uses the bimodal approach rather than English being only present in its written form students have opportunities to hear and practice oral English The program is designed to benefit all deaf and hard of hearing students including those who use amplification devices and those who do not 26 The early intervention program includes classes for parents a playgroup for caregivers with their deaf babies and toddlers half and full day preschool and pre kindergarten For grades K 8 the school uses Maryland Common Core standards for English and math Clerc Center standards for ASL and Next Generation Science Standards for science 27 Graduates are automatically eligible to continue their education at Model Secondary School for the Deaf Extracurriculars EditKDES participates in several academic competitions for deaf students In 2014 2018 and 2019 KDES won its division in Gallaudet s Battle of the Books for elementary and middle schoolers 28 In 2018 and 2019 KDES was the top scoring team at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf s math competition for middle schoolers 29 The school holds an annual ASL spelling bee to determine who will represent the school at an ASL spelling bee against students from other schools for the deaf across the country including Maryland School for the Deaf and California School for the Deaf Fremont 30 31 Athletics Edit In 1927 Kendall played in the first basketball tournament organized by what would become the Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association The school continued to participate in the league through the 1960s 32 Kendall was a founding member of the Mason Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association playing in the league s first basketball tournament in 1953 However the Kendall team did not advance past the first round losing 57 52 to Kentucky School for the Deaf and then 36 35 to the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind in the losers bracket and did not participate in any later tournaments 33 One Kendall student John Miller made the 1953 All Tournament team as well as the all city team that year 34 Today the KDES Wildcats compete in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference against mainstream private schools The school fields cross country volleyball basketball and track and field teams They also play games and tournaments against other schools for the deaf Student body EditKDES students live with parents or guardians in the Washington D C metropolitan area Because all services are free students are parentally placed rather than being placed in the school by their school district The racial makeup of the K 8 student body during the 2015 16 school year was 45 5 African American 23 4 Hispanic 18 2 Caucasian 7 8 Asian and 5 2 multiracial 35 Each student has an IFSP or IEP KDES only accepts students whose primary disability is deafness though deafblind students are accepted A minority have cochlear implants As of 2016 51 have profound hearing loss and 23 have severe hearing loss 36 Notable alumni EditGertrude Scott Galloway educator 37 References Edit Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center www3 gallaudet edu Retrieved 10 October 2019 Burger Brianne 5 February 2019 OSERS Special Institutions Gallaudet University www2 ed gov Retrieved 23 October 2019 O Neill Catherine 10 March 1987 A SPECIAL SCHOOL Washington Post Retrieved 24 October 2019 a b c d e The History of Kendall Demonstr faculty seattlecentral edu Retrieved 24 October 2019 Harrington Thomas The Deaf Collection at the Gallaudet University Library Education Libraries Retrieved 5 November 2019 Untitled Document www aslaccess org Jowers Barber Sandra The Struggle to Educate Black Deaf Schoolchildren in Washington DC Retrieved 25 October 2019 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Stokes Lauren 2 February 2007 We refused to leave our children behind in Miller v Board of Education The Phoenix swarthmorephoenix com The Phoenix Retrieved 25 October 2019 Miller v Board of Education of District of Columbia D D C 3 July 1952 Text Programs for the Handicapped PDF Office of Mental Retardation Coordination U S Department of Health Education and Welfare June 28 1972 Retrieved 24 October 2019 Pub L 91 587 Toward Equality Education of the Deaf PDF The Commission on Education of the Deaf February 1988 EDUCATION OF THE DEAF A Report to the Secretary of Health Education and Welfarie by his Advisory Committee on the Education of the Deaf PDF U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE Retrieved 5 November 2019 Kelly Marguerite Kelly 31 January 1980 PARENTS ALMANAC Speech for the Hearing Impaired Washington Post Retrieved 24 October 2019 Scafbuch Linda 1982 Final Program Review of the Cued Speech Project Resources in Education 17 ISBN 9780897740357 Retrieved 5 November 2019 Cued Speech News National Cued Speech Association May 1982 Retrieved 5 November 2019 Christiansen John B Barnartt Sharon N 2003 Deaf president now the 1988 revolution at Gallaudet University Gallaudet University Press p 36 ISBN 978 1563681523 Wilgoren Debbi Kinzie Susan 11 October 2006 Gallaudet Closed Today Washington Post Retrieved 24 October 2019 Mackall Phil 1 May 2004 Interactive Whiteboards Enhance the Learning Experience for Deaf Hard of Hearing Students THE Journal Retrieved 28 October 2019 Deaf Schools TRUE BUSINESS Deaf www trudysuggs com DeafNation 1 November 1997 Retrieved 25 October 2019 Deaf Schools TRUE BUSINESS DEAF 10 Years Later www trudysuggs com i711 12 December 2007 Retrieved 25 October 2019 Deaf Schools TRUE BUSINESS Deaf 20 Years Later www trudysuggs com Retrieved 27 October 2019 Accredited Schools CEASD www ceasd org Retrieved 24 October 2019 MSA CESS gt Member Resources gt Membership Directory www msa cess org Retrieved 24 October 2019 School Members American Society for Deaf Children Retrieved 28 October 2019 Scott Susanne Simms Laurene Berlin Nussbaum Debra Spring 2004 The Why and How of an ASL English Bimodal Program PDF The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Retrieved 5 November 2019 Curriculum www gallaudet edu Kendall Demonstration Elementary School Retrieved 24 October 2019 National Competition History www gallaudet edu Retrieved 24 October 2019 Competition Winners NTID Math Competition www rit edu Retrieved 24 October 2019 Academic Competitions Student Clubs amp Organizations Maryland School for the Deaf www msd edu ASL Spelling Bee A Twist on the Classic Competition KDES www3 gallaudet edu Retrieved 5 November 2019 History ESDAA Retrieved 1 November 2019 Boys Mason Dixon The First Tournament masondixon org Retrieved 1 November 2019 Manuscripts www gallaudet edu Gallaudet University Retrieved 1 November 2019 Search for Private Schools School Detail for KENDALL DEMONSTRATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL nces ed gov Retrieved 7 August 2019 Phenicie Carolyn 26 June 2016 K 12 at Gallaudet Schools Beloved by Deaf Students Defy National Trend Away from Specialized Education Retrieved 25 October 2019 Moore Matthew S Panara Robert F 1996 Great deaf Americans 2nd ed Rochester N Y Deaf Life Press pp 262 267 ISBN 0963401661 Retrieved 23 August 2020 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kendall Demonstration Elementary School amp oldid 1099972016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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