Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School | |
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Location | |
800 Florida Ave NE eighth | |
Enrollment | 112 |
Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
Language | American Sign Language and English |
Color(s) | Yellow and blue |
Athletics conference | PVAC |
Mascot | Wildcat |
Website | www.gallaudet.edu |
Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) is a private day school serving
History
KDES is named for philanthropist
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
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
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,
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
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
Each student has an
Notable alumni
- Gertrude Scott Galloway, educator[37]
References
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- ^ 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.
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(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.
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- ^ "Cued Speech News". National Cued Speech Association. May 1982. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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- ^ 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 -> Member Resources -> 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 & 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.
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