Missouri School for the Deaf


Missouri School for the Deaf is a school in Fulton, Missouri, that has served deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the state since 1851.
It has grades K-12 and serves students aged 5 to 21. The internal academic divisions are: Stark Elementary School, Wheeler Middle School, and Wheeler High School.
In 1997 its enrollment was about 65 or 70 students, with about 33% having additional disabilities.
WWW msd.dese.mo.gov

Campus

Elementary and middle school students are in cottages built in 1997; they are Gannon Cottage, named after Jack R. Gannon; Redden Cottage, after Laura Redden Searing ; and Reid Cottage, after teacher William Cooper Reid. Before 1997 they were in Stark Hall's dormitories. High school students are in Kerr Hall, named after MSD founder William Dabney Kerr; and Tate Hall, named after MSD superintendent James Nolley Tate. They have separate sides for female and male students.

Athletics

MSD's sports teams usually play other schools categorized as 1A, and it plays against other schools for the deaf in the Great Plains tournament.

Notable alumni