Tennessee School for the Deaf

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School in Knoxville, Tennessee

Tennessee Schools for the Deaf

Address

2725 Island Home BLVD

Knoxville, TN

Knoxville

Tennessee

37920

Information
Established| 1844
Superintendent| Sandra Edwards
Chief Academic Officer| Jessica McMahon
Knoxville (TSDK) Principals| Amy Locke (ES) & Amy Portier (US)
Nashville (TSDN) Principal| Kim Baggett
Jackson (WTSD) Principal| Kristi Lindsey
Employees| 215
Primary years taught| PK-12+
Enrollment| 190
Language| American Sign Language (ASL), English
Campuses| Knoxville, Nashville, Jackson
Color(s)| Purple and white     [1]
Sports| Football, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Basketball, Swimming, Track & Field.
Team name| Vikings[1]

The Tennessee Schools for the Deaf (TSD) is a state-operated residential and day school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students who reside in the state of Tennessee ranging from pre-kindergarten to grade 12 and also includes a Comprehensive Adult Program. The main campus is located in Knoxville, Tennessee within the historic Island Home Park neighborhood. There are two additional campuses serving elementary students in Nashville and Jackson.

## History

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General John Alexander Cocke introduced legislation establishing Tennessee School for the Deaf that was passed by the House on January 29, 1844. Revered Thomas MacIntire who was a highly recommended teacher from what is now the Ohio School for the Deaf was selected to lead the school as principal and teacher. He opened the school on April 14, 1845, and the first students began class on the first Monday of June 1845.[2]

When the school for the Deaf was first established in Tennessee in 1845, it was named Tennessee Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The original school location would be one-room school house with 6 students. The schoolhouse was first moved a few years after its founding to a larger tract of land near Broadway and Summit Hill Drive. After brief closure due to civil war, Tennessee Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb relocated to current location at Island Home and renamed itself. The school changed its name to Tennessee School for the Deaf in 1924.

## Academics

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TSD offers several programs ranging from infants to post high school. Those programs include Outreach, including the Deaf Mentor & Parent Advisor Program, Toddler Learning Classes, Preschool, Elementary, Upper School (Middle and High School), and Comprehensive Adult Program. The Deaf Mentor & Parent Advisor Program works closely with parents and their deaf or hard of hearing children from ages 0 to 5. When a child can sit up, he or she can enroll at TSD in the Toddler Learning Class at either the Knoxville or Nashville campus. Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten works with children from 3 years old up until Kindergarten. Elementary provides academics and activities for Kindergarten through 6th grade students. Upper School hosts grades 7 through 12 including several exciting CTE programs. The Comprehensive Adult Program provides occupational and independent living educational experiences for older students until they age out of public education.

## Athletics

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The Tennessee School for the Deaf is a part of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. It fields high school sports teams in football, volleyball, cheerleading, cross-country running, basketball, swimming, and track and field, which compete against public school teams as well as teams from other schools for the deaf. Cheerleading is also included in the athletic program. They are also a member of the Mason Dixon Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association.

## Residency

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Old City Hall in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. This building was constructed in 1840s for the Tennessee School for the Deaf, which occupied it until it moved to its Island Home campus. The building then served as Knoxville City Hall until 1980. It currently houses a law school for Lincoln Memorial University.

Since students come from all over the state of Tennessee to the Knoxville campus, TSD is a residential school. The school system has a new dormitory (2023) to house the students.[3] Children aged 3–21 are allowed, with specific limitations, to reside on campus. Students arrive on Sundays and depart on Fridays. Dorm rooms are for students who live far enough not to be able to travel by bus every day to school, typically those students who exceed 60-90 minute one way trip. There are separate dorm houses for male and female students. TSD's residential program offers extracurricular activities, peer interaction, student growth and development, achievement, and more.

## See also

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* Tennessee portal
* Schools portal

* West Tennessee School for the Deaf
* Tennessee School for the Blind

## References

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1. ^ a b "Tennessee School for the Deaf". Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
2. ^ Gannon, Jack. 1981. Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America, Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, p. 23 (PDF Archived March 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine)
3. ^ "Student Life". Tennessee School for the Deaf. Retrieved May 21, 2021.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tennessee School for the Deaf.

* Official website
* History of Tennessee School for the Deaf - 100 Years (1845-1945)

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City of Knoxville

Divisions and Neighborhoods|

* Downtown
* Emory Place
* Fort Sanders
* Fourth and Gill
* Lonsdale
* Marble City
* Mechanicsville
* Oakwood-Lincoln Park
* Old City
* Old North Knoxville
* South Waterfront
* University of Tennessee
* East Knoxville
* Burlington
* Chilhowee Park
* Five Points
* Holston Hills
* Morningside
* Parkridge
* Strawberry Plains‡
* North Knoxville
* Alice Bell
* Fountain City
* Inskip
* North Hills
* Norwood
* Powell‡
* South Knoxville
* Colonial Village
* Island Home Park
* Lake Forest
* Lindbergh Forest
* Old Sevier
* Vestal
* West Knoxville
* Bearden
* Cedar Bluff
* Forest Heights
* Lyons View
* Northshore Town Center
* Rocky Hill
* Sequoyah Hills
* Turkey Creek‡
* West Hills

Transportation|

* Alcoa Highway
* James White Parkway
* Kingston Pike
* Knoxville Area Transit
* McGhee Tyson Airport
* Pellissippi Parkway

Education|

* Knox County Schools
* Austin-East HS
* Bearden HS
* Central HS
* Fulton HS
* West HS

* Tennessee School for the Deaf

* Berean Christian
* Christian Academy of Knoxville
* Knoxville Catholic HS
* Webb School

* University of Tennessee
* template
* Pellissippi State Community College

Religion|

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville

Landmarks|

* Old City Hall
* World's Fair Park
* Knoxville Museum of Art
* Sunsphere
* Tennessee Amphitheater
* Tennessee Theatre
* Zoo Knoxville

‡This neighborhood also has portions in adjacent municipalities or unincorporated areas
Knoxville Christian School is not in the city limits.

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Schools for the deaf in the United States

Public|

| Statewide|

* AL Inst f/t Deaf and Blind
* AK St Sch f/t Deaf & Hard of Hearing
* AZ State Schs f/t Deaf & Blind
* AR Sch f/t Deaf
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Fremont
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Riverside
* CO Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* DE School f/t Deaf
* FL Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* Atlanta Area Sch f/t Deaf (GA)
* GA Sch f/t Deaf
* HI Sch f/t Deaf and the Blind
* ID Sch f/t Deaf and the Blind
* IL Sch f/t Deaf
* IN Sch f/t Deaf
* IA Sch f/t Deaf
* KS Sch f/t Deaf
* KY Sch f/t Deaf
* LA Sch f/t Deaf
* MD Sch f/t Deaf
* Gov Baxter (ME) Sch f/t Deaf
* MI Sch f/t Deaf
* MN St Acad f/t Deaf
* MO Sch f/t Deaf
* MS Sch f/t Deaf
* MT Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* NC Sch f/t Deaf
* E NC Sch f/t Deaf
* ND Sch f/t Deaf
* Katzenbach (NJ) Sch f/t Deaf
* NM Sch f/t Deaf
* NY St Sch f/t Deaf
* OH Sch f/t Deaf
* OK Sch f/t Deaf
* OR Sch f/t Deaf
* RI School f/t Deaf
* SC Sch f/t Deaf & the Blind
* TN Sch f/t Deaf
* W TN Sch f/t Deaf
* TX Sch f/t Deaf
* UT Schs f/t Deaf & the Blind
* VA Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* WA Sch f/t Deaf
* WI Sch f/t Deaf
* WV Schs f/t Deaf & the Blind

| Closed|

* Ctrl NC Sch f/t Deaf K-8
* NE Sch f/t Deaf
* Scranton State Sch f/t Deaf (PA)
* SD Sch f/t Deaf
* TX Blind, Deaf, & Orphan Sch
* VA Sch f/t Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled
* WY Sch f/t Deaf

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Deaf program
ended|

* Governor Morehead School (NC)

District-
operated|

* 47 The American Sign Language & Eng Sec Sch (New York City)
* Alexander Graham Bell K-8 deaf program (Chicago)
* Horace Mann Sch f/t Deaf & Hard of Hearing (Boston)
* Marlton (Los Angeles)
* Milby HS HS deaf program (Houston)
* Mockingbird ES (former Stonewall Jackson) elem. deaf program (Dallas)

| Closed|

* Detroit Day Sch f/t Deaf
* Barbara Jordan HS for Careers Deaf program (Houston) (converted into other purpose)

|

Deaf program closed|

* T. H. Rogers K-8 deaf program (Houston)

Charter|

* Metro Deaf School (Minnesota North Star Academy merged into Metro Deaf)

Private|

* American Sch f/t Deaf
* Beverly Sch f/t Deaf
* Clarke Schs for Hearing & Speech
* Christian School and Chapel f/t Deaf (PR)
* Kendall Demo ES (DC)
* The Learning Ctr f/t Deaf
* Lexington Sch & Ctr f/t Deaf (NY)
* Tucker Maxon
* Model Sec Sch f/t Deaf (DC)
* Moog Ctr for Deaf Ed
* NY Sch f/t Deaf
* PA Sch f/t Deaf
* Rochester Sch f/t Deaf
* Willie Ross Sch f/t Deaf
* Scranton Sch f/t Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children (PA)
* St. Rita Sch f/t Deaf
* Western PA Sch f/t Deaf

| Closed|

* Austine School

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Tertiary
schools|

* Gallaudet University
* National Technical Institute for the Deaf
* National Center on Deafness

Ungraded
schools|

* Central Institute for the Deaf
* Summit Speech School
* Wright-Humason School for the Deaf

List of schools for the deaf

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Public boarding schools in the United States

Schools for
blind & deaf|

* AL Inst f/t Deaf & Blind
* AZ State Schs f/t Deaf & Blind
* AR Sch f/t Blind & Visually Imp
* AR Sch f/t Deaf
* CA Sch f/t Blind
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Fremont
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Riverside
* CO Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* DE Sch f/t Deaf
* FL Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* GA Acad f/t Blind
* GA Sch f/t Deaf
* HI Sch f/t Deaf and the Blind
* ID Sch f/t Deaf and the Blind
* IL Sch f/t Deaf
* IL Sch f/t Visually Imp
* IN Sch f/t Blind & Vis Imp
* IN Sch f/t Deaf
* IA Sch f/t Deaf
* KS Sch f/t Deaf
* KS St Sch f/t Blind
* KY Sch f/t Blind
* KY Sch f/t Deaf
* LA Sch f/t Deaf
* LA Sch f/t Visually Imp
* MD Sch f/t Deaf
* MI Sch f/t Deaf
* MN St Acad f/t Blind
* MN St Acad f/t Deaf
* MO Sch f/t Blind
* MO Sch f/t Deaf
* MS Sch f/t Blind
* MS Sch f/t Deaf
* MT Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* NC Sch f/t Deaf
* E NC Sch f/t Deaf
* Gov Morehead Sch (NC) f/t Blind
* ND Sch f/t Deaf
* ND Vision Services/Sch f/t Blind
* NE Ctr f/t Ed of Children who are Blind or Vis Imp
* Katzenbach (NJ) Sch f/t Deaf
* NM Sch f/t Blind & Vis Imp
* NM Sch f/t Deaf
* NY St Sch f/t Blind
* NY St Sch f/t Deaf
* OH St Sch f/t Blind
* OH Sch f/t Deaf
* OK Sch f/t Blind
* OK Sch f/t Deaf
* OR Sch f/t Deaf
* SC Sch f/t Deaf & the Blind
* SD Sch f/t Blind & Visually Imp
* TN Sch f/t Blind
* TN Sch f/t Deaf
* W TN Sch f/t Deaf
* TX Sch f/t Blind & Visually Imp
* TX Sch f/t Deaf
* UT Schs f/t Deaf & the Blind
* VA Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* WA St Sch f/t Blind
* WA Sch f/t Deaf
* WI Sch f/t Blind & Visually Imp
* WI Sch f/t Deaf
* WV Schs f/t Deaf & the Blind

| Closed|

* IA Braille & Sight Saving Sch
* MI Sch f/t Blind
* Ctrl NC Sch f/t Deaf K-8
* NE Sch f/t Deaf
* OR Sch f/t Blind
* Scranton State Sch f/t Deaf (PA)
* SD Sch f/t Deaf (dorms closed in 2005, later closed entirely)
* TX Blind, Deaf & Orphan Sch
* VA Sch f/t Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled
* WY Sch f/t Deaf

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Dorms closed|

* Gov Baxter Sch f/t Deaf (ME)
* RI Sch f/t Deaf

Schools for
gifted &
talented|

* AL Sch of Fine Arts
* AL Sch of Math & Sci
* AR Sch for Math, Sci & Arts
* IL Math & Sci Acad
* IN Acad for Sci, Math & Humanities
* KS Acad of Math & Sci
* Craft Acad for Exc in Sci & Math (KY)
* Carol Martin Gatton Acad of Math & Sci in KY
* LA Sch for Math, Sci, & Arts
* ME Sch of Sci & Math
* MS Sch of the Arts
* MS Sch for Math & Sci
* MO Acad of Sci, Math & Comp
* NC Sch of Sci & Math
* U. of NC Sch of the Arts
* NM Sch f/t Arts
* OK Sch of Sci & Math
* SC Gov's Sch for the Arts & Humanities
* SC Gov's Sch for Sci & Math
* TX Acad of Leadership in the Humanities
* TX Acad of Math & Sci

Tribal/
Bureau of
Indian Education|

* Chemawa Indian (OR)
* Cheyenne-Eagle Butte (SD)
* Choctaw Tribal School System (MS)
* Circle of Nations (ND)
* Crow Creek Tribal (SD)
* Flandreau Indian (SD)
* Greyhills Academy HS (AZ)
* Hunters Point Boarding (AZ)
* Jones Acad (OK)
* Kaibeto Boarding (AZ)
* Lummi Nation (WA)
* Many Farms Community (former Chinle Boarding) (AZ)
* Many Farms HS (AZ)
* Marty Indian (SD)
* Navajo Prep (NM)
* Pierre Indian Learning Center (SD)
* Pine Hill Schs (Ramah Navajo) (NM)
* Pine Ridge School (SD)
* Riverside Indian (OK)
* Rough Rock Community (AZ)
* Santa Fe Indian (NM)
* Sequoyah HS (OK)
* Sherman Indian HS (CA)
* Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc. (NM)
* Shonto Prep HS (AZ)
* Tuba City Boarding (AZ)
* Wingate HS (NM)

| Closed|

* Albuquerque Indian School (NM)
* Carlisle Indian Industrial School (PA)
* Phoenix Indian School (AZ)

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Dorms closed|

* Havasupai Boarding and Day School (AZ)
* Rock Point Community School (AZ)
* Northern Cheyenne Tribal School (MT)

Other|

* Alaska
* Galena Interior Learning Acad
* Nenana Student Living Ctr
* Mt. Edgecumbe HS
* California
* California Academy of Mathematics and Science (as of 1993)
* Connecticut
* Gilbert
* Woodstock Acad
* Hawaii
* Lahainaluna HS
* Michigan
* Taylor Int'l Dorm
* New York
* Randolph Academy UFSD Randolph Campus
* Oregon
* Crane Union
* Harper
* Huntington
* Mitchell
* Paisley
* Spray
* SEED Foundation (DC, Maryland, Miami, Los Angeles)

| Merged|

* New York: Hopevale UFSD

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Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Greece

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