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Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Alaska State School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AKSD, previously abbreviated as ASSDHH) is a public school located in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Its affiliated schools are Russian Jack Elementary School, Orah Dee Clark Middle School, and Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School.[4] HistoryIn 1972, the Alaska Department of Education, in collaboration with the Anchorage School District, established and funded the Alaska State Program for the Deaf (ASPD).[5] In 1975, elementary school classes for ASSDHH began.[5] In 1987, the school's name was changed to Alaska State School for the Deaf. Middle school and high school locations were added in 1992.[5] An infant learning program also operated by ASSDHH between 1980 and 2002.[5] In 1995, the school's current name was given, recognizing its inclusion of students beyond deafness.[5] For a period the school used ASSDHH as its acronym, but in 2016 it began using AKSD instead.[6] DescriptionASSDHH has an enrollment of 35 to 50 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten to high school ages.[1][3][2] Its facilities have been in multiple locations in the Anchorage School District,[5] and are now educating its students at Russian Jack Elementary School, Clark Middle School, and East High School.[7] Students not from the Anchorage area stay with host families participating in the Hope Community Resources-Rural Deaf Student Support Program.[8] The school previously cooperated with the non-profit organization ARC of Anchorage which operated the Student Living Center.[9] References
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