Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf

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Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf
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Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf
225 Ontario Street South

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L9T 2M5

Canada
Coordinates 43°30′51″N79°52′11″W / 43.5141°N 79.8696°W / 43.5141; -79.8696
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School typeProvincial School for the Deaf
Motto'Together We Succeed'
FoundedApril 21, 1963
Grades K-12
Language American Sign Language (ASL), English
Colour(s)   Green and yellow
MascotSpartan (High School) and Beaver (Elementary)
Team nameECD Spartans and ECD Beaver
Website pdsbnet.ca/en/schools/ernest-c-drury/

The Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Milton, Ontario, Canada with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

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Along with three (SJW and Robarts School for the Deaf) other provincial schools for the deaf in Ontario, it is operated by the Ministry of Education under Education Act of Ontario section 13 (1). [1]

Teachers are both deaf and hearing.

Deaf student population is approximately 90 students in the senior school and 100 in the elementary school; total is 190 students.

Deaf students from Canada often attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., and Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York for post-secondary programs.

History

Before 1963, land was farm.

This school is named after the former premier of Ontario, Ernest C. Drury. It has been renamed two times: The Ontario School for the Deaf (1963–1973) and The Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf (since 1974).

Deaf student population timeline

Academic approach and languages of instruction

The Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf uses a bilingual-bicultural approach to educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students. American Sign Language (ASL) and English are the languages of instruction. [2]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. Education Act of Ontario
  2. "Ontario Provincial Schools Information". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  3. Gary Malkowski
  4. Anthony Natale
  5. Amanda Richer