Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf
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The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Belleville, Ontario
with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Along with three other provincial schools for the deaf in Ontario, it is operated by the Ministry of Education under Education Act of Ontario section 13(1).
This school is named after the former premier of Ontario, James Whitney
. It has been renamed three times: The Ontario Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb (1870–1912), The Ontario School for the Deaf (1913–1973) and The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf (since 1974).
The deaf student population is approximately 50 students in the senior school and 60 in the elementary school.
Deaf students from Canada often go on to attend Gallaudet University
in Washington D.C. for post-secondary programs.
to educating its students. American Sign Language (ASL) and English are the languages of instruction.
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Along with three other provincial schools for the deaf in Ontario, it is operated by the Ministry of Education under Education Act of Ontario section 13(1).
This school is named after the former premier of Ontario, James Whitney
James Whitney
Sir James Pliny Whitney, KCMG was a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. Whitney was a lawyer in eastern Ontario, Conservative member for Dundas from 1888 to 1914, and the sixth Premier of Ontario from 1905 to 1914.- Early life :Whitney was born in Williamsburgh Township in 1843 and...
. It has been renamed three times: The Ontario Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb (1870–1912), The Ontario School for the Deaf (1913–1973) and The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf (since 1974).
The deaf student population is approximately 50 students in the senior school and 60 in the elementary school.
Deaf students from Canada often go on to attend Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University is a federally-chartered university for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing, located in the District of Columbia, U.S...
in Washington D.C. for post-secondary programs.
Approach and languages of instruction
The Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf uses a bilingual/bicultural approachBilingual-bicultural education
Bilingual-bicultural or BiBi education programs use sign language as the native, or first, language of deaf children. In the United States, for example, American Sign Language is the natural first language for deaf children...
to educating its students. American Sign Language (ASL) and English are the languages of instruction.