Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf

The Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) is a public residential school serving deaf children in Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. It is one of two Minnesota State Academies

Minnesota State Academies

The Minnesota State Academies are two separate schools, the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind and the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, both established by the legislature in 1863. They are public residential schools for Minnesota children with special needs, serving students from birth to...

in Faribault

Faribault, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,818 people, 7,472 households, and 4,946 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,644.8 people per square mile . There were 7,668 housing units at an average density of 605.8 per square mile...

and operated by the state for particular student populations.

History

When the school was established in 1863 it was named Minnesota School for the Deaf (MSD). In 1986, the name changed to Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf.

Two buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

, both designed by state architect Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.

Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.

Clarence H. Johnston Sr. was an American architect, active in Saint Paul and in Morris, Minnesota. In 1877, Johnston entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a special architectural student. Four years later, he went abroad, traveling in Europe and Asia Minor...

: the Administration Building/Girls' Dormitory, in a Georgian Revival style, and Noyes Hall, in a Classical Revival style.

Academics

MSAD is a bilingual school where the students are taught through American Sign Language

American Sign Language

American Sign Language, or ASL, for a time also called Ameslan, is the dominant sign language of Deaf Americans, including deaf communities in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in some regions of Mexico...

and use English in writing and reading. It offers programs ranging from infants to high school specialized for deaf children.

The school is fully accredited by the North Central Association and Conference of Educators and Administrators Serving the Deaf (CEASD).

Campus

Preschool and elementary students are in Quinn Hall. The middle school students are in Noyes Hall. High school students are in Smith Hall.

Residency

MSAD is a residential school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

. It has two dormitories where students reside throughout the week. Students typically arrive on Sunday evenings and depart on Friday afternoons. Transportation is provided by the students' respective school districts. Parents can choose to pick up and drop off their child at the campus. Dormitories are for students who live more than 20 miles from the campus. Students who live within 20 miles of the campus are called "day students." Frechette Hall is where the boys reside and Tate Hall is where the girls reside. MSAD residential programs offers extracurricular activities, peer interaction, student growth and development, achievement, and more.

Sports for boys

Football
- National 11 man deaf football Champ in 1950 and 1977.
- Centennial Conference Champ in 1977.
- National 8 man deaf football Champ in 1992, 1997, 1998 and 2003.
- GPSD Champ in 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2006.
Cheerleading
Basketball
- GPSD Champ in 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
- Clerc Classic
  Clerc Classic
  The Clerc Classic Basketball Tournament originated at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in 2000 under Athletic Director, Michael Weinstock,who envisioned a national basketball tournament bringing together outstanding athletes from top Deaf schools to one site and let them claim the...
  
  Tourney - 3 wins and 3 losses
Track and Field

Sports for girls

Volleyball
- Centennial Conference Champ in 1984.
- Midwest/GPSD Champ in 1984, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Basketball
- National deaf basketball Champ in 1981, 1982, 1995, 1996 and 2005.
- District 13 Champ in 1981-1982.
- Centennial Conference Champ in 1981-1982 and 1982-1983.
- Central States School for the Deaf (CSSD) Tourney - 26 wins and 5 losses - 7 time champs in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2004 and 2005.
- Great Plains School for the Deaf (GPSD) Tourney - 43 wins and 10 losses - 9 time champs in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
- Clerc Classic Tourney - 5 wins and 1 losses - 1 time champ.
Cheerleading
- GPSD Champ in 1996, 1999, 2010 and 2011
- GPSD Spirit Stick winners in 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Track and Field
- GPSD Champ in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007.

MSAD original mascot was the Gophers. MSAD changed its mascot to Hilltoppers and in 1972, the students voted to change from Hilltoppers to Trojans because the students felt that Hilltoppers doesn't have a definite logo for its name.

MSAD belongs in the Great Plains School for the Deaf (GPSD) conference for football, volleyball, basketball, track and field, and the brain bowl competition. Great Plains School for the Deaf was started in the fall of 1989 and contains Iowa School for the Deaf

Iowa School for the Deaf

Iowa School for the Deaf is a pre-K to 12th grade school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students located in Council Bluffs, Iowa. It serves students who live in Iowa or Nebraska.-History:...

, Kansas School for the Deaf and Missouri School for the Deaf.

Trojans sporting events are hosted in either the Lauritsen Gymnasium or the Potter Field.

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