WSD Alumni Association

WSD Alumni Association

Greetings from WSDAA!

TO WSD FAMILY & FRIENDS!

The WSDAA has brought a whirlwind of new energy and changes the past several years. We want to continue welcoming you to this old WSDAA website for now. At this time we are trying to make every effort to keep the website current and informative to make it interesting and helpful. We are hoping that someday we can have our own website. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please don’t hesitate to tell us. Remember that the main purpose of this website is to keep you informed of WSD and WSDAA.

If you have not been receiving the WSDAA Newsletter and are interested to subscribe to 3 newsletters a year, you can print out the membership form and fill it out then mail it, along with the check to WSDAA.

Things are definitely growing around here and we want to encourage you to stop and smell the roses with our many opportunities, events, and more. Thank you for your support! Without you, there would be no WSDAA on the TERRIER TERRITORY!

Warmly,
WSDAA Crew

WSDAA Documents

WSDAA Bylaws
WSDAA Membership Privileges
WSDAA Membership Form

WSDAA Hall of Fame

WSDAA Hall of Fame Letter
WSDAA Hall of Fame Guidelines
WSDAA Hall of Fame Nomination Form

Board Members

Carey Price

Carey Price (VanAllen – Class of 1976) – President

Gerrianne Healy

Gerrianne Healy (Born – Class of 1971) – Secretary

Kay Kennedy

Kay Kennedy (Okerman – Class of 1975) – Treasurer

David Born

David Born (Class of 1976) – Members at Large

Linda Cole

Linda Cole (Corkill – Class of 1964) – Curator

Dawn Smith

Dawn Smith (Andersen – Class of 1981) – Alumni Reunion 2026 Co-coordinator

Linda Gehm

Linda Gehm (Beck – Class of 1968) – Hall of Fame Coordinator

Pam Randol

Pam Randol (Class of 1984) – Membership Coordinador

With ASL I could learn everything. I’ve made so much progress since I came here. I’m grateful to my parents for sending me to WSD. In my opinion, you’ll want to come here.

Yajaira

WSD Alumna

Every deaf child can learn just the same as hearing children can. I think that one problem is that often there are misconceptions about deaf children’s abilities.

Jane Mulholland

Former Superintendent, WSD

I asked my mother to send me here. It was a big decision for her because I lived 8 hours away from here. My mother made the right choice to send me here. It was worth it.

Randall

WSD alumnus

So in one year [Jonathan] has made amazing progress. I think that just how much ASL is going on in the classroom has really made all the difference. So he is exposed to it all day.

Lisa Ronda

Parent

We know that learning is a social activity. It’s social in nature. People learn from each other all the time. Children learn the fastest from their peers.

Shauna Bilyeu

Superintendent, WSD

I’ve seen a lot of changes because the communication was there to be able to interact, socialize, boost her self-esteem. The teachers, the staff, very positive reinforcements here.

Brent Neatherlin

Parent

Once Nicolas started coming here, he blossomed and bloomed. I’m happy to say he walks, talks, runs, reads and plays basketball and does all the things they said he would never do.

Jeanmarie Moore

Parent

I like that I can look directly at my teacher. I don’t have to look at the interpreter. I can get the teaching directly from the teacher.

Ashantay

Student

A strong language foundation is very important for their success in life. Research shows that deaf students who have American Sign Language skills are then more successful in English.

April McArthur

Former ASL-English Bilingual Program Service Director

[We] came to the school. She fell in love with it. The teachers, the one-on-one, the bi-lingual, the support for speech, for occupational therapy Gabby had at that time. There was a plethora of resources for us. And my husband and I had children. They are our responsibility. We want the best for her. We want her to succeed in the world. Here she goes.

Samantha Grosmick

Parent

It is very crucial that the children have access to language development. A natural acquisition of language right from the very beginning.

Pamela Whitney

Pre-School Teacher

I am very thankful for all the support given to us as a family, for every word of encouragement and time dedicated. Since day one we had a very warm welcoming and we felt the passion and dedication that everyone has, of teaching with a smile. Thank you as well for all your patience with [her] throughout this new learning experience.

Parent

Before I got to WSD, I didn’t sign well. I used a little bit of gesturing. When I got here, I got better and better.

Julian

Student

ASL is their language. That gives them the self-esteem and they have a foundation then to support their English development.

Jennifer Ellis

Former Work Education Teacher, Transition Needs Team

I can tell he just feels like a whole new world has been open to him in how to communicate with his hands and he has already made soooooo much progress….I’ve always felt like I had to micromanage everything for him and like nobody else understood what he needed and it’s just so nice now to just know he is in good hands and around people who understand him in a way even I don’t and we are all just amazed at how much even a month has affected him. He wakes up begging to go to school.

Parent

He would start telling me ‘I just want to read at recess. I don’t want anybody to talk to me,’ and I’m like ‘no’. He’s outgoing. That’s not in his spirit. We started looking at different schools and was wowed by this school because of the socialization at recess and lunch and in the classroom is amazing.

Lafawne Robinson

Parent

Our daughter’s first language is ASL. It’s very important she understand ASL.

Minh Truong

Parent

WSD Main Office:
3107 E. Evergreen Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661

Phone: (360) 334-5618
Fax: (360) 418-4353

CDHY Administration:
611 Grand Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661

Phone: (360) 696-6525
Fax: (360) 696-6291
Email: contact.wsd@cdhy.wa.gov

School Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 8am-3pm
Friday: 8am-12pm

Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 7:30am-4pm

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