St. Rita School for the Deaf
| St. Rita School for the Deaf | |
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| Address | |
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1720 Glendale Milford Road Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County) 45215 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′10″N 84°26′54″W / 39.25278°N 84.44833°WCoordinates: 39°15′10″N 84°26′54″W / 39.25278°N 84.44833°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Teaching communication for life |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1915 |
| Executive Director | Sr. Marianne Van Vurst, S.C. |
| Chaplain | Rev. Wysong |
| Faculty | 99 |
| Grades | PK–12 |
| Enrollment | 180 (2008-2009) |
| Campus size | 237 acres (0.96 km2) |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics | Basketball, Volleyball |
| Nickname | Lions |
| Athletic director | Tim Kelly |
| Website | http://www.srsdeaf.org |
St. Rita School for the Deaf is an independent Roman Catholic school located in the village of Evendale, near Cincinnati, Ohio.
Challenged by Archbishop Henry Moeller, Father Henry J. Waldhaus, with the help of the Knights of De l'Epee and the Saints Mary and Joseph Society, was able to raise the funds necessary to purchase the land for St. Rita School. The school opened in 1915 and became the first accredited high school for the deaf in Ohio. In 2016, Sr. Marianne Van Vurst SC was named as interim Executive Director of the school.
Currently, their philosophy is "comprehensive communication" — essentially Total Communication with a different name. The school's deaf and hearing teachers use ASL as a method of instruction, but the majority use is Simultaneous Communication.
While based in the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, St. Rita School works to meet the needs of hard of hearing and deaf children along with any student with communication challenges in the community.
St. Rita's is one of the first schools in the country to develop a program for dyspraxic children, sometimes referred to as "global" apraxia. The program teaches to the students communication disabilities (oral-buccofacial apraxia) and encompasses each student's global dyspraxic apraxia disabilities that affect the student's fine and gross motor skills with their motor planning; sequencing and motor- processing abilities (which include but is not limited to ideomotor, ideation, limb-kinetic and ocular motor apraxias).
The school's LOFT program (Language Opportunities for Tots) is designed to meet the development needs of hearing and deaf children, from birth to 3 years of age. The school also features a Montessori preschool, elementary, high school, and vocational programs.
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