Kendall Demonstration Elementary School

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School
Location
Map
800 Florida Ave NE
Washington, D.C.
United States
Coordinates38°54′31″N 76°59′23″W / 38.90874°N 76.98968°W / 38.90874; -76.98968
Information
TypeUniversity-affiliated laboratory school
Established1857
FounderAmos Kendall
Faculty30
GradesEarly intervention
through eighth
Enrollment112
Student to teacher ratio5:1
LanguageAmerican Sign Language and English
Color(s)Yellow and blue
Athletics conferencePVAC
MascotWildcat
Websitewww.gallaudet.edu

Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) is a private day school serving deaf and hard of hearing students from birth through grade 8 on the campus of Gallaudet University in the Trinidad neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Alongside Model Secondary School for the Deaf, it is a federally funded, tuition-free demonstration school administered by the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center". www3.gallaudet.edu. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Burger, Brianne (5 February 2019). "OSERS: Special Institutions - Gallaudet University". www2.ed.gov. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Catherine (10 March 1987). "A SPECIAL SCHOOL". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 October 2019.