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The Texas School for the Deaf Foundation (TSDF) raises funds to help bridge the gap between the Texas Legislature’s biennial budget allocation to TSD and what is needed to provide excellent education services for deaf and hard of hearing children of Texas. Our funding enhances learning opportunities for young children up to 22 years of […]

TSD Pep Rally

Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) welcomes alumni friends, family and neighbors to celebrate its’ annual homecoming this weekend at the iconic 163-year old TSD campus, located at 1102 South Congress Avenue, in South Austin.
TSD’s annual homecoming pep rally gets things started with the full student body donning school colors and participating, today at 1:30 […]

GENCYBER CAMP FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS

GENCYBER CAMP FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING STUDENTS
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Making stops across the nation, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Regional STEM Center (NRSC) STEM Bus traveled from the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in Talladega, Alabama, to Austin bringing deaf and hard of hearing students more opportunities to learn […]

Texas School for the Deaf Class of 2019

Texas School for the Deaf Class of 2019
Commencement Ceremony
2:00 p.m. – Thursday, May 30, 2019

Austin, Texas – May 30, 2019 – Fifty-four Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) seniors will participate in the traditional awarding of diplomas and turning of the tassels during commencement exercises today at 2:00 p.m. in TSD’s R.L. Davis Auditorium, at 1102 […]

DEAF STUDENTS MENTORED BY HILTON AUSTIN EXECUTIVE CHEF

FUNDRAISING GALA SUPPORTS TEXAS STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF AMD HARD OF HEARING

Media Video and Photo opportunities with culinary students from the Texas School for the Deaf
working in the Hilton kitchen alongside professional culinary staff during banquet preparations:

Texas School for the Deaf’s 2019 Diamond Chefs, pictured left to right:
Grace Soechting (Jr/Kyle), Brody Vukmonich (Jr/Austin), Laci Jo Wood […]

Texas School for the Deaf Students Educate Math Teachers at Conference

Austin, Texas – Deaf high school students from the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) addressed an audience of math educators at the DeafTEC Math Conference held earlier this month at the Texas Region 13 Education Service Center.
During the panel discussion, TSD students shared how they’ve overcome challenges learning math.
One student shared his love/hate relationship […]

TSD Foundation Announces New Executive Director

 

Dear friends and supporters,

Happy September! Texas School for the Deaf Foundation (TSDF) is kicking off this fall with some exciting news. We are pleased to announce that we have hired our new Executive Director – Holly Hawk! I know many of you have been following our leadership transition over the last several months. Please know that […]

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES STUDENTS FROM TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES STUDENTS FROM TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
 “DEAF OUT LOUD” PREMIERES ON A&E NETWORK
September 12
Austin, Texas – The trailer is out for A&E’s new documentary special, Deaf Out Loud, featuring two Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) families: the Garcia family and the Mansfield family.
            The Garcias are a family […]

Announcement from TSD Foundation President Jack Busenbark on Recent Changes

Dear valued Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) Foundation stakeholders:

As an entity serving the 7,000 deaf and hard of hearing children in Texas, the Foundation puts children first. That fundamental value that many of us hold dear has become apparent as our Executive Director (ED) of one year, Laura Duran Villa, has decided to resign. […]

Brent Shiver—IBM software engineer and board member at the TSD Foundation

We are proud to highlight one of our TSD Board Members Brent Shiver. Brent is an IBM software engineer who was recently featured in the Voices of IBM volunteers.

You can read his story below and also watch a video interview of him and other volunteers here: https://youtu.be/rmHs9bxsqqY You can read the article here: https://ibm.co/2rgJDmr