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The mission of the Illinois School for the Deaf is to engage students in a supportive, safe and nurturing environment to achieve personal excellence academically, socially, physically, and emotionally.
The school offers accredited educational services for children from ages three to twenty-two, who are deaf or hard of hearing and live more than 25 miles from Jacksonville, and day programming for students who live within 25 miles of Jacksonville.
The Illinois School for the Deaf is an integral part of the statewide continuum of services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing! We serve students ages 3 to 21, from preschool through the 12th grade, and we also have a program designed specifically for infants and toddlers in the surrounding area who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD), located in Jacksonville, Illinois, is a state-operated pre-kindergarten, elementary and high school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. [4] [5] ISD uses both English and American Sign Language, with a policy modeled after the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. [6]
A historical view of Illinois School for the Deaf It started years ago on a steamboat ride across the mighty Mississippi River. In 1838, Senator Orville H. Browning of Quincy made that water transport, meeting an educated deaf man from Kentucky on the way.
Our preschool through 8th grade program is designed to meet the unique needs of deaf and hard of hearing students, providing them with direct visual access to communication. We strive to meet the individual educational needs of your child in our bilingual program.
The Illinois School for the Deaf (ISD) was founded in 1839 and is located in the central part of the state in Jacksonville, Illinois on a 50 acre campus. The school offers accredited educational services for children from three to twenty-one, who are deaf or hard of hearing and live more than 25 miles from Jacksonville, and day programming for ...
