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Board of Trustees Quarterly Meeting

Feb 10

After an extensive nationwide search, the Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Mr. John A. Serrano will serve as the school’s 12th superintendent. Mr. Serrano, who identifies as Latinx, will be the first person of color to lead MSD in its 155-year history.

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Superintendent Finalist Community Forums

MSD will welcome Mr. John A. Serrano and Ms. Taiyabah Naeem, the final candidates for the position of superintendent. Over a three-day period of December 13, 14, and 15, their visits will include campus tours, meetings with students, staff, and administrators, and an interview with the MSD Board of Trustees.

MSD Receives Governor's Citation for Columbia's 50th

At MSD's Homecoming game, the Director of the Maryland Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Kelby Brick, presented a Citation to MSD on behalf of Governor Hogan at halftime.

Delegate Reid Novotny Visits Frederick Campus

On May 10, middle and high school students in Julie Bourne's CTE Exploring Computer Science course welcomed guest presenter, Delegate Reid Novotny (Maryland District 9A).

Nikita Dzougoutov Wins National Spelling Bee

After 18 incredible rounds, Frederick campus fifth-grader Nikita Dzougoutov earned the title of co-champion along with a Kendall Demonstration Elementary School student and a student from Indiana School for the Deaf.

Alumni & Staff Represent Team USA at the Deaflympics

MSD is well represented at the 24th Summer Deaflympic Games in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, with 11 MSD alumni and staff playing or coaching for Team USA.

Bicentennial Committee Celebrates Fifth-Graders

The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Committee, which includes members of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, visited the Columbia campus to celebrate the fifth-graders winning the "Harriet Tubman Women of Courage" video contest.

MSDE Parent Involvement Survey

Each year the Maryland State Department of Education surveys parents of children ages 3 to 21 receiving special education and related services to assess parent satisfaction with the school's partnership efforts and promotion of parent involvement in your child's education.

MSD's Academic Bowl Team is National Tournament Bound

After a strong performance in the East Regional the last two weeks, MSD's Academic Bowl team qualified for the National Academic Bowl Competition!

5th Graders Win Harriet Tubman Video Contest

MSD Columbia campus's 5th grade students won the Inaugural Harriet Tubman 2022 Women's History Month Women of Courage Video Contest!

Students Shine at the National Literary Competition

This year, seven MSD high school students were recognized for eight winning entries in the annual National Literary Competition. Sophomore Kaylieah Fuller was selected as the ASL Grand Prize winner.

Robotics Club Wins Amazing Robot Award

MSD's Robotics Team had an impressive showing at not one, but two tournaments this month! Our high school students put their engineering skills to the test in robot-building as they worked together on a variety of creative solutions to this year's challenges.

Students Meet with State Representatives for Advocacy Day

High school student representatives from MSD's Junior National Association of the Deaf chapter participated in the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf's sixth annual Capitol Hill Advocacy Day.

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AUDIBLE: Academy Award Nominee

On July 1, 2021, Netflix released Audible, a documentary short featuring MSD’s 2019 high school football team. Directed by Matthew Ogens and executive-produced by Nyle DiMarco (‘07), Audible is a coming-of-age film following high school athlete Amaree McKenstry (‘20) and his close friends as they face the pressures of senior year and grapple with the realities of venturing off into the world after high school.

This resulted in what on the surface appears to be a 38-minute documentary about football, but in reality is a multidimensional film allowing viewers a glimpse into what life is like as a deaf person. Audible made headlines in major publications, after being one of the five films narrowed down from a shortlist to compete for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Subject category at the 94th Academy Awards.

While the Audible team did not walk away with a statue, they walked away with a once-in-a-lifetime experience that created a ripple effect of exposure, belonging, and awareness that has and will continue to impact the world in meaningful ways.