School Departments

| Ready to Learn| | Pre-School |
| Elementary School |
| Middle School | | High School |
| Special Education Unit |
| Career Ed/Guidance |

Special Programs

| Deaf Resources Center |
| Hispanic Resource Team |
| Institute for Mediated Learning |
| Foreign Language Transition |

Physical Education & Athletics

The Lexington Center
for the Deaf

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About Us

Since 1864, the Lexington School for the Deaf has been educating deaf students to become literate, reflective, independent thinking persons with the confidence and tools necessary to contribute to society.

Lexington School for the Deaf is a private state supported school with a 135 year history of educational excellence and innovation. Lexington is a charter member of the 4201 School's Association (New York State-supported schools for children who are deaf, blind and physically disabled). The school's enrollment of 350 students makes it the largest school for the deaf in New York State.

Students and families that comprise Lexington School for the Deaf are similar to other urban schools, except the students are all profoundly deaf. They are racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse; 19 different languages are spoken among families in the school.

Lexington provides a comprehensive education for children and parents in its Ready-to-Learn Program, ages 0-3, preschool, elementary, middle and high school programs, a foreign language transitional program, and deaf multiply disabled program known as the Special Education Unit. These programs are unified by a common teaching-learning framework known as Mediated Learning, developed by internationally renowned psychologist Dr. Reuven Feuerstein. Using this model teachers help students learn how to learn, make meaningful connections across content areas, and become active participants in their own learning.

The curriculum meets standards set by the New York State Education Department. The high school is fully-accredited and like public high schools confers New York State Regents and Individual Education Plan (IEP) diplomas. We begin career education in the elementary grades with vocational concepts integrated into the math and social studies curricula, and continue through middle and high school when students explore personal career interests through formal classes, internships, and community service experiences. Upon graduation, our students attend Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, various universities and other two year colleges, or go directly into the work force or into further training programs.

Lexington is the only school in the United States designated as an Authorized Training Center in the use of the Mediated Learning model providing training for professionals in Feuerstein's Instrumental Enrichment (IE) Program. IE is a cognitive curriculum with the aim of enhancing the student's ability to learn effectively in all learning situations.

Our student body reflects the rich cultural and racial diversity of New York. Respect for cultural perspectives is reflected throughout Lexington's curriculum and is also demonstrated through its Hispanic Resource Team, Black Culture Club, and Jr. National Association of the Deaf chapter. While there is great diversity among our students, they are all Deaf and thus share a common cultural heritage.