Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Alumni Association, Inc.

08/22/2026

Do you like what you see? 👀 Exciting changes are coming to WPSD Athletics & After School Programs this school year!

Let’s come together to support our WPSD students.

If you know a Deaf or hard-of-hearing child in Pennsylvania, please share our page and connect their family with the WPSD Admissions Office: https://www.wpsd.org/academics/admissions/

Let’s ROAR together! 🦁💙💛

The Western Pennsylvania School For The Deaf
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Alumni Association, Inc.

08/19/2026

Rest in Peace, Betty Hornick. She began working at WPSD as a houseparent in Aanarde in the very early 1980s. She retired as an Instructional Aide in 2005.
https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/obituary-betty-hornick-staff/

08/17/2026

08/16/2026

Steel fences dating to the late 1880s once encircled WPSD’s campus along Swissvale Avenue, later restored by generations of students before being replaced in 2025 with modern iron fences built in the similar historic style.

08/15/2026

Five longtime friends and WPSD alumni, who have golfed together for more than 40 years since their school days, reunited at the 19th Annual WPDGA Tournament at Rolling Acres Golf Course on August 8-9, 2026. Their friendship began at WPSD, where they coordinated tee times and weekend stays using permission slips and teletypewriters, and later grew into co-founding the Western Pennsylvania Deaf Golf Association in 2007. Through decades of tournaments, travels, and watching each other's families grow, their bond remains a lasting tribute to loyalty and a shared love of golf.

Full article: https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/five-guys-more-than-40-years-of-friendship-and-golf/

08/08/2026

Rest in Peace, Theodore Williams, Class of 1986 on 2/28/2014. It was not reported to our Alumni org till today.
https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/obituary-theodore-willams-class-of-1986/

08/07/2026

WPSD Alumni wrote the article, published in WPSD's KEYSTONE newsletter, as well as in our website. Here is excerpt from full article:

Megan Majocha, a 2015 WPSD graduate from a multi-generational WPSD family, earned her PhD in Tumor Biology from Georgetown/NIH in 2024, becoming the ninth WPSD alumna with a doctorate and the fastest to achieve it (nine years post-graduation). Her path from WPSD's Girls Athletic Association cancer fundraisers to cancer research came full circle, overcoming challenges like developing new ASL science signs with untrained interpreters. She now works as Scientific Communications Manager at Susan G. Komen, translating research for breast cancer patients, and advises current students to take every opportunity available to them.

https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/alumni-spotlight-megan-majocha-and-alumni-doctorate-degrees/

08/06/2026

Rest in peace, Barbara Black. She worked as housekeeper during 1979. https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/obituary-barbara-black-staff/

08/04/2026

Rest in Peace, Heather Lenz. She left WPSD in 1989-1990. https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/obituary-heather-lenz-enrolled/

08/03/2026

Rest in Peace, James "Jim" Maher, Class of 1966.

https://www.wpsdalumni.org/2026/08/memorial-jim-maher-class-of-1966/