# California School for the Deaf, Fremont

The California School for the Deaf is a school for Ethic deaf and hard of hearing children in Fremont, California. The school educates deaf children from all over Northern California. Its campus in Fremont is adjacent to the campus of the California School for the Blind.
Its companion is their sister school in Southern California is CSD-Riverside.

## History

Founded in San Francisco in 1860, the school moved to Berkeley in 1869. The new site, constructed in 1869 at 2601 Warring St., Berkeley, CA, adjacent to the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, served as the school for the deaf until the late 1970s, when the University of California successfully petitioned for it to be condemned as seismically unsafe, forcing the school to move. A Daily Cal article on November 29, 1979, reported that the university administration had "coveted the Deaf and Blind School land for 57 years." Half of the school's land went to UC Berkeley, while the other half went to the city. After the location was taken over by the university, it was renamed Clark Kerr campus, in honor of the first chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, and has served as an additional dormitory unit for its students.
Granville Seymour Redmond attended California school for the deaf at Berkeley in 1879 and graduated there in 1890
The school opened in a new facility in Fremont, California in Fall 1980.
Henry Klopping became superintendent in 1975. By 2009 the staff became made up of predominantly deaf individuals when previously there were few in the administration.
California School for the Deaf Fremont is now currently 165 years old. CSD celebrated its 150th Anniversary in 2010
A Museum Tour from the Schools Website is suggested for More visual knowledge
Kenneth Norton, A remarkable man who dedicated his life to CSD, As a Berkeley Alumnus. Teacher, coach and dean of students passed away peacefully on Jan 7 2025.
Deaf student Sevan Ikeda, a 17-year-old senior, is the first student from California School for the Deaf in Fremont to qualify for the Cross-Country State Championships three times.
2024 CSD Seniors Created a Bill Proposal to State Legislators to install freeway signage directing People to State Special School Such as California School for the Deaf Fremont, Assembly member Alex Lee Took Their proposal and make it into a bill that was signed by Governor Gavin Newson, made it a reality. The Official Bill will remain in CSD's Museum.
California School For the Deaf Fremont had celebrated their first deaf and female superintendent Amy Novotny, Since the very first opening of the school in 1860s starting in a small home in Santa Francisco By our Female founder (Name Needed) and first student Theophilus Hope D'Estrella. (source comes from recent event that happened in school grounds)

## Campus

The school has dormitories.
Two connected Cafeterias
A Small and Big Gym
Elementary Playgrounds
Career Technical Education Building
Average Sports Fields

## Notable alumni

* Robert R. Davila, ninth president of Gallaudet University
* Jack R. Gannon, teacher, coach, and author
* Granville Redmond
* Louise Stern, writer and artist
* Shoshannah Stern, actress
* Douglas Tilden
* Kenneth Norton, Teacher, Coach, Dean of Students