Message from Alumni officers.

1. Western
Pennsylvania
School
for
the
Deaf
Alumni
Association
300
East
Swissvale
Avenue
*
Pittsburgh,
PA
15218
*
412.371.7000
TTY/V
*
www.wpsdalumni.org
President
Robert
Maher
1st
Vice
President
David
P
Fulmer
2nd
Vice
President
Thomas
DeFazio
Recording
Secretary
Valentine
J.
Wojton,
III
Corresponding
Secretary
Jamie
Kitchen
Treasurer
Todd
Langer
3-­‐Year
Trustee
Paul
Blahut
6-­‐Year
Trustee
Michelle
Vigliotti
9-­‐Year
Trustee
Lawrence
Hast
Members-­‐At-­‐Large
Irene
Hearn
Tracy
Marchese
John
Noschese
Rosie
Noschese
Margaret
Patterson
David
Strait
Gregory
Sebastian
David
Tasselli
Paul
Wojton
Hi
Fellow
WPSD
Alumni
and
families
We
would
like
to
update
you
all
on
what
has
been
going
on
from
the
WPSD
Alumni
Board.
As
most
of
you
know
our
School
CEO,
Donald
Rhoten
announced
his
retirement
effective
June
30,
2016
after
23
year
of
service.
The
WPSD
Board
has
selected
9
Board
members
to
be
a
part
of
a
Search
Committee.
The
Search
Committee
then
chose
3
Advisory
Committees
consisting
of
Alumni,
parents,
and
staff
from
both
schools.
There
will
be
a
total
of
24
people
involved
in
the
process
with
51%
deaf
on
the
searching
committee.
It
is
the
similar
process
that
we
were
part
of
in
1992.
Please
check
the
Alumni
website
often.
We
began
posting
our
meeting
minutes
on
the
web
after
an
approved
motion
during
the
2014
reunion.
We
have
continued
to
support
WPSD
by
sponsoring
the
WPSD
Fall
In
gala
auction,
which
will
occur
on
October
9th
.
We
also
supported
the
NEW
residence
hall
project.
We
are
still
working
on
fund
raising
for
a
scholarship
fund
to
benefit
a
graduating
student
of
WPSD.
WPSD
students
always
love
something
new!
They
deserved
the
best!!
We
have
established
a
new
page
on
our
website,
DONATE
on
our
WPSDALUMNI.ORG
website.
You
can
find
this
link
in
the
top
right
navigation
tab
on
any
page.
The
Donate
page
includes
your
preferred
method
of
payment:
PayPal
or
send
a
check
via
mail.
You
can
donate
any
amount
of
money
to
the
Alumni
Association
of
WPSD
to
show
your
support.
Your
support
is
always
greatly
appreciated.
As
all
of
you
know,
WPSD
has
created
a
new
program
last
year
called
"WPSD
FOR
LIFE"
for
our
students
who
need
help
or
aid
after
graduating
from
WPSD.
It's
a
fabulous
program
that
will
guide
alumni
with
needs
with
hearing
aides,
housing,
or
employment.
Check
out
WPSD.org
for
more
information.
The
Alumni
Pavilion
brick
walkway
is
100%
completed
and
we
are
currently
closing
all
orders.
It
looks
great,
thank
you
to
all
who
supported
and
donated
to
our
pavilion
project!
We
are
grateful
to
have
a
strong
Alumni
Board
and
leading
our
team
including
5
new
Board
members
from
last
year's
reunion.
We
are
looking
forward
to
our
next
reunion
in
June
2017.
If
you
have
any
questions,
concerns,
or
ideas
please
email
us!
All
contact
information
is
on
the
WPSD
Alumni
website!
We
are
proud
to
be
WPSD
ALUMNI!!
Stay
warm
winter
is
coming!
Have
a
safe
holiday!