E. C. Drury School for the Deaf

The Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf is a provincial school in Milton, Ontario, Canada, with residential and day programs serving elementary and secondary deaf and hard-of-hearing students. It shared a campus with the E.C. Drury High School, for hearing students until June 2012, when E.C. Drury High School closed.Along with three other provincial schools for the deaf in Ontario, it is operated by the Ministry of Education under Education Act of Ontario section 13(1).Teachers are both deaf and hearing. This school is named after the former premier of Ontario, Ernest C. Drury.Deaf student population is approximately 90 students in the senior school and 100 in the elementary school; total is 190 students.Deaf students from Canada often attend Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. and Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York for post-secondary programs.Academic approach and languages of instructionThe Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf uses a bilingual-bicultural approach to educating deaf and hard-of-hearing students. American Sign Language (ASL) and English are the languages of instruction.Notable alumni Gary Malkowski, former Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship.