Alabama School for the Blind
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Oliver Hall
ASB's campus has a mixture of new buildings and historic buildings, giving it the feel of a college campus. Pictured here is Oliver Hall, the main school building.
Playgrounds
The ASB campus has two playgrounds for fun, safe playtime during PE and after school.
ASB Campus Grounds
The grounds of the ASB campus have sprawling green-spaces and enormous old oaks, giving the campus a collegiate look.
Eugene Landreth Music Center
Students learn music in a new music building dedicated to Eugene Landreth, who taught music at ASB much of his life. The Landreth Music Center contains a band hall, practice rooms, piano practice rooms, a piano lab for group keyboard lessons, and a state-of-the-art recording studio.
Independent Living Center
Students at ASB get the opportunity to learn how to live independently in our ILC which features group living settings as well as individual apartments.
Student Center and Ring of Love
The Asbury Student Center houses a large indoor swimming pool, the Ronnie Garret Gymnasium, a snack bar, fireplace, and multiple other spaces for exercise and recreation. The Ring of Love is surrounded by paving stones with each graduating class' motto engraved in the stone.
Fire Circle
On cool evenings, our students enjoy sitting under a huge, old oak tree, gathered around a campfire to talk, play guitar and sing.
Woods Science Building
ASB Students enjoy learing science in a building dedicated to John and Loti WoodsMission & Philosophy
About Us
Our Mission
To provide students who are blind or visually impaired a comprehensive education that develops each student's maximum potential to become an independent, productive member of society.
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The Student Life Program at the Alabama School for the Blind is an integral part of what we do.
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Anna Theiss joined the Girl Scout troop at Alabama School for the Blind during her senior year of high school. It had a profound impact on her life.
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With those words, the Alabama School for the Blind Marching Band was called to attention and marched down Boylston Street in downtown Boston and into Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind history!
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During their August 2023 meeting, the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Board of Trustees voted in favor of a resolution honoring the Alabama School for the Blind Band.
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Grant from Alabama State Council on the Arts supports Alabama School for the Blind.
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During my first year at Alabama School for the Blind (ASB) as Academic Director, our principal tasked me with forming a group of Student Ambassadors, made up of high school students, to be the face of ASB.
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