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WORLD Magazine | Weekly News, Christian Views
Is this an ordinary horse farm for kids on a summer day? A teacher kneels to tie the shoelaces of a spirited boy in the group. Another instructor shows young girls how to turn the jet-black mane of the horse between them into their own personal "My Little Pony" braiding station. Off in the distance the controlled trot of a saddled horse is barely audible above the laughter coming from a different young boy.
But there's a difference: The children are students from Happy Hands Education Center. Nearly all of them will never hear a clear-spoken word, listen to an iPod, or even notice the sounds a horse farm offers. They're deaf.
Happy Hands Educational Center is the only Christian school for the hearing impaired in Oklahoma, and one of only a handful nationwide. Specifically designed for children with hearing loss experienced from birth to kindergarten, Happy Hands is an accredited, private institution that aims to bring literacy and Jesus to deaf students and their families. Founder and CEO Al Proo established Happy Hands in a blue-collar neighborhood of Tulsa, inside a three-story home-turned-school owned by an adjacent, nondenominational church.
Is this an ordinary horse farm for kids on a summer day? A teacher kneels to tie the shoelaces of a spirited boy in the group. Another instructor shows young girls how to turn the jet-black mane of the horse between them into their own personal "My Little Pony" braiding station. Off in the distance the controlled trot of a saddled horse is barely audible above the laughter coming from a different young boy.
But there's a difference: The children are students from Happy Hands Education Center. Nearly all of them will never hear a clear-spoken word, listen to an iPod, or even notice the sounds a horse farm offers. They're deaf.
Happy Hands Educational Center is the only Christian school for the hearing impaired in Oklahoma, and one of only a handful nationwide. Specifically designed for children with hearing loss experienced from birth to kindergarten, Happy Hands is an accredited, private institution that aims to bring literacy and Jesus to deaf students and their families. Founder and CEO Al Proo established Happy Hands in a blue-collar neighborhood of Tulsa, inside a three-story home-turned-school owned by an adjacent, nondenominational church.