{"id":9040,"date":"2010-01-22T16:02:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T21:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=9040"},"modified":"2010-01-22T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T22:08:45","slug":"after-the-bell-deaf-action-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/01\/22\/after-the-bell-deaf-action-center\/","title":{"rendered":"After The Bell: Deaf Action Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

After The Bell: Deaf Action Center<\/strong><\/p>\n

by CHRIS FLANAGAN \/ WFAA-TV<\/p>\n

Posted on January 18, 2010<\/p>\n

DALLAS \u2014 Golf is known as a “quiet” game. But for a Dallas teenager, it’s
\nsilent.<\/p>\n

When Frank Alvarado isn’t walking the hallways at Woodrow Wilson High
\nSchool, there’s a good chance he’s walking the fairways. Frank is an avid
\ngolfer — who just happens to be deaf.<\/p>\n

“I grew up watching TV and wanted to learn how to play golf from watching
\nTV,” he said. “What I would do is go outside and practice golf, and
\neventually I’d like to learn to be skilled at golf.”<\/p>\n

There are more than 500 deaf and hard of hearing students in the Dallas ISD.
\nThose between age 16 and 18, like Frank, are able to take part in the Teen
\nEducation Support Services program.<\/p>\n

It was started five years ago for teenagers to improve their reading and
\nwriting, though tutoring, because of the high rate of high school dropouts.<\/p>\n

Participants are offered all sorts of activities, including golf.<\/p>\n

“Character development, self-esteem and self-confidence has improved, and
\nthat corrolates and translates over into the classroom,” said Angela
\nJohnson Fisher, director of the Deaf Action Center.<\/p>\n

Frank spends a lof of time inside the classroom at the Deaf Action Center at
\nWoodrow Wilson High School.<\/p>\n

Laurie Vasallo is the deaf education counselor at Woodrow Wilson High and
\nsaid,<\/p>\n

“Our students learn about community resources and interaction with others in
\nthe community,” said Laurie Vasallo, the school’s deaf education counselor.
\n“It’s been a really wonderful, positive experience for them.”<\/p>\n

E-mail cflanagan@wfaa.com<\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/community\/After-The-Bell—Deaf-Action-Center-8195473<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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