Santa visits Melinda Webb School to spend time with students with hearing loss

Students at the Melinda Webb School at the Texas Hearing Institute were treated with a special guest when Santa Claus came to the school’s holiday party bearing gifts and holiday cheer.

The event took place at the school’s holiday party on Dec. 16 where he helped the kids open presents, play in the snow and spend quality time with the big man in red. The day was put together in collaboration between the school and A&M’s Delta Zeta chapter, which bought and wrapped presents for the students. Also helping were volunteers from the University of Houston’s NSSLHA chapter who delivered the presents. Food was provided by the school’s parent and teacher organization.

“The holiday party was a coalition effort to bring joy to kids with hearing loss this holiday season,” a press release about the party stated.

The Melinda Webb School is described as a “top-tier private school” dedicated to serving children with hearing loss between ages 16 months and six years old, according to the school website. It prepares young students to enter public and private schools in time for first grade.

According to the release, the school is a nationally recognized pediatric hearing loss facility that was formerly known as the Center for Hearing and Speech. It is the only one in southern Texas that offers health services, language education, family services and ENTs. It represents children from 44 counties from all socioeconomic levels, and no child is turned away regardless of ability to pay.