This Little Light of Hers

Vol. 33, No. 22

November 20, 2017

This Little Light of Hers

If a parent goes to prison, chances are very good the prisoner’s children will follow in his footsteps. This school for the children of incarcerated parents is trying to change that. ...

Michael Tennant

A typical day at Oklahoma City’s Little Light Christian School looks much like one at any other school. Students arrive in the morning, have breakfast, attend classes, eat lunch, attend more classes, stay for after-school programs, and then return home.

There is, however, one big difference between this school and all others: Every student at Little Light has a parent who’s in prison.

“We are the only school that we know of in the world that’s doing what we’re doing,” executive director Robin Khoury said in an interview with The New American .

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