I can’t believe it. My second to youngest grandchild is off onto her next big milestone: going to college. Just a couple of weeks ago, Merite’s mom dropped her off. I asked her to tell me a story about orientation and how she was feeling as she embarked on this next milestone phase of her…
400 grandparents attended programs at Deerfield Public Schools this fall, to learn more about the school world of their 6th to 12th grade grandchildren. Grandparents of 6th and 7th graders at Shepard Middle School learned about social emotional learning and typical social media use at that age. 40 grandparents went to the annual Freshman Connection…
March 20, 2017 was named Jerry Witkovsky Day in the Village of Deerfield, to honor the long time Grandparenting Activist’s 89th birthday. Mayor Rosenthal invited the public to join her at Deerfield Village Hall, 850 Waukegan Road, on March 20 at 7:30 p.m for the ceremony. Read more about the honor and Jerry in the Chicago…
Grandparents have a transformative effect on their family when they teach their skills, manifest their creativity and give voice to their passions. I set up my first Grandparent Connection School Program at Deerfield High School in 2009. The Deerfield High School grandparent program is still going strong. Over 300 grandparents attended the star event…
“I learned from my grandpa what a traditional date was supposed to look like and how we were doing it all wrong,” said school Principal Kathryn Anderson in her welcome to 300 grandparents and special guests who attended the annual Grandparents Day program at Deerfield High School on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. While it was…
Grandparents, when they unleash their creativity and use their skills and passions, can have a transformative effect on their families. I set up my first Grandparent Connection School Program at Deerfield High School in 2009. The Deerfield High School grandparent program is still going strong, with 300 grandparents expected to attend the event for senior…
Thanks to the enthusiasm and support of author Jerry Witkovsky, teachers at the religious school at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe, IL, got a lesson on blogging. “We think this will help us communicate better with parents and grandparents,” says Dr. Roberta Goodman, Education Director at NSCI. “I am so excited to be using…
“How’s school going” not the same bright conversation starter as it was when your grandkids were young? Busy parents not always communicating upcoming events? What’s a grandparent to do? Here are 7 ideas to learn about what’s going on at your Grandchild’s School. Check the School Website Watch the website at your grandchild’s school. Look…
Why have a grandparents program? A number of years ago I was visiting my daughter Ellen and her family, and I volunteered to pick up her younger daughter, Kathryn (who we mostly call “Katie”), then 13, at the end of her school day. “So how was school?” I asked her, by rote. This time, Katie…
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.” – Rachel Carson “In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners,…
