BRIDGES...Week 1, "Getting to Know You"

                                                           BRIDGES Together

For the next 7 weeks your child will be participating in the Bridges program.  Bridges is an inter generational program that fosters friendships and understanding between students and older adults in our community.  Over the next 7 weeks, 7 older adults will join our classroom to participate in discussions and small group projects that focus on our common experience.

Through this program your child will strengthen many academic skills including: listening, summarizing, speaking, interviewing, writing paragraphs, recording main points from group discussions, creating charts, and working with maps.

Students got to meet their senior volunteers.  After having a small group discussion, each group came up with a group name based on their similar interests.  Each group created a bridge and designed it based on their group name.

The Athletic Bridgers Group...Senior Volunteers: Teresa and Lisa (Substitute is Mrs. Robachaud)

The Enthusiastic Group... Senior Volunteers: Gerry and Carole

The Awesome Athletics Group... Senior Volunteers: Virginia and Claire

The Silly 7's Group...Senior Volunteers: Karen and Marge