Sunday, October 08, 2006
Grandparent's Day
Grandparent's Day at VSE - 2nd Grade...Friday at Perry's school was the day my mother looks forward to every year now that he is in school. And she has actually looked forward to this day for over 30 years. As a public school teacher in the same district that Perry attends, she endured many Grandparent's Days. She likes to tell the story of the grandparents in her classroom who would ride the bus to school with their grandchildren, and then get right back onto the bus to ride it back home. All the while, spending their time in her classroom with their grandchildren, the entire day.
Well, times have changed a lot since those days. Grandparents Days ... now a tad more organized and in control now. You come in at a designated time period - depending on the grade. You join in the classroom for 45 minutes while the teacher either has the students do a fun activity to share with the grandparents, or maybe just have the grandparents and students sit together and show off their desk, schoolbooks, etc.
After the time in the classroom, the grandparents then go to the cafeteria to eat lunch with their grandchild. They don't really make it a special lunch for the grandparents - it was some type of twirly pasta with meat sauce, breadstick, peach cup and cookie at our school - but it was free to all the grandparents that day... our tax dollars at work, folks. After lunch, they headed out to recess with their grandparents for 15 minutes, then it was over - off the grandparents go.
One of the highlights of Grandparent's Day in Perry's room were the questions that Mrs. Kennedy had her second grade students ask their grandparents. First question... "How did you get to school?" And wouldn't you know... at least half of the grandparents there in the class had to walk a mile to school. In the snow. Uphill both ways.
Give your kid's bus driver a hug tomorrow. We must show thankfulness that our children do not have to endure the trials and tribulations of that uphill mile everyday that our parents suffered. And bless those grandparents who are still alive, and well, and able to enjoy their grandchildren in their school, passing on the stories of "the good ol' days."
2 Comments:
Oh, I wish Camden's school did this - it looks so wonderful! And too funny about going uphill both ways (in snow) - that trial always seems to pop up in conversations with grandparents!
What a great day! I love Amanda's bus driver. He loves his job, and it's great.
On a tangent--I love Perry's hair. I always thought boy hair was easy--just keep it short. Well, Kyle has cowlicks and issues, I will tell you. . . .
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