October 2015
Dear Parents,
This year in kindergarten our social justice project involves ongoing visits to the Symphony Retirement Home. Each kindergarten class will sign up for one visit every twelve weeks.The goal is for the students to have an opportunity to build relationships and to share real life experiences that bring happiness to the residents at Symphony Home.
The students will walk to and from the Symphony Home on Kanata Avenue. They will participate in shared reading, singing, games, art activities and chatting with residents.
In order to walk to and from Symphony Home, our class will need parent volunteers on Tuesday, February 9th and Tuesday, April 5th.
We look forward to having our kindergarten students have an opportunity to bring “light” to others and to gain insight and learning from our older generations.
For more information on the positive effects of children visiting retirement homes you can read the article link.
Thank You
The Kindergarten Teams at St Gabriel School
