Through unique educational programs senior citizens are provided with a wide range of learning and growing opportunities both in and out of the classrooms, on an on-going, daily basis. As a consequence, most senior citizens take courses offered in our school on an equal basis with the high school students. Classes of both generations who learn by interacting are an integral part of the Intergenerational Program. Lunch Buddies Students and seniors participating in the Lunch Buddies program are matched according to interests and then meet to share lunch and activities together. The program's objective is to promote the development of personal relationships between members of different generations.
Seniors meet their student partner at the school where they share a hot lunch.
The program begins with an orientation session for students, parents, and teachers over the Lovebug program and its activities. The program itself is composed of four, one-hour weekly sessions. The first weekly session is an orientation of the cooperating nursing home. The other three sessions are filled with planned intergenerational activities for seniors and students. Students who participate in these last two activities receive additional training in communication skills.