Students To Bond With Seniors At Columbia Elementary School

COLUMBIA, MD — Seniors citizens and students each benefit from positive interactions with one another. The bond these two generations form can have a lasting impact, research shows. Running Brook Elementary School in Columbia has partnered with Residences at Vantage Point to create social connections, build a strong sense of community and learn from one another through intergenerational activities and programs.

Vantage Point residents will serve as judges for the school's unheard perspectives seminars, participate in generational interview projects and host an annual reading recovery picnic for students, for example. Vantage Point and school staff will work together to implement an Adopt a Grandchild/Grandparent program, too.