Monday, October 23, 2017

"They’re so smart, these kids”

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"A line of senior citizens filed into a spare room at the senior center on Friday afternoon, gripping their dysfunctional phones and tablets with one hand and greeting a Horace Mann middle school student with the other. 
As part of a bi-weekly club organized by the Horace Mann School, students come to the senior center to spread their tech knowledge to some of the less-savvy, older generation of iPhone and Android users. 
The advantages of the program, according to teacher and coordinator Colleen Donahue, comes from both ends. Though fixing their devices is the main purpose, it’s the relationships that are built that create the most impact. 
“The kids get to have conversations with adults that they wouldn’t normally see, and the adults get to come hang out with kids,” Donahue said. “One time last year we had a woman who had no grandchildren, and this was, like, the highlight of her week.”

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20171022/horace-mann-middle-schoolers-teach-tech

Horace Mann Middle School and Oak St Elementary share  the complex on Oak St with ECDC (behind these buildings)
Horace Mann Middle School and Oak St Elementary share
the complex on Oak St with ECDC (behind these buildings)

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